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Under the unit, I am spotting an unknown 7-pin connector, I presume that SMSL will soon unveil a device, maybe a full-fledged streamer that can be docked to SU-9. SMSL moved most of its screws on the back and under the unit, so it would look much cleaner. I find the build quality really nice and I have close to zero complaints. You can separately buy few additional rubber feet, detach the one in the middle and put two in the corners so it will not wobble on your table. There are 3 rubber feet underneath the unit and if you have heavier power cords as I do, it might lean to the right. The volume knob feels considerably better compared to their SP200 and M200 with less wobbling and slightly higher resistance. The front panel houses a glass sheet with an LCD screen behind it.
Its body has a thickness of about 3.5 mm, so wireless interference shouldn’t be a problem at all. It looks like a matte-black metal brick, it is milled on a CNC machine with just two panels on top and underneath attached to it. It does not have an odd shape, an elongated body, a tiny screen or a weird volume knob, so SU-9 is already going into the right direction. I have to mention that SU-9 is among the very few SMSL units which I like its look and form factor.
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If you are using a PC with it, please download its USB drivers from here and install them before using.
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There is also a warranty card and a very detailed user manual in English will guide you through its user menu, will address its digital filters and will explain how MQA is working – do check it out, it is very informative.
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Besides the unit itself, you will also find a USB Type-B cable, a power cord, a Bluetooth antenna that works as a signal booster and a standard SMSL remote control which I’ve seen multiple times already.
SU-9 is quite small looking and it is lightweight too, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t have a linear toroidal transformer inside. It is already a standard seeing everything double boxed and filling the product box with lots of foam for a better protection during shipping. As usual, I will be approaching this unit as a critic, but also as a music lover and will be commenting on everything I find useful to share with you. SU-9 DAC that I will be testing today is also one of the most affordable DACs capable of fully-unfolding and natively decoding MQA files, it has the best Bluetooth receiver on the market, the highest performance commercial DAC chip, an easy to use interface via its LCD screen and everything is wrapped with a $439 price tag.
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Remember that their M500 DAC was the cheapest converter that offered full MQA decoding, an all discrete headphone amplifier at only $499 that recently dropped to all-time low $399! None of its competition were able to offer the same features at the same price point. I might be complaining a little about their looks, but when it comes to sonics and high-value, SMSL is very much among the best ones in the business and that my friends is a fact. I’m seeing a pattern in here, hopefully they next devices will remain this way and elongated or angled metal boxes will be a thing of the past. Their newest SU-9 DAC that I will be testing today borrows some design cues from M400 and that is a very good thing in my book. It had a nice LCD screen, an easy to use interface and a normal shape that could blend with the rest of the gear sitting on a table or in a rack. Their M400 DAC completely changed my vision, as it looked like a modern digital to analog converter that I could easily mate with a preamp and power amp in the living room or with smaller electronics in a headphone setup. That is not happening with SMSL, as most of their products have different shapes and I wish they would choose one single form-factor and stick with it. I only need to look at the shape of Aune or Topping products and I will instantly recognize their brands.
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I’ve said it multiple times and I will say again that brand identity is important, it works like free marketing. Funny thing is that most of them looked so different, that I would never guess S.M.S.L is behind all of them. We already tested some products made by them, more exactly 3 DACs, a headphone amplifier and an integrated amplifier. One of the most mysterious DAC manufacturers from China is surely S.M.S.L Audio.
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