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Topping L30 Headphone Amplifier Review

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The output power measured is about 50% compared to Topping's spec. Am I missing something here?
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How can it be?
They announced just a higher than 60dB SINAD...[Lower than 0.1%, they say.]
And the test shows 121.47dB... 0.0000845%.
Obviously they are truly humble...not only cheap.
Congratulations.

But on the basis of their specifications I myself would have refrained from buying it...
I see there is no one to be believed...those who announce the highest specifications that turn out not being achievable as per the tests, an those who pretend a sell announcing so bad performance no one will bother to buy.

A pity...
 
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Would the L30's pre-amp work as excellent as the head-amp? I have an E30 and it can work as a Digital Pre-Amp to my Power Amp. I read that the Volume control in the L30 is Analog. Would I get better sound/performance if I pair the L30 with E30, and use the L30 as a stereo analog Pre-Amp instead of E30 as digital pre-amp?
Yes. And performance is better. Sound wise that depends on the system. Like not or small differences.
 

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I see there is no one to be believed...those who announce the highest specifications that turn out not being achievable as per the tests, an those who pretend a sell announcing so bad performance no one will bother to buy.
 

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I see there is no one to be believed...those who announce the highest specifications that turn out not being achievable as per the tests, an those who pretend a sell announcing so bad performance no one will bother to buy.
These are the full spec.
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Is this attenuation tracking representative of all retail units? In other words, does the binning select only pots with high tracking performance such as this?
 

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Is this attenuation tracking representative of all retail units? In other words, does the binning select only pots with high tracking performance such as this?
Effective tracking is around -40dB. And it will apply to all units. Essentially in real world when you turn the pot a little bit you get louder than -40dB.
 
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