Coz of your good reviews. You are the only site I am aware of that consistently reviews Topping. Your critical perspective and the earning good panthers are probably really good PR.What? How on earth could they accomplish that?
You're absolutely right there is nothing that measures the same. Not even the same gadget from measurement to measurement."Measures more or less equal" is an extremely unfair statement. As outlined by the measurements the difference is substantial. If you want to argue about the audibility and the price/performance ratio it's a different thing, but measurements are objective.
Increasing demand does not increase or decrease margins. Rather, margins are part of the cost of the product.Your positive reviews increase demand. Topping knew the PA5 was going to score well here and generate buzz, it would be silly off them to not capitalize on that knowledge, and clearly this is reflected in the price. I don’t mean it to come across as a negative, but I feel there’s some truth to it.
You don’t recall ever having to tighten the nuts of binding posts? That’s hard to believe!I ran an audio repair shop for eight years back in the 1970s and I don't recall even one instance of this sort of defect in the literally thousands of amps and receivers from the 50+ brands of gear for which we were factory-authorized.
It's a failure. Period. The fact that it's an easily-correctable failure doesn't make it anything close to "just maintenance" in my book, but of course YMMV.
I bet 95% of world population wonders what rack-mountable or desktop amps are used for when they are mostly using smartphones and eraplugs when moving and Bluetooth loudspeakers to pair their smartphones to when at home.I'd be willing to bet that sales of amps in the "desktop" form factors exceed the number of rack-mountable amps sold by huge margin -- and the Chinese makers are all about sales volume.
Yes, I noticed that to be the case here too. I have friends that are a generation or two younger and they all have small bluetooth speakers and extra internet access in the back yard for their connections. They could not care less about having a ghetto blaster or a stereo.I bet 95% of world population wonders what rack-mountable or desktop amps are used for when they are mostly using smartphones and eraplugs when moving and Bluetooth loudspeakers to pair their smartphones to when at home.
Add that Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with Lossless Bluetooth is coming in a matter of weeks...
MIDI goes from 0 to 127.I'm 62 and can hear 15K.
Yes, I noticed that to be the case here too. I have friends that are a generation or two younger and they all have small bluetooth speakers and extra internet access in the back yard for their connections. They could not care less about having a ghetto blaster or a stereo.
I did a lot of service on hi-fi years ago and rarely saw loose binding posts. I certainly don't remember any specific time when it occurred. Probably because of better mechanical design. They were keyed so the chassis had to be punched, not drilled. Or were made in pairs as a unit. Thus, they wouldn't try to spin when you tightened them.You don’t recall ever having to tighten the nuts of binding posts? That’s hard to believe!
I'm new to speakers so don't really understand most of the measurements. Is it possible to read off how much noise the amp makes from amrim's measurements when there's either 1. no input signal, and 2. a very quiet input signal fed into the amp? I'm looking for an amp for nearfield use, and am extremely sensitive to hiss and would like as little as possible in both situations.
- a SNR of 107dB @ 5W was measured. Does that mean that at 0W and at 0.001W there would still be an SNR of 107dB, so any noise would be at a level of -107dB? (edit: I guess the answer is no, because at full power the SNR is 121 dB, so therefore the SNR at 0W must be much lower)
- I beleive the first measurement, a 1kHz sine wave @ 0.5V shows noise at -120dB. Does this mean that at 0V and 0.001V noise will be at the same level (-120dB)?
There is a tiny led that shines a white light. Too bad it is not orange to keep the color scheme of the dac e50The desktop amplifier designation limits what it can be utilized for and lends a smallness factor to it.
Lifestyle product intonates that it's sophisticated, versatile, powerful although in a small form factor and beautiful in it's simplicity.
Of which the PA5 is all those things. I envision many different peeps employing the PA5 in different environments and that it's LED'less design (I'm assuming it has no LED because none of the pics I've seen have a illuminated LED.) will assist it's ability to hide and blend into the home and work environments.
I have had to tighten them on Conrad-Johnson and Cairn amplifiers, to name two. With repeated use of speaker binding posts, it’s pretty easy for them to come loose.I did a lot of service on hi-fi years ago and rarely saw loose binding posts. I certainly don't remember any specific time when it occurred. Probably because of better mechanical design. They were keyed so the chassis had to be punched, not drilled. Or were made in pairs as a unit. Thus, they wouldn't try to spin when you tightened them.
I doubt that in China consumers have any rights no matter where they come fromAfter all, they are the owners of PA5 and they may well have the right to know from Topping what chip they used in it. Right? Or am I missing something?
I'm well past 50 or so and I can hear 15K-16K.
After all, they are the owners of PA5 and they may well have the right to know from Topping what chip they used in it. Right?