Topping DX5II Balanced DAC and Headphone Amp Review

[Joachim Herbert]

I/V op-amp PCB placed above a DAC area, if there a 45.1 and 49.1 generators then it can ASRC disabled.

And then what?

 

[GabrielPhoto]

In this case, I am comparing the sound quality, sound character and soundstage width of the FT1 between the Fiio K7 and the Fiio Ka17.

I think they place you are looking for is called head-fi where is all about imagination, placebo, bias confirmation and peotic description of sound instead of facts.

 

[Lux Maldini]

Thank you for the review, @amirm,

You've tested and highly-recommended so many high performing DACs in the last few years that you are beginning to break our collective bank, buying all these new crop of SOTA hardware.
I am not going to listen to you anymore..., until our new friends -across the Pacific- figure out how to incorporate some ADC brawn into their SOTA offerings.

ADC？ What is the specific scenario?

 

[xanalog]

ADC？ What is the specific scenario?

See few members' wishful comments for the newly introduced FOSI S3. link
Some of us have been asking for such devices since FOSI asked ASR members for assistance in the thread "What a Balance Preamplifier should be like". link

I hope we are almost getting near the point when FOSI gives us a single hardware (at reasonable prices that FOSI has been able to do), which provides balanced I/O, and digital I/O, as an 'A/DAC' that may also include streaming capabilities. AIO w/o power amp.

 

[LiviuTM]

New firmare released - V2.10 - Changelog:
*Fixed: After clicking Feedback Configuration with the right button on the remote control, only the Home button responded while the up/down keys and knob did not work.
*Fixed: After standby, residual image information could be seen on the screen when exposed to strong light.
*Fixed: Rare issue where the Bluetooth name incorrectly displayed as DX5 II AT+SLBN=DX5.
*Fixed: Occasional parameter saving changes after waking up from standby.
*Fixed several known issues.

 

[ziggurcat]

New firmare released - V2.10 - Changelog:

*Fixed: After standby, residual image information could be seen on the screen when exposed to strong light.

I know someone who will be very happy about this fix...

 

[Bleib]

New firmare released - V2.10 - Changelog:
*Fixed: After clicking Feedback Configuration with the right button on the remote control, only the Home button responded while the up/down keys and knob did not work.
*Fixed: After standby, residual image information could be seen on the screen when exposed to strong light.
*Fixed: Rare issue where the Bluetooth name incorrectly displayed as DX5 II AT+SLBN=DX5.
*Fixed: Occasional parameter saving changes after waking up from standby.
*Fixed several known issues.

DX5 II version V2.10 firmware update - Topping audio

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[Boese]

Soo the Standby display Bug ist fixed ?

 

[Bleib]

Soo the Standby display Bug ist fixed ?

Yes, works at least on my unit

 

[ziggurcat]

The issue with settings not saving when the device has been put into standby mode still persists for me. In order for anything to stick, I have to make the changes I want, then set the DX5 II's output to LO BAL before putting it into standby mode.

Anyone else have this issue?

What's worse is even if I make changes, then go into standby mode while set to the LO BAL input, if I happen to leave it on any other input, it does a complete factory reset when it wakes up.

 

[ngs428]

The issue with settings not saving when the device has been put into standby mode still persists for me. In order for anything to stick, I have to make the changes I want, then set the DX5 II's output to LO BAL before putting it into standby mode.

Anyone else have this issue?

What's worse is even if I make changes, then go into standby mode while set to the LO BAL input, if I happen to leave it on any other input, it does a complete factory reset when it wakes up.

I don’t have that issue.

 

[Bleib]

Me neither, this latest update kept all my settings

I'd consider using reset and see if it helps anything at all

 

[ziggurcat]

I don’t have that issue.

Me neither, this latest update kept all my settings

I'd consider using reset and see if it helps anything at all

Will it keep all of the settings regardless of the output you have it set to prior to putting it into standby mode? For me, if it's on any other output other than LO BAL, nothing will save. It might be different for other people.

If I roll the FW back to v1.93, the issue no longer occurs.

Edit: I'm also only using the OPT input, so I will investigate if that's got anything to do with it when I am home from work.

 

[ngs428]

Will it keep all of the settings regardless of the output you have it set to prior to putting it into standby mode? For me, if it's on any other output other than LO BAL, nothing will save. It might be different for other people.

If I roll the FW back to v1.93, the issue no longer occurs.

Edit: I'm also only using the OPT input, so I will investigate if that's got anything to do with it when I am home from work.

I’ve never had this issue with any firmware version and loss of settings (other than the firmware updates obviously). I use optical in (but rarely), 99% of the time USB in. I use LO SE and HPA BAL.

 

[ziggurcat]

I’ve never had this issue with any firmware version and loss of settings (other than the firmware updates obviously). I use optical in (but rarely), 99% of the time USB in. I use LO SE and HPA BAL.

I learned something this evening. Please try enabling cross feed on either of the HPA outputs, then put the device in/out of standby mode using the remote (doesn't have to be the remote, it's just the quickest way to do it), and let me know your results.

For me, when cross feed is enabled, that's when the settings don't save/unit reverts back to factory reset. If I do not enable cross feed, there is no issue. It would explain why the issue was not present when the FW is rolled back to v1.93 (since that feature is not part of that FW version). It would also explain why nothing would happen if it was set to LO since cross feed was never enabled with that output.

 

[Timbo2]

I learned something this evening. Please try enabling cross feed on either of the HPA outputs, then put the device in/out of standby mode using the remote (doesn't have to be the remote, it's just the quickest way to do it), and let me know your results.

For me, when cross feed is enabled, that's when the settings don't save/unit reverts back to factory reset. If I do not enable cross feed, there is no issue. It would explain why the issue was not present when the FW is rolled back to v1.93 (since that feature is not part of that FW version). It would also explain why nothing would happen if it was set to LO since cross feed was never enabled with that output.

It saves OK for me on both HPA outputs with simplified cross feed.

It might be interacting with something else. A painful way to test would be factory reset and just enable cross feed.

I was bitten by the PEQ be scrambled the curves that some here couldn’t reproduce so I don’t doubt you are experiencing a legitimate bug. My expectation is that it may be multiple configuration options interacting. You might want start changing things one at a time and seeing how many options you change before it exhibits the bug.

Edit - also I only change settings on the device, not via remote. Try both!

 

[ziggurcat]

It saves OK for me on both HPA outputs with simplified cross feed.

It might be interacting with something else. A painful way to test would be factory reset and just enable cross feed.

I was bitten by the PEQ be scrambled the curves that some here couldn’t reproduce so I don’t doubt you are experiencing a legitimate bug. My expectation is that it may be multiple configuration options interacting. You might want start changing things one at a time and seeing how many options you change before it exhibits the bug.

Edit - also I only change settings on the device, not via remote. Try both!

Well, that's annoying

Which of the Simple profiles are you using? With a bit of luck, it could be just the specific profile. FWiW, I keep setting it to the last one -- JanMeier -- since that's the one I like using. I won't be able to test anything until later tonight/later tomorrow.

 

[Timbo2]

Well, that's annoying

Which of the Simple profiles are you using? With a bit of luck, it could be just the specific profile. FWiW, I keep setting it to the last one -- JanMeier -- since that's the one I like using. I won't be able to test anything until later tonight/later tomorrow.

I'm using Chu Moy.

 

[ziggurcat]

I'm using Chu Moy.

Does anything happen if you change it to JanMeier?

 

[Timbo2]

Does anything happen if you change it to JanMeier?

That’s it!

Of course now all my settings are wiped out…