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If I paid $2,000 for the PA5, I'd be pretty annoyed. At around $300,, while I'm not thrilled by the likely possibility of having to replace it so soon, it's totally acceptable to me. I've purchased nearly a dozen products from Gustard, S.M.S.L., Topping, Khadas, and other similar companies since joining ASR. Besides some frustrating (but addressable) firmware problems with a couple of them, I've had no failures or other major issues. Given the low prices, I cheerfully accept the risk vs paying 3x to 10x as much for similar products made in the US or EU.I can ask you, without any polemical intent, just to understand.
You have purchased an amplifier which, although it works well, suffers from a serious design flaw for which Topping has not taken responsibility. Aware of this, as soon as it breaks (because it will) will you buy the next model from the same brand? Why? Don't you feel cheated as a consumer?
In this world, you rarely get more than you pay for. The saying goes, "Price, Performance, Reliability. Choose two."
I'm getting SOTA performance for little money. There's got to be a compromise somewhere, and I'm okay with that. Folks who are not should avoid brands like like these.