Hi,
I'm looking to pick up a dac soon and have one or two in mind. I'll be using it primarily for mixing music and audio with headphones. Topping tend to get recommended for this a lot by engineers.
The options I am considering are the E70 and the D50iii. I had planned to get the DX7 pro plus but it's discontinued. Plus I have the topping L50 headphone amp, so I may as well use it as I'm pretty happy with it.
I have watched Amir's video explaining test results he gets when reviewing DACs, so I've a decent idea what I'm looking at. It seems after a certain quality level is reached, anything beyond that would be inaudible anyway. The E70 has fractionally better results but that is probably irrelevant.
Do either of these DACs have any known issues etc that would make you choose one over the other? Regarding Connections I'd prefer the balanced trs on the D50iii over the XLR on the E70 as I'll have to get more cables to connect it to the L50. But I'd prefer the built in power supply on the E70. Also the D50iii is a bit cheaper.
Are both these Dacs pretty much on par? Has anyone had both? Also there is a velvet version of the E70, what's the difference? I have read a review saying the E70 is darker than the velvet, but surely if they are both completely flat frequency wise, that can't be the case?
Thanks
I'm looking to pick up a dac soon and have one or two in mind. I'll be using it primarily for mixing music and audio with headphones. Topping tend to get recommended for this a lot by engineers.
The options I am considering are the E70 and the D50iii. I had planned to get the DX7 pro plus but it's discontinued. Plus I have the topping L50 headphone amp, so I may as well use it as I'm pretty happy with it.
I have watched Amir's video explaining test results he gets when reviewing DACs, so I've a decent idea what I'm looking at. It seems after a certain quality level is reached, anything beyond that would be inaudible anyway. The E70 has fractionally better results but that is probably irrelevant.
Do either of these DACs have any known issues etc that would make you choose one over the other? Regarding Connections I'd prefer the balanced trs on the D50iii over the XLR on the E70 as I'll have to get more cables to connect it to the L50. But I'd prefer the built in power supply on the E70. Also the D50iii is a bit cheaper.
Are both these Dacs pretty much on par? Has anyone had both? Also there is a velvet version of the E70, what's the difference? I have read a review saying the E70 is darker than the velvet, but surely if they are both completely flat frequency wise, that can't be the case?
Thanks
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