{"id":158407,"date":"2023-03-12T11:41:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T11:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=158407"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:09:28","slug":"topping-launches-dx5-lite-dac-and-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/topping-launches-dx5-lite-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Topping launches DX5 Lite DAC and Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topping has released a new model of digital-to\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0DX5 Lite\u00a0, also capable of working as a pre-amplifier.<\/p>\n<p>The DAC unit in the model is built on a dual\u00a0ES9068AS\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Technologies\u00a0, the\u00a0XMOS XU216\u00a0processor is responsible for processing the digital signal coming to the USB port .\u00a0The device can work with\u00a0PCM stream 32 bit \/ 678 \u200b\u200bkHz\u00a0and native\u00a0DSD512\u00a0, and the built-in Bluetooth adapter supports\u00a0LDAC, aptX HD\u00a0and\u00a0aptX LL\u00a0codecs .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/24_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A digital signal can also be fed through the optical and coaxial inputs, in which case the resolution is limited to 24 bit \/ 192 kHz.\u00a0The headphone amplifier is built according to the proprietary\u00a0NFCA\u00a0scheme , there are two outputs for connecting headphones &#8211;\u00a06.35 mm\u00a0and a four-pin\u00a0XLR\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/25_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the variable output, the model can be used as a pre-amp when connected to an external power amplifier or powered speakers via RCA or XLR.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/158_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Topping DX5 Lite\u00a0D\/A Converter and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0is available in black and silver and can be ordered online for\u00a0$349\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topping has released a new model of digital-to\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0DX5 Lite\u00a0, also capable of working as a pre-amplifier. The DAC unit in the model is built on a dual\u00a0ES9068AS\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Technologies\u00a0, the\u00a0XMOS XU216\u00a0processor is responsible for processing the digital signal coming to the USB port .\u00a0The device can work with\u00a0PCM stream 32 bit [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/topping-launches-dx5-lite-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":158412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-158407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}