This is a review and detailed measurements of the Topping D70 Pro Sabre edition balanced stereo DAC with Bluetooth. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $699.
Topping hugely steps up the look of their DACs with inclusion of a high resolution, high contrast LCD that can show different UI (I have selected VU meter). You can select spectrum analyzer and normal informative DAC settings/volume level. Here is a quick mobile phone image of the FFT:
Back panel is unchanged from their other DACs:
The DAC can be configured for nominal 4 or 5 volts. I have selected 4 volts for my testing. Dynamic range should improve some with 5 volts.
If you are not familiar with these DAC measurements, click to watch this video.
Topping D70 Pro Sabre Measurements
Let's start with our usual balanced dashboard:
We expect superb performance and transparency from Topping and that is what we get. This is state of the art and at the top of our chart of 400+ DACs tested:
RCA performance is almost as good:
The volume control reflects actual dB values. Adjusting it gives you these SINAD values:
Dynamic range is state of the art:
We have the usual set of filters and corresponding frequency responses (F1 is default):
Linearity is perfect as is multitone:
I measured tiny bit of jitter using Coax which could be my cabling (I use random RCA cables):
Good to see lack of "ESS IMD hump:"
Finally, good filtering and superbly low wideband noise and distortion gives us state of the art THD+N vs frequency:
Conclusions
We expect state of the art DAC performance from Topping but I must say, I did not see the user interface revamp coming. The new display oozes class and is highly functional. I want to see the spectrum of what I am playing which the FFT display shows with very high refresh rate. Often a speaker or headphone distorts in low frequencies and you can use this diagnostic tool to see what is in your music. I also appreciate the informative display otherwise.
It is my pleasure to recommend the Topping D70 Pro Sabre stereo DAC. It not only performs, but also has key features I want in a DAC (i.e. a spectrum analyzer).
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As always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. are welcome.
Any donations are much appreciated using: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-support-audio-science-review.8150/
Topping hugely steps up the look of their DACs with inclusion of a high resolution, high contrast LCD that can show different UI (I have selected VU meter). You can select spectrum analyzer and normal informative DAC settings/volume level. Here is a quick mobile phone image of the FFT:
Back panel is unchanged from their other DACs:
The DAC can be configured for nominal 4 or 5 volts. I have selected 4 volts for my testing. Dynamic range should improve some with 5 volts.
If you are not familiar with these DAC measurements, click to watch this video.
Topping D70 Pro Sabre Measurements
Let's start with our usual balanced dashboard:
We expect superb performance and transparency from Topping and that is what we get. This is state of the art and at the top of our chart of 400+ DACs tested:
RCA performance is almost as good:
The volume control reflects actual dB values. Adjusting it gives you these SINAD values:
Dynamic range is state of the art:
We have the usual set of filters and corresponding frequency responses (F1 is default):
Linearity is perfect as is multitone:
I measured tiny bit of jitter using Coax which could be my cabling (I use random RCA cables):
Good to see lack of "ESS IMD hump:"
Finally, good filtering and superbly low wideband noise and distortion gives us state of the art THD+N vs frequency:
Conclusions
We expect state of the art DAC performance from Topping but I must say, I did not see the user interface revamp coming. The new display oozes class and is highly functional. I want to see the spectrum of what I am playing which the FFT display shows with very high refresh rate. Often a speaker or headphone distorts in low frequencies and you can use this diagnostic tool to see what is in your music. I also appreciate the informative display otherwise.
It is my pleasure to recommend the Topping D70 Pro Sabre stereo DAC. It not only performs, but also has key features I want in a DAC (i.e. a spectrum analyzer).
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As always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. are welcome.
Any donations are much appreciated using: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-support-audio-science-review.8150/
Give me another day to test that....
