Wow, didn’t expect everyone to say the same, that is is hardly worth spending the money on because the differences will be minimal. Auditioning a unit at home would be a good option first. Or just be happy with what i have since it sounds really good. (I think)
Room treatment is still on my...
Hi all,
Considering buying an Audiophonics HPA-S400ET amplifier based on Purifi modules. This amp was tested and found excellent by Amir.
Based on measurements results by Amir i bought the Topping D70S dac and the Topping Pre90 preamp a few years ago and combined them with a dual mono...
I’ve had the same with this same dac, but that was after doing a firmware upgrade, it went to 0dB immediately It scared the hell out of me at that time. It was directly connected to a dual mono Icepower 1200as1 in a test setup, luckily the amp was switched of and connected to a pair of cheap...
Ghent cases are nice quality though, both top and bottom are made out of nice thick aluminium Instead this flimsy metal of some cases. Nicely drilled/tapped, all screws included, harness might be optional or included, forgot about that.
I use one for a dual mono 1200as1. Service is also good...
Can have a look, but the result is probably that you have to turn it on every time you want to use bluetooth. To me it just should disconnect bluetooth connected devices or disable bluetooth radio when switching to another DAC input as bluetooth
Thanks, i see am not alone in this one. I might drop Topping a line to, this is so annoying. No problem though if you have a dedicated tablet in use for music only. Maybe @JohnYang1997 can achieve something?
Still very happy with my D70S but one thing i find very annoying; bluetooth stays active, even though another input has been selected. The result is that many times i end up with trying to find out why my phone or tablet audio isn’t working anymore and then discover it has connected to the D70s...
That's a whole lot of text! I also got some problems having the units replaced, but Ebay and Paypal protection helped me out. The last unit i ordered via a friend from the Italian seller because i wasn't sure if he would send out another one. That was just a few weeks before Soundimports started...
I also had 2 1200AS1 units from the Italian Ebay seller failing, one after a few days, other one after about 2 weeks.
The present unit is still going strong after a few weeks.
I was very happy to see that https://www.soundimports.eu/en/ started to sell Icepower since a couple of weeks...
Or order them via Ghent Audio in China, prices are good, they are made to order on any length you like. The quality of the used cables is also good, i just ordered some new speaker cables fabricated using Canares cable. 2x3meter With banana plugs.
https://www.ghentaudio.com/part/index-sp.html
Thank you very much for the time taken to answer this! It’s more clear to me how this works.
I believe the D70S output is 5v instead 4v. (The D70 outputs 4v)
Found this calculator http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculatorVoltagePower.htm and used to recalculate with 5v.
At -10dB the preamp...
Hi all,
Finally finished my setup and am very happy with it. Chain is as follows:
Windows 10 pc using Tidal Hifi.
usb cable.
Topping D70s DAC in dac mode (output at max volume)
Xlr cables ( Canares star quad from Ghent Audio)
Topping pre90 preamp, input set to xlr, output xlr only.
Xlr cables...