Desktop DAC / Amps
Measurement-grade desktop sound. The $99 stack now out-measures gear that cost $1,000 a decade ago.
Sheet 06 · Desktop DAC / AmpsUpdated 2026-07-18
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fosi AudioK5 ProTOP VALUE |
250 mW | 96 dB | USB/Opt/Coax + Mic | 80 | $89.99$1.12/pt | 100 | Check price → |
ToppingDX1 II |
1000 mW | 118 dB | USB/Opt/Coax | 88 | $119.00$1.35/pt | 83 | Check price → |
SchiitMagni Unity |
3000 mW | 103 dB | USB/Line | 84 | $119.00$1.42/pt | 79 | Check price → |
FiiOK11 |
1400 mW | 113 dB | USB/Opt/Coax | 89 | $129.99$1.46/pt | 77 | Check price → |
FiiOK11 R2R |
1400 mW | 96 dB | USB/Opt/Coax | 85 | $149.99$1.76/pt | 64 | Check price → |
Fosi AudioZD3 |
1300 mW | 118 dB | USB/BT/Opt/Coax/ARC | 90 | $169.99$1.89/pt | 60 | Check price → |
Fosi AudioK7 |
2100 mW | 115 dB | USB/BT/Opt/Coax | 89 | $189.99$2.13/pt | 53 | Check price → |
FiiOK7 |
2000 mW | 115 dB | USB/Opt/Coax/Line | 90 | $199.99$2.22/pt | 51 | Check price → |
SMSLC200 |
1300 mW | 122 dB | USB/BT/Opt/Coax | 91 | $219.00$2.41/pt | 47 | Check price → |
ToppingDX5 II |
1800 mW | 122 dB | USB/BT/Opt/Coax | 93 | $299.00$3.22/pt | 35 | Check price → |
Sheet note: Past a SINAD of roughly 115dB the numbers beat human hearing, so the $119 Topping out-measures gear that cost a grand a decade ago and everything above it is buying power and knobs, not audible fidelity.
MMX score: editorial bench, 0 to 100, per channel. Value index: points per dollar, scaled so the channel's best ratio = 100.
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