Topping DX9
Topping's limited-run, glass-topped flagship measures at the state of the art — and the argument is over whether a $1,299 all-in-one should still lack EQ, and whether it sounds like anything at all.
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7 reviews
Topping
Measurement-focused DACs & amps
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Topping (Guangzhou TOPPING Electronics & Technology) is a Chinese audio-electronics maker founded in 2008 in Guangzhou, known for measurement-focused DACs, headphone amplifiers and dac-amps that chase class-leading THD+N and SINAD at competitive prices.
- Founded
- 2008
- Based in
- Guangzhou, China
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Topping DX1 II
State-of-the-art numbers and a watt of balanced power for $119 — and a summer of firmware, pops and clicks that split its owners.
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Topping D90 III Sabre / A90 Discrete Stack
The stack that topped the measurement charts — and then had to answer for a display carried over from 2019, a missing EQ, and an amp that sometimes dies with a pop.
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Topping D50 III / A50 III Stack
A $430 stack that measures like reference gear and finally puts a real parametric EQ inside the DAC — then argues about whether it has any sound at all.
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Topping DX5 II
One of the best-measuring boxes ever sold for $299 — and the one thing reviewers cannot settle is whether yours will keep working.
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Topping E30 II / L30 II Stack
The ~$300 desktop stack that measures near-perfect and drives almost anything — with the usual fight over whether 'transparent' means honest or lifeless.
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Topping DX3 Pro+
The ~$200 desktop DAC/amp that keeps winning on measurements, power and features — with one asterisk for very sensitive IEMs.
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Prices in USD, recorded when each review was updated.