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Chinese DACs

I just bought a DAC from a guy, who modded it, for 60 bucks and it sounds better than my newer NAD CD player.
I wish I knew which model I had. The guy who modded it said if you are buying a DAC for more than 150 bucks or more than two years old you are getting ripped off. Anybody else have good luck with Chinese DACs? Any you could recommend?
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timlub
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At $350 this is hard to beat.

http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/NFB3-2011/NFB3.1EN.htm

I've not heard this model, but some of his other stuff, this has all the current bells & whistles, proven technology and a great price.
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jedinite24
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Here are the DACs that I have that are made in China that I find really enjoyable.

Grant Fidelity DAC-09. It can also be used as a tube buffer.

Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC with GE 5751 tubes.

96khz/24bit Hifimediy Sabre USB DAC ES9023 + Tenor TE7022
uncola
41 posts
 
I also had the hifimediy sabre dac and was impressed
singleendedsingle
664 posts
 
Dac destroyer (not chinese but cheap) have pretty decent performance as well.
notec
407 posts
 
Mhdt Labs, Taiwan
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