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Thanks for testing this. Not perfect, of course, but still great for the price, IMO. For my understanding: measurements were done with both Bass and Trebble controls to center, correct ?

Late answer... Looks excellent, indeed. I don't think you'll be able to hear any difference. Except if you use very low sensitivity headphones - The ADI-2 Pro has a much more powerful headphones amplifier. Technically, the ADI-2 could provide some benefit by allowing a higher output level on...

Yes. Lazyness. You know, this mindset... which lead the man to invent the wheel... :-)

So I did. OK, not with the one you mentioned but with what I have at hand. I did drive, for 1/2h now, one of my Aria 906 from an E1DA #9039S. This small dongle Ivan (@IVX) sent to me for measurements - sorry, it's long overdue- was measured by Archimago at THD+N below -124dB at 16.2 ohm...

By filtering hard below, say, 50Hz, you may still keep impedance at a reasonable level with the Aria 906, I suppose. I'm curious, so I'll give it a try

Maybe by using 2 of them in serie...

Now that looks interesting. Seems they implemented a lot of relays. Is volume control using steps ? (I guess not. Otherwise SNR at 50mV would probably be better. ... unless @amirm measures it with digital attenuation in the AP and not using the DAC's volume control?) So what are those used for...

Beware that for IMD SMPTE, IMD % is relative to the 7kHz spike, which is 12dB below the low frequency spike. So 1% IMD SMPTE means the distortion product is 12dB below 1% THD, somehow.

But if the IMD spikes amplitude was similar to harmonics amplitude, they would probably be more audible, due to less "masking", wouldn't they ? (Just a theoretical question)

Nice Too bad the "analog" input performance is just average. Obviously, they use an average ADC, probably to allow PEQ and so on.

Ow, that's unexpected. In Europe, it's roughly 60% of the RME ADI-2 DAC fs price, so much cheaper.

Look at the basic (non-"DAC" version) RME ADI-2 fs https://rme-audio.de/ADI-2-FS.html It's wider than you hope, but it does exactly that.

I confirm. Technically, it is just incredible.

Nice ! Thanks for the review ! Now we are speaking. It's still far from full range or kind of level a full size column speaker may produce, but level at 40Hz -which is where most real-life bass ends- it at least reasonable. I hope you have more models to test from that brand !?

Then, and IF it's proven that there is a consistent significant difference by properly done repeated controlled tests, we'll have to explain it -and be able to predict it- with more measurements.

Then you probably need a stronger computer for your project, anyway. A cable is all you'd need. Measurably, yes. Audibly, it's non significant if you use it properly. The ADI-2 DAC - without the D90LE - is another option. It doesn't have digital output, but technical quality is up there. It's a...

It's likely that the Topping's (basic) ASIO USB driver is more sensitive to PC load or adding some load to the system. The RME driver is lightweight and super stable. So yes, going through the RME to send signal to the Topping should help (but may add some latency). Now, why not to use a RME...

Yes, I was just looking at this plot. They explain the difference is the cut out frequency: But if I understand it correctly, that's without the sub. With the sub, that should be more like this: As is, the low bass response in your plots is surprising for a speaker at this price. That's why...

Very interesting, thanks. One question: The sub bass level is quite below. Is there a way to push the Sub up a few dBs ? Would that make it flater below 100Hz ?

https://www.audiovintage.fr/2019/06/30/mitsubishi-da-a15dc/