Topping EX5 Failure

[egellings]

It's not that it failed (we don't what caused the failure), but that there is no reasonable path to save it from landfill. That's the sad bit.

If Topping freely provided schematics and/or service data, you could make a more informed decision on what to do with it.

A lot of the products would likely need firmware as well as spare parts, and that could get tricky.

 

[rwortman]

I have never seen a pro audio device that will be damaged by unbalancing a balanced output. Putting a balanced output on something that will be damaged by an adapter is engineering malpractice.

 

[tyanlion]

Oh, and update: yeah, Topping got more money from me, and I replaced the EX5 with a D10 Balanced. It works great, was dirt cheap, and I guess I’ll pitch it in three years.

I have an update on my thread. I sent my EX5 to repair long story short I only paid 40 usd to get it fixed and shipped back and forth. Its now back with me and working fine.

Should I send Topping EX5 to repair? Broken Topping device sending back to china for repair previous experiences and is it worth it.

Just want to ask if anyone had previous experience sending back a Topping device to China and was it worth the cost. My EX5 just broke and it is out of warranty, it simply cannot start up, from what I can see it will cost 35USD to send it back, then 25 USD to ship it back and if Topping should...

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