Topping DX5II Balanced DAC and Headphone Amp Review

[Berwhale]

Works now. See my edit.

And no, I don't actually have the antenna connected, but I'm never far enough away from it for the antenna to be a factor.

After a year of ownership, I am conditioned to factory reset the DX5 II as soon as something doesn't look right!

BTW - I still loose the PEQ settings on mine, but only if I try to use Topping.Tune. I thought Topping.Home might be better, but that seems to have the same problem (not showing my custom PEQ saved to the device. I had also assumed that support for the Topping.home app would allow me to use the Topping Home web app, but this doesn't seem to be the case

 

[argh]

Hm. No luck with topping Home app on IPad Pro. Firmware updated to 2.27, factory reset, power cycle. The app just times out trying to detect it.

Tried:
- factory reset, power off, forget dx5 ii Bluetooth device, start app before connecting to iPad via iOS Bluetooth settings
- same thing, but connect device first in iOS
- cycle bluetooth, restart dx5, restart app
- various combinations of connecting or disconnecting first, using the pairing button via remote, etc
- antenna is attached

Not sure what the issue is.

 

[Mario1969]

I see that some people have problems with the new firmware, after installing V 2.27, do the PEQ settings remain or do I have to set them again?

 

[Timbo2]

I see that some people have problems with the new firmware, after installing V 2.27, do the PEQ settings remain or do I have to set them again?

They remained for me from 2.14. But it’s Topping. Your mileage may vary.

 

[Mario1969]

They remained for me from 2.14. But it’s Topping. Your mileage may vary.

Unfortunately, all my PEQ settings are gone... Honestly, this really pisses me off,

 

[Timbo2]

Unfortunately, all my PEQ settings are gone... Honestly, this really pisses me off,

Hey, I warned you!

My solution to this is to have all my curves exported, numbered and named as they are on the device. When the device does “the Topping” I can import the curves again in under five minutes.

1 Bass+1
2 Treble-2
3 Warm

Etc.

 

[Mario1969]

Hey, I warned you!

My solution to this is to have all my curves exported, numbered and named as they are on the device. When the device does “the Topping” I can import the curves again in under five minutes.

1 Bass+1
2 Treble-2
3 Warm

Etc.

Yes, but I have 12 pairs of headphones and many different settings, nothing bad has happened with the PEQ for a long time, and now I don't remember which settings were loaded to which headphones. In fact, I haven't touched the settings for so long that I forgot how to do it.

 

[SnakeLord]

Without the BT antenna attached to the device the reach is very limited and the connection kinda unstable.

Make sure you have your BT antenna attached!

 

[Audiophile90]

when i turn off the PC after roughly 50 sec DX5 II turned off itself and now after updating the 2.27 firmware, when i turn off my pc the DX5 II display keep working ( more precise the backlight of the display is activated all the time ) the device did not shut down with the pc anymore like used to be we need another firmware to fix at least this bug

 

[Bleib]

when i turn off the PC after roughly 50 sec DX5 II turned off itself and now after updating the 2.27 firmware, when i turn off my pc the DX5 II display keep working ( more precise the backlight of the display is activated all the time ) the device did not shut down with the pc anymore like used to be we need another firmware to fix at least this bug

Yes. I have this one as well. It used to auto-shut down but now the display stays on.
Gonna report it in to topping

 

[Audiophile90]

Yes. I have this one as well. It used to auto-shut down but now the display stays on.
Gonna report it in to topping

i reported this issue as well, everyone need to report so they speed up the process

 

[Bleib]

I just sent them a video, display stays on

 

[Mario1969]

I just sent them a video, display stays on

I checked mine with different display settings and everything works fine.Topping is a strange company, they fix one thing and break several others!

 

[Bleib]

Just to repeat, the display stays on when the whole unit should turn off once the PC is turned off
This has never occurred before

 

[Mario1969]

Just to repeat, the display stays on when the whole unit should turn off once the PC is turned off
This has never occurred before

I understood what you wrote. That's why I did the test... I turned off the laptop, after 2 minutes the DX5 turned off, and so did the display.

 

[Audiophile90]

I understood what you wrote. That's why I did the test... I turned off the laptop, after 2 minutes the DX5 turned off, and so did the display.

There is a chance that there are 2 versions 2.27, one of them was removed before and added later again i download it 25 to 30 hours ago

 

[Timbo2]

There is a chance that there are 2 versions 2.27, one of them was removed before and added later again i download it 25 to 30 hours ago

I had the same thought.

People having issues could download it again and reinstall it and see if that helps.

 

[Bleib]

I had the same thought.

People having issues could download it again and reinstall it and see if that helps.

In my case I have the one that is on the website, I didn't have time to download the first version. But if someone has the first version I can try it out.

 

[Mario1969]

I downloaded it yesterday, everything works fine for me, except that the PEQ settings have been deleted

 

[ziggurcat]

I just sent them a video, display stays on

View attachment 541788

What are the steps to reproduce? I can check it on my unit because I have not noticed this at all. My DX5 II doesn't really go into standby mode anyway because I am still testing out the Keep Mac Audio Alive app, which prevents the DX5 II from going to sleep anyway However, it does go into standby mode when I manually put my Mac to sleep.

The FW I downloaded was the re-up, not the one that was temporarily up earlier last week.