Julf
Facts are our friends
Facts MORE than music.............................
"Above all" as "most importantly also" rather than "more than any other".
Facts MORE than music.............................
@nobeone their website http://www.tpdz.net/products_detail/productId=40.html shows certificates for EMC and LVD CE compliance, as well as ROHS and FCC compliance.
Are you sure it is? Fake CE marking stickers are made in China to fool unsuspecting buyers who believe everything they see/read.
All the Amazon 'toys' referenced earlier have CE marks...all fake CE marks.
Ask Topping for their CE certification, then when/if they send you a CE certificate, check its real with relevant authorities. It probably won't be.
Unless you can substantiate this it's libel, tread carefully.
Except of course this is incorrect. Just got the D10 and it's superbly well made and CE marked.
Sounds great too.
When you say the relevant authorities, CE is self certified, but you better be sure you can prove you meet the relevent regulations if challenged. As far as I can see they have third party test certificates published on their www site to show they have covered that in advance. So it actually works the other way round, if you think they don't meet CE you need to report it to trading standards via citizens advice, and you will need proof it doesn't meet a relevent standard. Might seem odd but that is the way it is.Being someone who imports from China heavily, Chinese 'customs' checks are some of the weakest in the world.
The marking you see is probably the 'Chinese Export' mark, designed to be almost the same as the CE Mark.
I'd be interested if anyone has the CE certification checked with the relevant authorities. Anyone can put a sticker on a product or a number on a website. It astounds me how people actually fall for it and why so many houses are now ful of potentially dodgy electrical gear.
If they do have the correct certification, and its fully bona fide, then you may have just found a money earner by becoming a distributer..
When you say the relevant authorities, CE is self certified, but you better be sure you can prove you meet the relevent regulations if challenged. As far as I can see they have third party test certificates published on their www site to show they have covered that in advance. So it actually works the other way round, if you think they don't meet CE you need to report it to trading standards via citizens advice, and you be will need proof it doesn't meet a relevent standard. Might seem odd but that is the way it is.
Their preferred distribution channels are also shown on their www site, doubt anybody could strike a deal and undercut amazon.co.uk easily.
Quality from China can be stunning, much better than PCBs made in UK by contractors able to offer aerospace approved processes, in my personal experience. It can also be utter crap I am sure. It is a big place making stuff stuff for Apple and junk for street markets. Buyer beware. I see nothing worrying about Topping though.
So...
A peaceful thread about a new hifi component quickly deteriorated into a semi-irrelevant argument about EU rules compliance, punctuated by China bashing and attacks on a different audiophile website.
Happy Holidays!
Yes sorry for my part.So...
A peaceful thread about a new hifi component quickly deteriorated into a semi-irrelevant argument about EU rules compliance, punctuated by China bashing and attacks on a different audiophile website.
Happy Holidays!
Sound quality is naff, its definitely £60 of sound quality, but for its price, probably acceptable. You aren't going to get a Lampizator at D10 money, so thats completely fair for its market position.
Are you saying the D10 sounds naff?
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Happy Holidays!
Thankgiving? Hello?Which holidays? Christmas is a month away yet
Yes, the Focus is much more practical.For me, it's like comparing a Ford Focus to a Aston Martin, both do a job, one does it better.
Thankgiving? Hello?
I am interested in the D70 but cannot find it other than on Amazon or eBay from China. It has been in the US for months. Anyone know the reason and whether it is coming this way?