Why do you guys need the usb out? the quality of the RCA is already incredibly good.
I sold my Topping D90SE because I considered it inferior on RCA to the Wiim Pro Plus!
I wonder how many do actually get an improvement from adding an external dac to this device.
I would "ask" for an even...
DBR62 is 300 eur at hidden-audio:
https://hidden-audio.de/product/elac-debut-reference-b6-2-paarpreis-regallautsprecher-1012592/?varid=1012589
too bad I'm not sure I still want to deal with separates... a powered version would be much more interesting :)
SMSL C100 looks nicer + has remote for a little more $ ... I find su-1 not interesting.
SMSL D6 is the balanced version. Plenty of options for everyone's need.
> The included remote control works on the digital inputs,
does it mean that it doesn't work on analog inputs?
a good idea from Kali to release these speakers.
I'm usually getting clicks when switching to/from PCM / DSD, sometimes also on PCM with different sample rates. If / when you have the time could you test that scenario also, please?
I wish SMSL and Topping would unify their naming scheme: how about D400 Velvet? :)
PS:
both of them needed a few years to master ESS chips, I believe should be the same for these new AKM's. I would wait for a while...
How loud is it? Does it seem to be dangerous for speakers? All the dacs I had suffered from this problem but on some it was "louder".
I remember that Allo Audio dac had a setting to mute the output for a while so that it would hide the click.
Too bad... this dac looks so tempting, would have...
If I'm not mistaken Neotech claims they are the only one able to to make OCC cables.
Cables do sound different, unfortunately... don't know why, I wish I knew.
But guys... keep repeating answers like "show us measurements"... a bit boring, don't you think?