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wagninger t1_j6byqt4 wrote

Reply to comment by PhysicalRow4225 in Ladies and Gentleman, I got one. by radrod69

Which is also a DAC/amp, and a much worse one.

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PhysicalRow4225 t1_j6gsvhx wrote

I just got a pair of hd660s’ and am waiting on the dx3, these will be the first pair of headphones I own as well as my first dac. Although I don’t mind spending more money in the beginning to lengthen the time needed for an upgrade, I would like to “test the waters”, and for a couple hundred bucks I feel the little topping may help with that.

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radrod69 OP t1_j6ho36u wrote

Your Topping unit is perfectly fine. I would be hard pressed to find anyone here who could tell a difference between the two in a blind A/B test (before applying DSP of course). The only reason the ADI-2 is more costly is because it is jam-packed with digital signal processing (DSP) features that work really well. I'm not sure why they felt the need to put you down just cause you didn't know the two aren't meant to go together.

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PhysicalRow4225 t1_j6i3zvf wrote

Thanks for this, I also am not familiar with dsp but will look it up. With the price difference between the adi-2 and topping it must be a game changer, that and the fact it seems to be bigger and have and a four pin connector so it most likely drives much more power.

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radrod69 OP t1_j6iq0vs wrote

DSP is kind of a game changer, EQ is a big one you'll see discussed a lot around here. But there are free options, I just happen to like the convenience of being able to take care of all of that from my DAC. The ADI-2 is not likely to have much more power either tbh because honestly not much is really needed and the engineers at RME mention that in the manual, I personally don't think power makes a difference past a certain point but it's a big topic of debate

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