where would you apply dsp for each channel?Could do the LX 521 which requires 8 DAC channels.
where would you apply dsp for each channel?Could do the LX 521 which requires 8 DAC channels.
where would you apply dsp for each channel?
I think you would have liked Topping to have made a useful product rather than a usb multi-channel DAC in a box with no software and minimal connectivity. If the focus is on good measurements from basic engineering of a good DAC chip, and what I suspect is a very healthy profit margin, this is what you get. For an AV product with practical features that cost money to implement, I suspect you will have to look elsewhere.Interesting product. I really hope a similar product that take HDMI input with ARC function. Also can do DSP/EQ via mic measurement like what a HDMI receiver does. This way I can then hook the 8-channel DAC with Genelec system for great movie experience. Come on Topping you can do it!
Manual for dm7 is hereHas anyone dealt with Apos audio lately? I've found them to be reliable but getting response from them was very slow and challenging. Ultimately, they quickly resolved my issue, but getting response took constant follow up. So, anyone have recent dealings with them?
Also, I would like to see the user manual for the DAC but can't find anywhere. Anyone happen to see one on the website? I'm particularly interested in seeing if Topping has recommendation for converting balanced to unbalanced, such as floating pin 3.
I think you would have liked Topping to have made a useful product rather than a usb multi-channel DAC in a box with no software and minimal connectivity. If the focus is on good measurements from basic engineering of a good DAC chip, and what I suspect is a very healthy profit margin, this is what you get. For an AV product with practical features that cost money to implement, I suspect you will have to look elsewhere.
If it is for gamers to plug into their PC at a games station, why the need for such good measurements anyway?
Order Placed! Adapter reckz? TRS to XLR?
Thanks! Who would have thought of looking on the Topping site I got single minded about finding it on the Apos site.Manual for dm7 is here
I think you would have liked Topping to have made a useful product rather than a usb multi-channel DAC in a box with no software and minimal connectivity. If the focus is on good measurements from basic engineering of a good DAC chip, and what I suspect is a very healthy profit margin, this is what you get. For an AV product with practical features that cost money to implement, I suspect you will have to look elsewhere.
If it is for gamers to plug into their PC at a games station, why the need for such good measurements anyway?
Manual for dm7 is here
The absence of a comprehensive and user-friendly software DSP platform (edit: on the market) is not Topping's fault though.
If we think about having embedded DSP, the requirements can change a lot depending on the application. Equalisation and crossovering with IIR filters are "easy" but, for example, FIR processing for room correction or FIR crossovers are much more demanding (especially at high samplerates).
Just set the hifimediy as your capture device and the DM7 as your playback device and enable async resampling and rate adjust and CamillaDSP will bridge the clock domains. Poor man’s Okto at half the price.
There is no need for ASRC with the OKTO.
In what scenario you may need a router in the DAC? Shouldn’t the DAW has a router to assign the channels anyway?For home studio, 2 pair of monitors, 1 pair for headphone, 1 spare. If it has a routing interface.
In what scenario you may need a router in the DAC? Shouldn’t the DAW has a router to assign the channels anyway?
A balanced 8 outputs USB DAC with SOTA performance, this is an unexpected surprise!
One question: is it free from any form of noise/click/thumb on its outputs (even slight) in any circumstances? (PC on/off, USB plug/unplug, sample rate change, etc.)
It is not a device suitable for the scenarios you listed. There are other scenarios where this device is required. Just because you don’t know those doesn’t make this a kludgy solution.I get that, and that's great for anyone with the patience, but it strikes me as a rather kludgy approach. It reminds me of the early 2000s when we broadcasters had to put together an over-the-air digital TV infrastructure to meet FCC deadlines for getting something on the air tout suite. We had to deal with many multiple vendors to cobble together something that would work. It was far from a turnkey project. What the world needs is a "popular priced" 7.1.4 AV switcher/processor with DAC performance that approaches this box and that supports Dolby Atmos. I've been limping along with the pre-outs of a dodgy Pioneer AVR for that for too long.