raif71
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It is a rather good review but i disagree with his 2 main negatives:
1. Power: As proven in objective reviews on this site the L30 has plenty of power and it seems like he had other problems than the L30 not having enough power.
2. Soundstage: He talks about balanced and unbalanced in relation to soundstage and makes it sound like you NEED balanced because unbalanced can't provide the best soundstage. I think this is a very subjective statement and far from the truth.
No 1 is spot on, on not having enough power but on some sources especially classical music sources. I played Carlos Kleiber conducting Beethoven 5th and 7th symphonies (dsd 64) and I experienced what Sandu probably experienced when he played his Beatles (if I got it correctly). On 0db, I maxed out on the volume and had to get to high gain and I settled around 3 o'clock using Senn hd600. Other sources like current pop/rock I'm happy to say that using 0db, the volume headroom is satisfying. I'm not particularly picky about the "inadequate" power issue while playing Beethoven's source I just mentioned coz I experienced the same issue while using Atom at normal gain. Using high gain on the Atom, I got to 3 o'clock too so I conclude that power wise, the l30 is about the same with Atom. Of course, if one uses other headphones or iems with lower impedance, you might not maxed out the volume on 0db. YMMV. I'm using e30 dac for both amps.
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