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In Reply to: So who are you going to believe? posted by Ralph on February 24, 2025 at 08:16:42:
Reviewers believe any old s&$T.
"FWIW - My little boxes went into protection during 'normal' use several times. They should not be allowed to advertise these as 100W amplifiers, IMO. I won't be trying out the B200 based on my experience with the B100. Topping kind of let me down with these. I had high hopes. I cannot recommend them, because I am now of the opinion that they certainly do not "work as advertised" like I thought.
Cute little buggers... and they do sound nice ... but...
Overall two things (so far):
1 - Goes into protection at what I'd even consider moderate listening levels with less sensitive speakers. What I'm curious about is why they both go into protection almost at the exact (or exact) same time. I can't imagine the signal to both channels is perfectly 'stereo' with most of my music, but ... bass may be what's stressing the little guys out... and that's typically even between both channels. Thoughts appreciated.
2 - Sure they're cute, but when a fairly typical pair of speaker cables drags them off the rack... it's annoying. Anyone using spades will likely be quite irritated.
I can take some time after the holidays maybe to do some fairly basic measurements. I feel like it may be worthwhile to see if mine perform similarly to the measurements posted previously.
I admit that I'm a bit cynical in the fact that it would seem that Topping is using ASRs measurements as their specs. That is only at first glance. I did not do a line for line comparison. The format looks remarkably similar though. If that is the case, then both ASR and Topping have lost a lot of credibility with me."
Another DIY guy who doubts the claims.
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Follow Ups
- RE: So who are you going to believe? - morricab 08:23:38 02/24/25 (6)
- RE: So who are you going to believe? - morricab 03:15:56 02/26/25 (0)
- You gotta try harder than that- hearsay isn't evidence. nt - Ralph 08:39:12 02/24/25 (4)
- RE: You gotta try harder than that- hearsay isn't evidence. nt - morricab 03:17:42 02/26/25 (3)
- If you have the experience it would be first hand. - Ralph 09:48:24 02/26/25 (2)
- RE: If you have the experience it would be first hand. - morricab 00:53:52 03/03/25 (1)
- Res ipsa loquitur nt - Ralph 10:35:24 03/03/25 (0)