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Build - solid , hefty .

Drivability - can drive hd600 , he400se and superlux 330.

Sound - have good clean bass , extend bass / increase bass. very clean , analytic , smooth . Seperation very good , sound stage so so , I can say maybe the treble is quite high it can be piercing if pair with high treble headphone. Vocals shine.

Pairing - hd58x literally make the sound open , enjoyable , it tame the sound ,make everything smooth. Also make the headphone muffle gone. To my surprise. Sub bass is enjoyable . Good pairing. Superlux 330 also another good pairing. Smooth , clean. Fiio jt1. This is also bassy headphone , more on the bass side , treble too. But after using it with the topping. It tame the bass and everything is smooth very enjoyable. He400se it gets loud enough. Yes it's clean again. Bass tight. Seperation good. But tbh it's just sound smooth not really a big difference here. Hd600 to my surprise it added the missing bass that I was looking for . It make everything perfect. I seen review or people say it can't drive the hd600 to full potential and he400se. Imo. Hd600 is enough. It gets loud enough. Bass more emphasise. Clean etc just perfect. He400se. Just smooth. Bass tight

Ok imo topping pairing is lean towards bassy headphone , or more on a bass side. Or less bass like the hd600. It work well with most headphone except for treble headphone.

I have the Samson SR850 . It make my ear hurt I can't even listen to them.

Fyi all is stock sound from headphone no eq added.

Gain switch - first time using this thing. Imo nothing really special now I realized why most people say max out the pc volume. Low gain just volume lesser , high means louder. That's it no difference. Both port will run either high or low depend on the switch is set to high or low. Once the headphone get loud enough in either low or high same sound no difference.

Dac comparison ayima dac a 3. This dac I realised has more power in the sense that the ayima have no gain switch. Just pc volume and knob. Like the ayima dac a 3 Is using ess 9038q2m dac chip. And a op amp TPA6120D2 which I know nothing about except for the dac chip.

Sound : it has much more of a noise sound . Meaning electric guitar for example this song. I feel like it has a good instrument seperation. I tested song in flac , 320kbps. Songs like new jeans , Taeyeon , IU , POP , KPOP , anime piano/guitar music , lofi , R &B . But this Japanese song have good seperation etc. and electric guitar so I use this as example. https://youtu.be/YbFSOlLemak?si=LPwnqZs16GSELGic

On the ayima starting it has good seperation. But when the electric guitar plays it makes like electric guitar noise. And everything else like push back a little. Seperation was there but not as clean. This concludes imo ABIT noisy also make it have more feeling to the music. On other song like Taeyeon song. Or vocals song pop , kpop, new jeans. It has more emotion I only can say that. But on certain track like new jeans hype boy it feels like everything a little push back muted. Bass is not as clean. But for like gravity for Taeyeon. And LOL Taeyeon. It feel like more emotion. Not as clean but just feels like more emotion to the song. Through every headphone is like this . But the Samson sr850 the treble doesn't hurt my ear it is still high but tolerable. Imo just beneath my threshold. It also increase the bass for some song and some headphone. Imo

Topping. New jeans bass pop, everything sound clean and well seperate . Same goes for the Japanese song. This is different on that song. Clean bass , electric not as forward. Every Instrument and vocals well seperate can hear clearly. Vocals too all balance. Bass is cleaner than ayima dac a 3, seperation is clearer too , soundstage about the same. Smoother than the ayima dac 3. Clearer sounding too. But after awhile it sounded like too analytic. The treble I feel like it is enhance on the headphone. Like the Samson headphone. I just put for 3, min I need to take them off. Tested with new jeans etc. the treble just hurt my ears too sharp. Samson stock sound the treble is quite high imo.

Ok which do I like better currently if pairing with the topping , hd58x , superlux 330 , hd600. Fiio jt1. All of these sounded great . I feel like those lack of bass , or bassy headphone pair well with topping. Can't pair is those stock sound already with high treble like Samson.

Is it better than ayima ? For me personally I like clean sounding stuff. So yeah. The ayima also have like channel imbalance. But I fix it through the window all by balancing it. So overall not bad.

Power : I feel like the ayima dac A3 has more power. Period. Do not know the measurements but it gets loud real quick quicker than the topping dx1 high gain.

Fyi maybe there's a sound different because of the bit rate.

Ayima is 24 bit 440khz I forgot. But I know it's 24bit.

Topping 32 bit khz I also forgot but I think also 440khz or something. But I can clearly hear the difference.

But if I compare the topping to the bvgp t01s dongle it also a 32, bit.

The sound tbh sounds very similar. The bvgp t01s. Tbh if it got a desktop version I will buy it. The dongle is like super cheap compare to topping . Sound wise almost the same. Just that it's not as clean as the topping.

But the bvgp is good with all headphone I tested even Samson's. Enhancing the bass , clarity , maintain the treble.

Enhanced the bass on hd600 too. Smooth. Etc.

Maybe it because of the bit rate so yeah.

Is it worth the money for the topping ? For desktops amp dac imo this is end game. I do not need anything higher. But for bvgp dongle yeah man. Maybe not as clean soundkng as topping but other aspect quite close. The sound on the bvgp is insane imo. It power my hd600 well it open it up like the topping as well .

So yeah that's my conclusion of the topping. All rounder except for treble heavy headphone. Good for bassy headphone for pairing. It just balance everything out.

Fyi the sound from the dac amp mentioned has 0 hiss or static sound. I ab the 2 dac I can hear the difference ess and akm chip. Both have their own strength. ESS has more emotion and noise(good noise) . Akm just clean sounding. Good seperate tight bass. Less emotional, more analytics imo. I can't believe anyone can hear anything beyond this point. If anything get even more analytic than this topping. It's just sterile sound. Maybe be good for a week or so but after that it's not enjoyable.

Build I bought it around RM330 in my country currency. The build. Metal headband it claims to be a stainless steel headband only time will tell. Ear cup only tilt up and down.

The headband it's an automatic adjustment style similar to the akg k702. I never own akg before.

I wear spectacles. It's comfortable. Clamping force imo just nice. Overall comfortable.earcup soft pleather . Headband soft pleather . No hotspot. Just maybe it will get hot .

It looks like a semi open headphone but the outer cup it's just for design. It's a close back headphone. Outside earcup made of hard plastic mainly all plastic. Except for the headband and the hinge. Headband made of wire adjustment and pleather headband . Headphone feel light. Also comes with a cloth bag , and cable with mic attached. I guess the mic just so so.

Drivability; Anything can drive this thing. It's legit super easy phone , pc anything.

Sound quality: Song tested in flac , 320kbps . Source PC. Dac amp , fiio k1 dongle , suca audio dac q4 pro.

Song tested kpop aespa , new jeans, pop , anime song and piano , vocalist like Taeyeon and IU. Seafret ,

I just gonna sum up of what I hear. I feel like the bass is elevated , treble elevated. The mids it's quite balance. Vocals sound imo normal sometime piercing depends on what type of song you listening. Vocals are push back ABIT. The high hats , drums ,trumpet , all are very distinct. Can hear clearly. Each of the instruments are clear. Vocal clear too. They didn't merge together. If that makes sense.

Now comes to sound stage. The seller told me it's narrow. But to my surprise it's wider than the hd58x , hd600 imo. It also have the 3 blob effect. I can get the sense of the the instrument depts which is the first time for me. I couldn't hear it on my he400se. Non stealth , hd58x , hd600 etc.

Instrument have like dept effects and I know where it coming from. It's like drums on my left than the trumpet is behind the vocalist Futher etc. yeah. I know where each instrument coming from and all sound clear even though they are lots of instruments.

Vocals doesn't have airyness like the he400se. The sub bass just so so . The hd58x, sub bass is more impressive after eq.

Stock bass of the jt1 is punchy a little boosted same goes for the treble. These 2 are the one that stands out. Vocals just a little bit push back.

For the price of I want to compare to the he400se non stealth and shp9500.

Jt1 wins compare to the shp9500.

As for jt1 and he400se. He400se has hotspot on the head , heavy. Sound wise. It's not as punchy. It's a different tuning. But has air in the vocals.

Seperation. I think jt1 does better , soundstage and imaging too jt1 really give me the sense of instruments dept which I never hear on any other headphone I own.

Tuning of the jt1 imo boosted base , boosted treble. Not by alot but these 2 things are the thing that stands out.

Drawbacks. ABIT grainy especially since I own he400se , hd600 , hd58x , M40x etc etc.

Resolution : resolution isn't the best imo. It's just decent but resolution better than shp500 , I think it's almost the same as the he400se. Maybe the 400se is better. Other headphone I own resolution win over the jt1.

Ok stuff I am impressed with the soundstage it's quite wide imo. Wider than the hd58x , hd600 , he400se. It has dept too and the I can say I know where each vocalist , drums etc coming from left , right center etc. behind etc.

I do not play FPS games . So yeah.

I feel like this type of tuning sound unique I do not hate. I feel like it's decent . Won't say I love it either.

I feel like vocals it's not bad. Sound normal. Not above average. Hd58, and hd600 , even the he400se sound better for vocals.

This headphone I feel like good at seperation , good for guitar music , drums. Morden music.

Shp9500 sounds wash compared to this headphone that's all I can say. Build wise the shp9500 wins. Otherwise the sound jt1 wins.

He400se and jt1 imo both sound different. Since one it's planar the other is dynamic.

Conclusion. I feel like the only draw back is the resolution for this headphone . It's clear the sound. Music sound warm. Relax. More on bass sound. Sub bass is less. Vocals is not the strong point. Like something is missing. Feel like missing emotion or texture. It's not like the sennheiser. Resolution a little grainy.

Overall I think it's not bad. Imo music just sound smooth , relax. Maybe on the warmer side .

Out of these headphone which one would you own if you could only have one and only one headphone or IEMs. You can't own a IEM and over headphone just one pair.

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