Topping D50s DAC 2 ES9038Q2M 32bit 768kHz DSD512 XMOS XU208 Bluetooth LDAC HiFi Decoder (Black)

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For the money, I have no complaints. However, if you prefer a warmer, smoother, and more euphonic presentation (as I do) – you may want to look elsewhere. The lesson? Measurements won’t tell you whether you’ll enjoy a piece of HiFi equipment. The only thing that makes sense is to trust your own ears. For the rest? I’d recommend living with each “filter” for a while, get used to it, then move to the next one. The remote control features a useful control called ‘FIR’ which cycles through each “filter”. Make a note of your favourite and move through the list comparing your favourite with the next one in the list.

The biggest change is obviously the internal balanced headphone amplifier that DX7 PRO is having, at 1700 mW of power it can drive basically any headphone, including ortho-dynamic ones. If you have no choice in the matter and you don’t with the D50s, then you need to run through them to make sure you like what you hear.All is not lost. The Topping D50s will surely benefit more when paired with tube amplifiers and darker speakers. Also, if you’re willing to trade tonal quality for transparency – this DAC will be well-suited. It does a superb job of revealing the various layers and inner-details of your favorite recordings. vs. Chord Electronics Mojo

This is also not a full shootout, but more of a review + sound comparison. The official shootout is coming! A practical feature, the D50s is able to switch on and off automatically depending on whether or not it receives a valid signal. Of course, this feature can still be disabled in the device menus. Similarly, the display of the device can be set to turn off after 30 seconds without any action taken, to avoid the visual discomfort that can result from an on screen. The brightness of the screen can also be adjusted. That situation will remain so for some time while AKM rebuilds. So maybe the choices to replace the Cirrus Logic with an alternative chip are few and far between. I don’t know. Again, I’m speculating. A50S as its predecessor is a simple and straightforward device, it can work as a single ended or balanced headphone amplifier or as a single ended preamplifier, alas without a remote so I don’t expect it to be used that often in a proper loudspeaker setup, maybe with some powered loudspeakers in front of your PC. Overall, the frequency response feels complete, there aren’t gaps or roll-offs in there, just an extended frequency response with a slight bump in the bass and midrange region, that are adding plenty of emotions and a much needed soul in the music.Of course, it can’t be considered as an end-game, delete your head-fi account kind of amplifier without some cons and quirks, here and there right? I find it having a somewhat limited soundstage on its 6.35mm output and a little bit of noise with ultra-sensitive IEMs, but more about that in the following chapters. For some Android devices does not supply OTG, so D50s is not able to compatible with all Android devices)

Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. In sound terms I liked the performance a lot. Again, for the overall price and for the amount of facilities on offer. I didn’t find any of the 10 headphones I have here at the pad (including the K240M 600 Ohm Austrian model) hard to drive, so turn that frown upside down buster! So, to remind you, the reported issue is with the Cirrus Logic Receiver chip. In this case, the CS8416 which is a sort of digital management chip that does various bits of housekeeping around the DAC, shall we say. That being the case, I’m not sure why such a mature chip should suddenly decide to fail and become a problem. During my – admittedly – relatively brief time researching the chip, I couldn’t find other examples where the Cirrus Logic CS8416 chip was causing similar sonic issues within other hi-fi components. Again, I’d be very happy to be corrected on that point if you can provide evidence to the contrary.This is a very insightful DAC. It digs into the mix. You’ll hear every detail, the timing of decays, and how the recording was structured. Connecting a smartphone to D50s is much easier than you might think. Just enable BT from the menu, then select it as its main input, search for “D50s” with your smartphone, connect to it and voila! Just press play on your phone and hear your music in the living room on some nice speakers. My phone is connected via LDAC codec – the best BT codec so far, it is also BT 5.0 enabled for a larger Bluetooth coverage. Seriously, this is the best looking single ended only DAC I put my hands on. It looks like a tiny version of Mac Mini with a tiny display in the middle. For laughs here is a banana for scale. Well I find the whole operation deeply unsatisfactory. I find it wholly frustrating that I have not managed to find a solid solution. The jump from Topping D50 to D50S seems like a massive one: better SNR, better cross-talk numbers, dual DAC configuration and the best Bluetooth receiver with widest codec support is the cherry on top.