Likte kanskje D70 litt bedre til mye av min litt rølpete lo-fi musikk og loudness helvete produksjoner, for her er det ikke noe som glatter over, men på akustisk og ikke helt ihjælprodusert annen musikk er jo D90 en åpenbaring. Rytme, klang og toner sitter som støpt.
Synes denne omtalen oppsummerer mye av mitt inntrykk, så slipper jeg å skrive til krampa tar meg
https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/topping-d90-review-a-genre-master/
"I will start by saying what I didn’t like about all AKM based designs I listened to until now. Absolutely all AKM designs, be it from Topping, Aune Audio, SMSL, xDuoo, FiiO and so on have a slight mellow approach to music reproduction. They know how to involve you with their musical wizardry, with that intoxicating flow and naturalness, with that impressive holography and note placement in the room. However, they never properly punched and slammed my body like a serious ESS based DAC did. They never properly shown me a clear sub-bass note that can be sustained for a second or two. This is the sole reason Matrix Audio Element X stayed at my side no matter what, it can be gentle, but it can also be a wild beast unleashing fast and energetic bass notes that strike fast, while being in total control and having everything breathing and at its place.
This is the first time I can say the same about an AKM based design. Ladies and gentleman, D90 is fast, articulate and it hits like a train when its needed. It doesn’t roll-off sub-bass information and my usual pugilist music as electronica and rock started throwing punches at me, I finally felt a crazy amount of energy and impact. Finally, I can listen to my rock without feeling that something is missing from my music. In this respect, D90 is sounding like a grown-up, balls to the wall DAC with authority, has its chin up and knows for to impress a music aficionado like myself. Finally, an AKM based DAC with slam, speed and impact, the end must be near for sure.
The best part that I loved about AKM based DACs is their ability to present spatial cues around the listener. I don’t mean just a wider soundstage that usual, not at all, I mean that every single note is like floating individually to the other one near it, the gap between all notes is bigger, you feel like there is more air in the room. With D90 that feeling is multiplied and I am pretty sure I am hearing the airiest performance in a delta-sigma DAC I’ve heard so far.
I am hearing more air even with lower-quality recordings and there is more of it even compared to my reference Element X, as painful as this sounds to me, this is the ugly truth. D90 is without a doubt the airiest DAC I listened to at my place with the most layered sound, with the deepest depth and with a well spread-out soundstage.
If you want to feel every vibration of every note and if you are wondering if bass is one-noted or has multiple layers of it, then D90 is the right tool for you. If will dissect and show everything there is to hear."
Any music I would play, D90 would always unfold it like a candy in front of me. It grown on me, because I can now listen even to crowded and up-front music with ease, D90 makes that a lot more approachable, I can chew that pill much easier, I’m again impressed.
Til dere som har bestilt Topping fra Frankrike - hvor lang var leveringstiden?
Det gikk på akkurat en uke denne gangen også. Totalsum inkl. frakt moms og gebyr ble NOK 7640.- for en Topping D90
Hvordan opplever du forskjellen mellom D70 og D90?
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