DRC is something to be sorted out by Linkplay. Analog output quality is a matter of the hardware design and implementation I guess. Hardware degradation... Well, my Mini cannot handle 192 kHz with stable results but there was no such issue at the beginning. It has 20 dB noise level difference between channels but no idea if it's a failure since the beginning.the problems on the ana outputs, drc?, degradation of the hardware? etc
more affordable ... even if becomes "heavy" ...