Making their products, yes, but pricing them properly not so much lol
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Oops. I stopped joking and read the page, yeah, I thought it was just an amp.
I believe theyāre all about funny jokes with their names, though. Their next dongle dack is even called Sparrow. Like, just plug your headphone Jack into the Sparrow 
Edit: Lol, yes I wrote donald dack. No Iām not correcting it, sorry. 
The sparrow is their competition to the dragonfly red lol, actually pretty good. Also you would think they would try to not make themselves sound like chifi being a us company (I think)
You mean a US company like Schiit audio 
pretty cool, always nice to have more options in the budget range for dacs. Also MQA on a $99 dac is probably a big deal for some people
@Monā¦ This Donald dac from Earman looks interestingā¦ Is it in your opinion superior to or equal to the multibit dac card in the Asgard 3ā¦ I like the simplicity of the earman and am curious.
well, being he compared it to the E30, itās not got anything on the MB in the Asgard 3.
Different type of sound, the multibit card is better at recreation of space, timbre, and also prevention of harshness, that being said though itās not the most detailed for the price and off memory the Donald might be slightly more detailed, but I would stick with the mb card unless you want a cleaner sound
I was not considering it for replacement as I am really enjoying the sound from the A3ā¦I was just curious as to how it soundedā¦ Thank youā¦
should i get the ENOG2 PRO or this sound quality wise and features
So I think it depends, if you really wanted something balanced for a balanced amp, or if you wanted to use optical, I would go with the enog 2 pro. But if you wanted something with usb, didnāt need balanced, and wanted mqa this is a solid choice imo. What amp would you be pairing it with?
the atom cause it was a good budget amp and I canāt confide in schiits shit
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Gotcha. In that case, I would say go for the donald dac if you wanted something neutral and clean, or if you wanted a bit more fun (w shape) with more features like a remote or dac filters, the topping e30 imo
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Damn youā¦ Between that comment and my 2 year old nephew, I keep seeing this thread pop up and singing that in my headā¦
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Let me make it worse. Discovered from the ālisten to tonightā thread in April.
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is the topping e30 worth it when the sk10 exist or is it bad
So they are most likely comparable but I havenāt tried the sk10 yet so I canāt really say, I will say that generally I feel topping does a bit better job in implementation than smsl but idk, I would personally trust topping more than smsl for dacs but again I canāt really say
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have you seen this? Asr reviewed it well
Iāve seen it, if you check the topping e30 thread there is mention of it as well. Generally all these budget dacs sound more similar than not, so I wouldnāt be too concerned. Itās probably similar but again I havenāt heard it so I canāt say for sure
Kind of a bummer EarMan doesnāt have a higher tier dac to purchase. I really like the donaldās neutral nature and how it just does itās job really well for a very affordable price. Makes me want to try something with a similar sound signature but better technicalities.