Is this stuff Topping is doing with the new I/V stage (seen on newer model slides like the D50 III and E70) and LNRD (errr is this the I/V?) really helping for sound quality? I'm still hanging on to my original E30 from 2020
Nice. This is what I was hoping they would have just did with the E30 II, instead of using two DAC chips. About 3 db sinad improvement on the original E30 and sorta cancels the II model.
OH it is one DAC. That's a great move. I feel like dual designs are sort of like your dual gpu setup until the next gen comes out and a single card beats two :cool:
I'll keep my E30. I hope they plan to add the new XMOS chip to an E30 III and go back to a single DAC design to reduce cost. Totally unnecessary at this price.
Hate to bump this, but has anyone out there measured playback performance on an SSD vs hard drive like ASR would? I'm curious if there are measurable benefits.