Sent mine yesterday, Shenzhenaudio even promised to cover shipping fee. Felt quite sad to let go quite interesting piece of gear. Sound quality was very good while until issues showed up. Switching to pair of Sabaj a20a (2022) as monoblocks
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Poll for Topping PA5 owners only please.
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anander
Member
Shenzen audio is out of stock, I emailed them questioning the state of the product, and they straight-up said they discontinued the Pa5. Emailed apos audio (been waiting them to ship my replacement pa5 since November 16th, they said production was halted due to supply chain issues). I did confirm with topping that their manufacturer's warranty was two years.
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All (maybe 99%) PA5 units are good at the start. Issue shows up after days/weeks/months. Impossible to encounter in quick performance evaluation
Further confirmation that pa5 is discontinued
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iLoveCats
Active Member
Now I want my replacement to quit so maybe Apos will just credit me and I can get the LA90 I should have bought
PA7 is coming soon:
I hope Topping learned their lesson, after the overall PA5 failure and consumer backlash.
I hope Topping learned their lesson, after the overall PA5 failure and consumer backlash.
Regardless of whether Topping has learned their lesson, I have certainly learned mine, which (unfortunately) is “don’t buy Topping.”PA7 is coming soon:
I hope Topping learned their lesson, after the overall PA5 failure and consumer backlash.
BoredErica
Addicted to Fun and Learning
I hope they're discontinuing pa5... and offering replacement with pa7 since I doubt I'm getting a full refund. Then maybe I can finally have a functional amp.
New vintage: a functioning PA5…
anander
Member
Might depend on the retailer. Apos audio alone has maintained that this is just a pause in production, pretty much said: Take a blue (likely still defective) amp (I ordered black) or wait until at least late February to receive it. Emailing topping again, while punching air. Don't think I'm buying from apos anymore...
Geeech! How long has this been ongoing for you @BoredErica. This is absurd. I woulda lost my cranium long ago.
BoredErica
Addicted to Fun and Learning
Maybe 10 months. Hopefully in 2023 it will be fixed somehow without much financial committment on my part, and I never have to think about this ever again, and I can move on with my life.Geeech! How long has this been ongoing for you @BoredErica. This is absurd. I woulda lost my cranium long ago.
Perhaps if they delay long enough, you'll get a PA999, with 1kW per channel, super-SINAD, plus a warm tube sound option...
jct
New Member
I bought mine in January 2022. The right channel stopped working in November. Hifigo asks me to send it back to China to fix it. No negotiation possible! It would cost me $130 (I'm in Canada) to send it. It's awful. Reading everyone's comments, I don't know if it's worth it...
jct
New Member
Hi. I don't know how they will repaired it and especially if the problem will reappear after a few more months. I contacted topping and they suggested I make an arrangement with Hifigo. Hifigo does not want discussed. I even asked to send only the amplifier without the power supply and they don't want. I founded this about the problem : https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...25x-is-a-modification-worth-it.380233/page-21
Well, this is disappointing. Found this forum looking for a manual for a TOPPING headphone amp as someone on a piano forum couldn't get it to work. Found that TOPPING amps were highly rated in reviews. Loved the data based reviews here. Looked for a good amp in the several hundred dollar range, selected the PA5 based on the outstanding review. Bought it yesterday night from Apos Audio.
Then I found this thread. I agree with the statements in the last two threads. As @amirm himself pointed out, most new members find this forum due to reviews, as I did. I understand everyone working here is probably insanely busy, but when there's an outstanding, glowing review for a product, and then that product has such a longstanding, not-fixed quality issue affecting such a huge percentage of the products, the review should be amended to state that.
Certainly, I was extremely disappointed to find such a glowing review only to discover AFTER I bought it of major quality issues on the product in question. I could definitely see that forever turning someone off from this site if they find a good review and buy a product and then find out later it's junk for issues not related to sound quality.
Then I found this thread. I agree with the statements in the last two threads. As @amirm himself pointed out, most new members find this forum due to reviews, as I did. I understand everyone working here is probably insanely busy, but when there's an outstanding, glowing review for a product, and then that product has such a longstanding, not-fixed quality issue affecting such a huge percentage of the products, the review should be amended to state that.
Certainly, I was extremely disappointed to find such a glowing review only to discover AFTER I bought it of major quality issues on the product in question. I could definitely see that forever turning someone off from this site if they find a good review and buy a product and then find out later it's junk for issues not related to sound quality.
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