I am using the D70S on my MBL/Dynaudio system and it is an excellent performer. Probably one of the best delta/sigma available. To find a better dac it is necessary to aim at selected units floating above 3k, and yet system synergies can smooth out differences. If you are into simple acoustic...

My D70S stabilized in a couple months of normal usage. With the Pegasus, as to speed up burn in, I kept it always on playing music for 12 days non-stop (300 hours).

My 2 cents… I do not have NOS experience outside the Musician Pegasus, which in NOS mode sunded “dull” compared to OS. But, if Musician adopt the same Denafrips approach, its NOS is not really NOS but OS with all parameters set to 1. The Pegasus was very easy to listen for prolonged time...

I can confirm that the D70S subtly evolved in the first three months of use. That’s common with almost all dacs: I owned the Musician Pegasus for a couple months, out of the box it sounded poorly with strange distortions in higher tones, it took 300 hours to stabilize (and needed to stay almost...

After many comparisons, I came to the conclusion that - in the range of the affordable dacs - the D70S is quite a unique proposition. I cannot figure out how Topping came out with that design, also given how harsh sounding is their flagship D90 in comparison. Probably my “tube designer” friend...

That looks logical: what is not present in the original signal cannot be added by a downstream piece of electronics, which actually can impart a negative impact due to additional psu, circuitry and another cable in the middle.

I own a Topping D70S since March 2021 and over the following months compared it vs other dacs, some owned and some borrowed, including the Topping D90. Some background and context. I bought the D70S having being adviced by a friend, who designs and builds top level tube amps. All the tests...