It could happens, it might not, but sometime, for me it’s ok for manufacturers to stay focus on what they do best. Topping are great but I’ not convince that they need to enter this market. I mean analog only preamps. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t, it’s hypothetical, but assuming off the bat that they would beat the competition is biased to the brand. Like, really who talks about smsl speakers amp? they are similar compagnies, with he same ownership at administrative levels. There was also a network streamer just reviewed here with lukewarm performance, and pricing that was pretty much on par with the usual suspects in that line of products, basically, by doing that they where not bringing sommthing fresh to the table. Looking at product offer, smsl would be more likely to release a multi input balanced preamp. at some point, and see how they do. Topping seam to have a status here of unconditional love here, rightful to some extent, be they really arent a R&D focused company, More integrators and designers, trying to take a shot at new markets, maybe, but assumings that their first shot at it would be state of the art, is in some way biased wishful thinking. Maybe, maybe not.