New Topping D90SE DAC

So have now spent a full month living with the new topping D90SE. 

It truly a step above all other DACS i have owned.  Zero noise, clear details and you can hear every detail of the voice and the decays of the instruments.

Sounds great on jazz and other recordings that are well done. 

The biggest difference has always been the quality of the recording and the D90SE will expose that.  It doesn't cover up bad recordings,  that tells me it's not coloring the sound. 

Vanson1 . With what dacs did you compare it?

Sounds like my Benchmark DAC3B. I use the Topping pre90 and D90SE with Benchmark AHB2, The DAC3B is used in another system.

The Topping D90SE is a clear, detailed, and a neutral DAC. It will not add any flavour to the sound. My Gustard X26 Pro is unlike the DAC3B and D90SE. That DAC is warmer and slightly less detailed. I like all 3 of them with the right match of gear.

Thanks to everyone for their comments and impressions. 

I'm still very happy with my D90SE. 

I have stopped spending money on upgrades,  at least for now. 

Mc452 took a few dollars out of the audio budget for sure. 

Just kicking back and finding more music that sounds enjoyable to listen to. 

It's a lot cheaper than constantly buying and selling equipment too.😁

DACs are weird beasts. You can have a perfectly measuring one at $899 and devices that cost $25K or $80K that may not measure as well. Expectation biases do come into play, which in turn affect how we actually hear things. Having said all that I do prefer r2r dacs, as they sound pleasant, knowing fully well they attenuate high frequencies.

This D90SE is affordable enough to buy and try but I am always unsure if I will like delta sigma dacs, as previously I didn't like the ones I purchased.

Ultimately, the whole system including the room itself also matters. People do tend to think delta-sigma or well measuring DACs are "sterile", but I wonder if speaker placement and room reflections were taken into account during these experiences, as well expectation biases from too much forum topics. Ultimately we are tribal, so we align with certain groupthink and personas. So D-S dacs will always seem "sterile" and so on.