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I'm voting for defective. I never expected a dramatic difference. Frankly, I have my doubts that miniscule distortion vs super-miniscule distortion, or that noise 30 db below ambient vs only 20 db below ambient is audible at all. I was simply willing to gamble that "upgrading" from the Modi to the E50 might make some subtle improvement. If I heard no difference, I probably would've just left the Topping in assuming the improvements were beyond my hearing. After all, if a couple hundred dollars can make even a subtle improvement on a few thousand dollars, why not. I'll probably try again but with a different brand, just in case the E50 really is that bad.its good advice, but there should not be a big shift in sound unless something is not hooked up correctly or the Topping unit is defective. Personally, I would not have made this “upgrade”. But based on specs I suppose the Topping might be better and maybe audibly better?