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ESS SABRE ES9038Q2M HIFI DAC
D10 Balanced will synchronously power on/off with PC.
D10 Balanced is compatible with 16 32bit/44.1-384kHz and DSD64-DSD256 Native
Connect to active speakers
Connect the output of D10 Balanced to your active speakers, then send better sound directly into the speakers in a more professional way.
Compatible with DSD256 and PCM384
Audio format and sampling rate indicator
D10 Balanced can accurately indicate the audio format (PCM or DSD) and sampling rate of the playing music. Orange LED is soft and not dazzling even at night.
Professional applications are also competent
D10 Balanced supports professional ASIO
applications. When using ASIO in MAC or Linux, it can be set in the music playback software; when using ASIO with Windows, you can use the customized driver from Thesycon.
D10 Balanced could output no higher than PCM 24bit 192kHz or DSD Dop64 whenserved as USB bridge
USB interface application
If you already have a better DAC, you can connect D10 Balanced's coaxial loptical output to your DAC then D10 Balanced serve as a USB bridge.
Jimmy L Parker
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
I have Jotunheim 2, topping D70 (bought 2019), Monolith 887 THX. I have HD6XX and Audeze LCD-2 headphones. It's hard to believe but the LCD-2 brings out qualities of the D10 Balanced connected to the Jotunheim 2 that the D70 does not. Not sure what is going on but the D10B seems to have more detail than the D70. The D10B plays with the frequencies better. I have had the D70 long enough to know it. As soon as I plugged the Jotunheim 2 into the D10B, I noticed a difference. I realize I'm supposed to notice a difference but I do. I have the Jotunheim 2 connect to the D70 and playing through the HD6XX. I got the LCD-2 and immediately noticed the difference between the two headphones. I got the D10B to plug into my laptop and plug into my RXV385 receiver. I decided to play around with components and see if there were any differences. Stubble differences but there are slight differences. I wish I had not spent the 500 for the D70. That said, The chips today were not around in 2019. The D10B is a great DAC. Compared to the D70 it holds up in quality. ESS chips are slightly different than AK chips. Sensitive headphones and IEMs can bring these out. Certain headphones sound a little different on different amps as well. I must say, while I'm not totally blown away, I do like the D10B connected to the Jotunheim 2 over the D70. With the LCD-2 I here stubble differences in detail. The D10B is a very good DAC and well worth the money. You can use as a bridge for a laptop into a receiver, or another DAC. Plus, it only needs a USB to power it! No wall wart or extra cord. Just plug D10B into USB, balanced into Amp and you are done. Awesome little DAC that can go toe to toe with a 500 dollar D70.
Vadim Prodanov
Reviewed in Germany on July 15, 2024
Der beste DAC in dieser Preisklasse
安田一平太
Reviewed in Japan on May 31, 2024
本当に高級DACいらなくね？ってくらいのクリアな音を叩き出します。バランス接続対応でこの価格なら文句の付けようがないです。専用のドライバをインスコしないとDSD5.6MHzまでしか。DSD11.2MHzで聴きたいならドライバー必要です。１万前後の中華ミニオーディオにハマりタワーになってしまいましたｗ正直１5万程度のヘッドホンアンプならこっちの方が好みの音を出します。
The SANMAN
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
I've been buying and flipping personal hifi gear for 15 years. I've owned $1K plus multi-bit DACs, $2K+ headphones and amps, etc. So I know how top quality gear sounds and performs. I've become a huge Schiit fan for amps and DACs, and a Sennheiser headphone fanatic for the value when it comes to costs-vs-performance. I recently picked up a Schiit Ragnarok class A/B amp on Ebay for a great price. I wanted something to drive a pair of JBL pro tower speakers. But the Ragnarok is a pure amp. No internal DAC. But it does have two balanced XLR inputs. So I needed a balanced external DAC to feed this beast of an amp. Enter the Topping D10 balanced USB DAC, which I picked up on Amazon for under $125 on sale. The next available balanced DACs on the market started at $225. Just didn't want to commit to that much and bought the Topping D10 purely on reviews. And boy am I glad I did!! This little beauty is so simple. It can be powered by my Pixel 6 USB-C to USB-B connection into the D10. And provides a nice bright and simple digital signal value. So you know your sample rate at any time. But the real value here is the D10 balanced output, into my Ragnarok. I spaced my tower speakers L/R about 25 feet apart. And then throttled up Ragnarok. Wow, oh wow! The D10 cranks out an incredibly spatial and neutral sound! I cranked up some Muddy Waters and Keb Mo and it sounds like they are sitting right in front of me, with the instrument L/R separation that is mind blowing. I'm simply blown away that this is a $125 balanced DAC! Which is just like my headline suggests ... value, value, and more value! It's as good as the Schiit $800 DAC I used to own. And I don't say that lightly. Thanks Topping!
Mauro
Reviewed in Italy on March 3, 2022
Che dire....Non mi spingo a dichiarare che funzioni meglio di alcuni convertitori dal costo dieci volte superiore, non credo nell'ammazzagigantismo.Dico semplicemente che vale tutti i soldi spesi, e alcuni convertitori più costosi potrebbero comunque non andare meglio di questo piccolo Cinesino autoalimentato via USB.In particolare, l'ho confrontato con un Rotel RDD-1580, inserito nel mio sistema da studio mixing composto da laptop Asus, controller Pioneer DDJ SB3, mixer audio Proel (che uso solo con la funzione di regolazione del guadagno) e diffusori monitor attivi KRK Rokit 6 G3.In buona sostanza, sono due prodotti dalla filosofia progettuale profondamente differente; il Rotel tende a suonare neutro e lineare, bene, ma manca della grinta sui transienti rispetto al piccolo Topping, che comunque riesce a non colorare in misura eccessiva il segnale musicale in uscita dallo stadio di conversione.Quale dei due suona meglio....? Direi.... nessuno dei due. Semplicemente suonano diversi, si dovrà sceglierne uno in base ai propri gusti ed esigenze personali, che possono essere dei più disparati.Dico solo che, ad un quinto del prezzo di listino, questo Topping riesce ad eguagliare nella qualità prestazionale un prodotto sicuramente più datato, ma con una struttura di pregio decisamente maggiore (non mi voglio dilungare in descrizioni tecniche, anche perché è sufficiente una ricerca in Rete per approfondire meglio).L'utilizzo che faccio di questo piccolo convertitore è essenzialmente per files audio in formato mp3 di buona qualità, a 320.Ce l'ho da oggi, sicuramente nei prossimi giorni lo proverò anche con formato FLAC.Cinque stelle meritatissime sotto tutti gli aspetti, dal suono alla costruzione, dal packaging alla facilità d'uso, nonché per il prezzo di vendita.Neo trascurabile: manuale non in lingua italiana.Consigliato caldamente.
Uwe Seebold
Reviewed in Germany on March 17, 2022
Ich habe dieses Gerät gewählt, weil der Preis im Rahmen bleibt und es symmetrische Ausgänge hat. Ich habe zwei Nahfeldmonitore mit symmetrischen Eingängen angeschlossen und betreibe den Wandler quasi als externe Soundkarte am stationären PC. Die Installation ist denkbar einfach: am USB-Port anstecken und Win11 erkennt den direkt und Sound ist da. Da im Hardwaremanager noch einige unerkannte Geräte waren habe ich die Treiber von der Website nachinstalliert. Danach funktioniert alles. Klanglich besser als alles, was ich die letzten 30Jahre am PC hatte. Praktisch: Adapter sym. 6,35mm Klinke auf XLR liegen mit in der Verpackung. Würde ich jederzeit wieder kaufen!
Maki Michii
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2021
not sure what to say. At first out of the box.... shrill. Now i never really noticed huge amounts of difference burning in headphones but this thing benefited from being on continuously playing for a few hours. Some of the shrillness went away. Now this isn't an audiophile infinitesimal amount. I mean a significant change some accounted for me getting used to the way it sounds but i can't really honestly that was all it was. Mine was really shrill in the first moments i used it to the point i thought something was wrong with it. Another reviewer elsewhere mentioned how harsh this dac sounds. I learned that its more than just mumbo jumbo about synergy in your choice of equipment. this dac paired with a thx aaa 789 and he-400i's well.... bright sounding dac with a neutral amp thats not going hide anything plus a pair of headphones with spike in the treble response..... Now i said its bright but i really don't have a frame of reference as all the dacs i've heard to this point are last generation with a sinad no better than 90db. a sabaj d3 which doesn't have a true line out and an old modi 2 uber on single ended. Everything is very clear and the bass is very tight and well defined. And the largest caveat is my hearing. I think some of the harshness i hear is the "resonance" with my tinnitus. I'm bought this as a stop gap until i eventually save up enough to get a d90se or some other dac at that level. I would really have to hear some other implementations of the es9038q2m. In any case this definitely sounds a like a saber dac. This dac made me finally understand why some people prefer a "warmness" to the sound in their dacs and amps though i do not. I know this is a rambling mess but i'm really just forming my opinions of this dac on the run. This is the first time i really heard how autotune makes vocals sound compressed and small as rick beato opined on youtube. the one thing i know i didn't imagine was the initial shrillness in the first minutes i used this little guy.
Renato
Reviewed in Italy on September 15, 2021
Surclassa dac molto più costosi sia per le misure strumentali che per la qualità del suono percepita. Acquistatelo SOLO se avete un amplificatore con ingressi bilanciati, altrimenti orientatevi sulla versione single ended (D10s)
RA
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2021
A balanced version of this DAC is exactly what I was looking for. It sounds fantastic, small footprint and useful display for testing audio output. Thank you Topping!Note that this unit has no separate power supply and will not power from an iPad just like many other DACs and audio interfaces.To get around this, simply use a powered USB hub with the Apple USB camera connector (if you buy the powered version, you can charge the iPad while it’s connected to the DAC).
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