For the D50 III are you powering it with the USB-C in only, or are you using supplemental power as well?
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For the D50 III are you powering it with the USB-C in only, or are you using supplemental power as well?
I remembered powered with macbook type C port only and with the macbook typeC charger did not change the result.
I can test it again but I think the build in LDO should do their work properly else we won't get the SINAD measured on this device...
No need to retest.
The engineers can only do so much with an external power source, and a fairly low price point. Your D90 III has it's own power supply, is a lot larger, and has a much higher price point. Generally speaking that allows the engineers more flexibility!
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The DX9 is probably The closest thing Topping has to the ADI-2 DAC FS, and it's the exact same price, but doesn't have PEQ support.
PEQ, Loudness, Crossfeed, flexible Mono, phase inversion, multiple ranges with auto ref, RT Analyzer display, multiple setups, PC remote, SPDIF Recording, ...
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I wouldn't. Maybe d90 III discrete which will have PEQ.
sorry im new, what peq use for?
d90 1st gen have ak 4499 vs d90 iii with 2x es
which one better?
can you help me to tell me the both comparisson?
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Both are so good that there is no way to hear a difference between that and anything else. Parametric Equalization (PEQ) can definitely change the sound to your favor. I know I use my amp with tone controls every day and love the ability to adjust the sound to my liking. PEQ is like tone control on steroids.
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It's worth to wait. Topping D90 III Discrete will come out within the next few months. It's a 1 bit DAC and it has PEQ as well.
For me, Topping D90III was clearly better than Gustard A26, and AK4499 is nowhere near as good as people say.
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Thank you, I'm super curious!
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Well, I'm already gonna say.. for the price it could've had more inputs
(it won't be around 200-300 USD for sure)
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I have no idea about the Topping pricing up and down their line but this rendering shows a device looking particularity cheap (specially the silver one).
I mean,there's nice cases even in Aliexpress with a somehow near premium feel and looks,they can do a lot better!
I mean,there's nice cases even in Aliexpress with a somehow near premium feel and looks,they can do a lot better!
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My guess would be around $800 - $1000 like the original D90 III. Yeah, there are devices that have more imputs around that price, it's not many but not few either and at least it has 12 V trigger and I2S input.Well, I'm already gonna say.. for the price it could've had more inputs
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It's basically the same design as in the previous D90 generations.
The build quality is not cheap. That case, which is the same since the first D90, is very robust and sturdy, the walls are thick and do not bend, there are no gaps.
And it has a very nice haptic feeling.
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I have no doubt about what you're saying.
Can be the rendering,can be the style but this pics are an age away from something like Eversolo for example,or even a WiiM.
Proportions is the key,the solved issue to that for couple millennium is something approaching the golden ratio or more recent,modern proven designs.
They have the luck to be located at the center of case making,they could do miracles!
What's the No1 cheapening thing is the knob,a nice,clean one would be a thousand times better.
