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Aimpire AD10: Fake Topping D10 DAC?

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I did. However that was to Amazon not Topping. I believe we would still welcome an explanation from Topping. This is not Amazon’s mess.
There will be no more explanation from topping. And no more explanation is needed.
 

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There will be no more explanation from topping. And no more explanation is needed.

I beg to differ. This was a listing by Topping where the seller was Dilvshi and the product in the pictures was Aimpire. Sorry, but I haven’t seen an explanation for that anywhere.
 

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I beg to differ. This was a listing by Topping where the seller was Dilvshi and the product in the pictures was Aimpire. Sorry, but I haven’t seen an explanation for that anywhere.
Alright. I'll forward the screenshot to Mr. Huang. But there's nothing left to explain from Topping's perspective. And thank you for reporting the issue on the forum.
 
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I beg to differ. This was a listing by Topping where the seller was Dilvshi and the product in the pictures was Aimpire. Sorry, but I haven’t seen an explanation for that anywhere.
Amazon does this all the time. That field is auto generated most of the time to make searches easier.
 

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Amazon does this all the time. That field is auto generated most of the time to make searches easier.
Ok, here’s an even better one from Amazon France. The brand is not even Topping anymore but SMSL. If this is not a mess, I don’t know what is.

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Ok, here’s an even better one from Amazon France. The brand is not even Topping anymore but SMSL. If this is not a mess, I don’t know what is.
Link please? If that's the case, Amazon is truly a mess, worse than I thought it had already been.
 

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The French listing says personnalisable. Perhaps I can create and market my own infinitesymphony clone of this design. :cool:

It's clear that companies are going to have to lock down their distribution networks as much as possible. Even if Aimpire's clones cannot be removed from Amazon, I hope Topping can become the sole agent for how their products are advertised or cross-linked.
 

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Here are the official Topping resellers on amazon as Topping does not directly sell to Amazon from what I gather.

http://www.tpdz.net/contact/c=1&i=9&comContentId=9.html

The AD10 that I got was listed as a Topping D10 sold by Amazon Services LLC before they changed the title and pictures to the Aimpire.

What a crazy situation. Here is what My order history shows.

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Viewing the page now results in this:

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Here are the official Topping resellers on amazon as Topping does not directly sell to Amazon from what I gather.

http://www.tpdz.net/contact/c=1&i=9&comContentId=9.html

The AD10 that I got was listed as a Topping D10 sold by Amazon Services LLC before they changed the title and pictures to the Aimpire.

What a crazy situation. Here is what My order history shows.

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Viewing the page now results in this:

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So many used offers! I wonder why :oops::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 

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Hi! i also bought this fake Aimpire and is on my way returning it to amazon.uk for refund

But i still want to order the D10 what is the best way to do it? Could i assume it’s safe to buy from these official Ebay sellers or Shenzhenaudio website?
I live in eu but thinking of order from other places as long as i know its the real deal.

Kind regards Bob
 

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Here is an Amazon Canada listing of a Topping D10, by Topping yet showing the Amipire copy.

Maybe that's somebody else who owns an Amazon account called Topping ? Didn't the guy from Topping say here earlier that Aimpire have multiple accounts - maybe this is another one of theirs.
 
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Maybe that's somebody else who owns an Amazon account called Topping ? Didn't the guy from Topping say here earlier that Aimpire have multiple accounts - maybe this is another one of theirs.
Again, this is a field that is usually filled in by Amazon. It is done so that you can click on it and get all products from Topping. Sometimes manufacturers create custom pages that come up when you click on it. But other times just a search list shows up, some of which makes sense, some of which does not.
 
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