Comments on Profile Post by Vtory

They're now not cheaper than Schiit any more. Let alone performance controversy.

Dude, stop trying to stop my measurebating. That -160 dB floor makes me so hard.

A site refuted has measurements of the thing up, didn't give a click but the preview blurb shows it was sent in by the company.

No surprise.

@Lyander, it definitely came "highly recommended." I'm also guessing there's going to be zero mention of price/performance given it's a Topping.

Don't need to check to confirm, but yeah. I'm certain at this point there are probably SOME competent and affordable Topping products out there, but just by reason of all this drama I'm going to make an active effort to avoid them, preference for budget gear be damned.

^kind of off-topic, but I've learned that sometimes, the silence of SBAF speaks louder than even when we're enthusiastic about something if you know what I mean.

I'd rather ignore amr lol. My prejudice-ish take is TP (along with other most Ch companies) don't do anything to improve analog output stages. They closely follow the reference circuit provided by chip makers. For budget products (<$300) it can be ok, but that approach never leads to "great" digital products imho.

As far as I know, only Matrix really "tries." I mean, just look at the chassis; it's crazy over-engineered.

I find a [decent] metric for seeing a product's performance are classifieds actually. If people tend to hold onto something for a few years it says something about it.