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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    Thank you I will take a look in to it.
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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    Do have any suggestions I can take a look at? Lets say in a range of 50-100$ Yes you are right... Maybe because the D10s looks good in silver and also to get some a point of reference. There were some other DAC Amp for about 100$ like this Dual DAC... ..but looking at the layout...
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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    There was a tube headphone amp on ebay for a few bucks and I though I give it a try. o_O It's a Fossi / FX Audio P2 type of amp with two tubes and a JRC 5532 op amp on each side. As far as I can see through the holes there is also a third 5532 in the middle but I'm not sure what its purpose...
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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    The L30/E30 no mater which generation reminds me of some sort of voltage meter or kitchen timer. I like on the D10s that it looks what it is - some sort of external sound card in a nice casing - but with a headphone jack (left or right of it's display) missing. At least when playing PCM...
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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    My first thought was to order a Fiio K3 for 70$ but not really knowing what to expect from Fiio I decided to try a standalone DAC. Is there an some headphone amp out there which matches optically well with the D10s (silver color, dimensions, design)?
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    Topping D10s USB DAC and Bridge Review

    This incredible well sounding system made by Sony had everything somebody wished for at the time (2014) and was sold well under 500$, nice speaker included. Comparing Sonys 30 lbs package full of technology, I think all that little mostly emty chinese matchboxes are way way overpriced. I'm...
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    A fun read: a real Sennheiser HE-1 unboxing by a real person

    Sennheiser has sold its consumer audio division in 2021. The business has been acquired by a Swiss-based medical hearing company called Sonova Holding AG, which specialises in hearing aids and cochlear implants.
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    Aimpire AD10: Fake Topping D10 DAC?

    Looking at the images I dont't see anything "cheap" but an exact copy. As I said we don't know the history of AD10s origins. Maybe people at Topping split up and commissioned their own batches at the very same factory. Why should a forger bother with brand registration etc. He could have...
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    sound stage in headphones

    I think there is a fairly amount of spacial information recorded in this clip but the women are all mixed more or less in the center and do not fit to what my eyes see.
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    Aimpire AD10: Fake Topping D10 DAC?

    I agree with you. Quality controlls need to be performed in regular intervals or batchwise by the manufacturer. That is the best way I think, since nobody really knows if and what kind of "optimized" samples are provided by companies to earn an outstanding review. Especially from - as you said...
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    Aimpire AD10: Fake Topping D10 DAC?

    I think there is a major problem in your review and maesurements. As long as you don't measure various batches of a product in regular intervals it is impossible to come to a conclusion. In our case a Topping D10 produced e.g. around 2020 could easily perform as bad as a Aimpire AD10 and vive...
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    sound stage in headphones

    I would go for the HD 600.
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    sound stage in headphones

    There is a funny binaural recording on YouTube which works with any headphone fairly well as long as you close your eyes and sit down.
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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    Ok, Thank you... I ordered a D10s and will give it try.
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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    The reason why I didn't mention a specific model is because I think that it is better to keep the discussion on a somewhat technical/objective level. People may like or dislike a certain model. From what I see as non-professional, Yamaha seem to put a little bit efforts in designing the...
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    BA15218F Headphone OPA - Performance?

    I would like to buy an external DAC for my Notebook. Straight forward option would be to buy a simple DAC without headphone amplifier like the Topping D10s, which I could connect it to my Yamaha amplifier. The amplifier routes the Line-In signal to a BA15218F OPA for headphone amplification...
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