WileeCoyote
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All this emotion seems extreme to me. I don't know how anyone can know a reason or motivation for someone else doing anything without asking. This entire thread reads like a hate campaign.
The only reason I am writing this is because
1 - I can speak for myself
2 - I am bored
My reasons for purchase have nothing to do with SINAD. I don't know what that is or why it is important.
This is cost priced equipment, for the performance, targetted at a specific user base for high turnover. I do not expect the same QA as brands like Musical Fidelity, Cyrus, or Denon. I reached out to my local supplier and also Topping directly, voicing my concerns, and was re-assured by thier commitment to a local 1 yr warranty and an extended 1 yr manufacturer warranty. That's pretty good, better than most manufacturers where the norm. is only 1 yr.
I truly don't need an LA90. It's 3 times the price. That was tongue in cheek. Yeah it might fail but that's not as important to me as performance - at least during the warranty period. After 2 years, well, it was only AUD$550.
In my experience, if it lasts for 12 months on 24x7, it will last a lifetime. Time will tell.
By the way, power cycling is genereally not recommended for most transisitor circuits. Mine will be on 24x7
My primary decision to purchase was based on listening to online youtube reviews and hearing them comment. I dismissed those reviews that I thought were baseless and lacking cred, its easy to spot those. The reviews here were secondary - and justifying. I listened to the PA5 through their expensive speakers on my Sennheiser headphones (albeit their microphone). That told me volumes. What I looked for was zero noise floor, bass control, and detail.
I considered much more expensive ones, like Benchmark, LA90, and Chord. At its price point I felt that the power and detail from the PA5 could not be beat.
The only reason I am writing this is because
1 - I can speak for myself
2 - I am bored
My reasons for purchase have nothing to do with SINAD. I don't know what that is or why it is important.
This is cost priced equipment, for the performance, targetted at a specific user base for high turnover. I do not expect the same QA as brands like Musical Fidelity, Cyrus, or Denon. I reached out to my local supplier and also Topping directly, voicing my concerns, and was re-assured by thier commitment to a local 1 yr warranty and an extended 1 yr manufacturer warranty. That's pretty good, better than most manufacturers where the norm. is only 1 yr.
I truly don't need an LA90. It's 3 times the price. That was tongue in cheek. Yeah it might fail but that's not as important to me as performance - at least during the warranty period. After 2 years, well, it was only AUD$550.
In my experience, if it lasts for 12 months on 24x7, it will last a lifetime. Time will tell.
By the way, power cycling is genereally not recommended for most transisitor circuits. Mine will be on 24x7
My primary decision to purchase was based on listening to online youtube reviews and hearing them comment. I dismissed those reviews that I thought were baseless and lacking cred, its easy to spot those. The reviews here were secondary - and justifying. I listened to the PA5 through their expensive speakers on my Sennheiser headphones (albeit their microphone). That told me volumes. What I looked for was zero noise floor, bass control, and detail.
I considered much more expensive ones, like Benchmark, LA90, and Chord. At its price point I felt that the power and detail from the PA5 could not be beat.
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