Hi. This is my first post in this forum and want to describe my thoughts about Topping dx3 pro dac.
I have this dac just two weeks ago, and I have to say that I don’t understand all the hype about it.
I used a Behringer U-Control UCA222 usb dac (
https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0A31) to connect my pc to a pair of jbl305 active speakers that cost me 25€. I bought the topping dx3 pro with the expectation that it would be way better but…
Dx3 pro build quality is good. It as a light but solid metal case and the remote control is also nice.
What about the most important, the sound?
The sound quality from the rca on the back is just as good as my 15 year old Behringer, which for an almost 200€ price difference and so many years in audio technology advance, is something that I can’t understand.
Worst is that the audio from the headphone output is as bad as it can be. I do not believe that it can be worse than this. It reminds me of the headphone outputs from cheap laptops. It is unbelievably bad. It is muddy and boomy with no definition at all.
If that was not enough, it came with a problem. If I switch it off, a minute or so after turns back on again and in the Bluetooth option instead of usb, so I will have to switch it back to usb to use it. If I leave it on and turn my pc off, after some time it turns off and back on again just like I describe earlier so this is a problem with no solution.
I bought it from amazon uk but the seller is from China. It was a black Friday deal so the drop in price compensate from the import duties that I had to pay because I am from Portugal.
I want to send it back because it is a faulty unit, and it is not better than my old Behringer dac. But If I must pay to do it, probably does not compensate and its money in the trash can.
So, I do not know if the previous version is way better than this one, but do not go with the flow and don’t waste your money with this.
Just my humble opinion.