Topping
D90 III Sabre (successor to D90SE)
Introduced 2024$899 MSRP
The Topping D90SE ($899, ESS ES9038PRO chip) was the brand's flagship balanced desktop DAC from 2021 until Topping discontinued it in favor of its direct successor, the D90 III Sabre — also $899 and visually near-identical — which upgrades to a dual ES9039SPRO chip design (one chip per channel) for higher SNR, lower distortion, and native DSD512 support. Because the original D90SE is no longer sold new, this entry documents the current D90 III Sabre, which occupies the exact same product slot and price point in Topping's lineup.
MSRP
$899
Used market · Good
$600
-33% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $899 at launch to $600 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $899 USD
- Jitter
- As low as −160 dB across USB, optical, coaxial, and AES inputs
- DAC chip
- Dual ESS ES9039SPRO (one per channel, independently processed)
- MQA support
- Full MQA, MQA Studio, and MQA Renderer decoding via USB, coaxial, optical, and AES
- USB interface
- XMOS XU316
- Analog outputs
- Balanced XLR (selectable 4V/5V) and single-ended RCA (selectable 2V/2.5V)
- Digital inputs
- USB, coaxial, optical, AES, IIS, and Bluetooth 5.1 (Qualcomm QCC5125; LDAC/aptX Adaptive/aptX HD/AAC/SBC)
- Dimensions weight
- 22 × 16 × 4.5 cm; 1.2 kg
- Sample rate support
- PCM up to 32-bit/768kHz; native DSD up to DSD512
- Predecessor DAC chip
- Single ESS ES9038PRO, 8-channel, summed in parallel
- Predecessor DAC chip d90se
- Single ESS ES9038PRO, 8-channel, summed in parallel
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