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Topping EX5 DAC/Headphone Amplifier
Mustafa0319
9
Sep 7, 2023
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Great DAC/Headphone Amp for the price
I wanted a small DAC with balanced output for speakers as well as a decent headphone amp, and this delivers on both. Even though the headphone output isn't balanced/differential, it still has more than enough power for my harder to drive headphones (Sennheiser HD600/DCA Aeon Noire), as well as really low noise for some of my sensitive IEMs. My powered monitors sound absolutely incredible with them as well, I set them to 0dB gain and let the EX5 serve as the pre-amp/volume for them.
I do believe that the headphones I have are probably at the limit of this device though, so if I had something that needed more power than those, this might not be the right device for you.
My only actual gripe is that the bluetooth connection seems to always be active, even if you are back on USB input, so I've had to forget the EX5 on my phone after each time I've connected to it. It's not ultimately a big deal to me because most of the time I'm playing off my PC anyway, but I definitely avoid using the Bluetooth input now.
Recommends this product? Yes
Smee
19
May 15, 2024
Mustafa0319If you hold the volume wheel down while turning it on at the power switch, the menu there will let you disable Bluetooth altogether.
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