The Topping DAC plays DSD with no problems, from an app like Audirvana, or Foobar. I have bought a 5TB small disk to bring along my DSD files, vinyl rips from my home system, made on the Tascam da-3000. Works fine. The Topping is not a great dac, but it goes into over-achiever mode, playing native DSD.

o_holter March 11, 2024 14:13

My source for the cottage system is now mainly a thinkpad pc getting wifi from a mobile phone, with a small Topping 30 dac, and then to the Ming Da integrated amp. The system is good enough to give a plus to the (low price) Topping, compared to the PC (or Fiio) dacs, not to speak of the phone dac. I plan to bring my Teac to the cottage to test if a better dac makes a difference.

o_holter March 11, 2024 13:54

I mainly use the Fiio X3ii, while the Tascam recorder stays at home - even if it sounds maybe 20-30 percent better, playing my DSD recordings. After an upgrade (made by Roar Malmin) the Ming Da integrated amp sounds quite linear (better bass and treble). The amp's "Triode" mode sounds best, into the Aurum speakers, even if they would maybe like a little more watts even better. The alternative, "Ultralinear" may sound good at first, more hefty, but is more flat and solid state sounding to my ears, so this switch is therefore permanently turned to Off, on the Ming Da amp.

o_holter August 20, 2021 15:08

System edited: The Tascam sounds very good and will be brought along to the cottage sound system this year, also, since the Korg MR-1 is misbehaving.

A "cottage" in the Norwegian sense of the word (hytte) is where you go some parts of the year, especially in the summer, from the cities into the coast or countryside.

o_holter July 03, 2014 22:24