TechRadar Review Calls Topping DX1 II Well Built but Unengaging
TechRadar calls the Topping DX1 II well built and well specified, but says the DAC fails to grab the listener.
The review is bylined by Simon Lucas, a freelance technology journalist and consultant whose work focuses on audio and video in home entertainment. According to the biographical note accompanying the article, Lucas has covered sound and visual image production for what will soon be a 20-year career.
Before becoming a freelancer, Lucas was editor of What Hi-Fi? magazine and whathifi.com for nearly six years. The note says his tenure coincided with the website becoming a leading source of audio/visual buying advice for consumers. He has since written for Wired, Metro, the Guardian, HiFi+ and GQ, among other titles, and has worked as an audio consultant for high-profile consumer electronics brands.
The note places Lucas in Brighton, England, and says he writes about technology alongside a packed schedule. It also lists his social media activity on @OnlySimonLucas, where he posts about national affairs, Aston Villa and his partner's cat.
TechRadar's review title carries the publication's assessment of the DX1 II: a product presented as solidly built and well specified, but one whose overall character did not make a forceful impression on the reviewer. The assessment rests on the contrast between the hardware description in the headline and its stated failure to engage.