Shenzhen Audio confirmed by message through Amazon that they ship from China. In those cases and any duty would be the buyers responsibility so I've ordered from Audiophonics. The extra cost was just the shipping cost from Bordeaux to Lisbon, and I've bought some additional stuff: a small oled screen for the RPi4, some RCA plugs (I'll need to make a new interconnect cable) and a micro HDMI/hdmi adapterI think wsz0304 and Shenzhen Audio are one and the same, and I'm reasonably sure the method to avoid duty will be the same too.
Parallels can virtually build a Windows operating environment on the Mac OS, but in reality it has a fairly limited behavior.It shipped with 1.06 Firmware, I tried to update this using Parallels on my Mac, I got the driver installed, but the Firmware installataion failed every time I tried it... If anyone's managed to do this any help would be appreciated!
16 days is reasonable. I ordered mine from AliExpress and it's already been 15 days. Still "handed over to airlines". Looking forward to using it as a preamp for some active speakers.OK finally got one of these...
I paid £105 (shipping included) on eBay via seller 'wsz0304' and it took 16 days to reach the UK, there were no additional customs charges.
The E30 is built really nicely, certainly looks a lot less 'DIY' than my D10.
It shipped with 1.06 Firmware, I tried to update this using Parallels on my Mac, I got the driver installed, but the Firmware installataion failed every time I tried it... If anyone's managed to do this any help would be appreciated!
Re the sample change 'click', trust me, if you're using an integrated amp, or a pre/power, you are not going to be bothered by this.
One thing that is a bit strange, according to the iOS app 'Mobile Tools by AudioControl' the polarity on the E30 (and my D10) are reversed, both negative polarity. I thought this may be something else downstream, but tested the headphone jack on my MBP and also a Chord Mojo, and they both register as positive polarity with the same amp and speakers.
Don't make me cry.i got mine from apos, ordered 15 days ago and just got it today, black color was out of stock for about 10 days, got a 30 bucks refund and upgraded shipping.
I'd rather buy combo unit than two separate devices. Less wires and power adapters...I have heard there may be some kind of DX5 this year (I assume D50/A50(s) inspired combo unit, but not sure if this will be an upgrade or more of a sidegrade to the DX7 Pro or this E30/L30 stack. Still patiently waiting for the "DX9 Pro" myself.
One thing that is a bit strange, according to the iOS app 'Mobile Tools by AudioControl' the polarity on the E30 (and my D10) are reversed, both negative polarity. I thought this may be something else downstream, but tested the headphone jack on my MBP and also a Chord Mojo, and they both register as positive polarity with the same amp and speakers.
I am! It's weird though, Topping must go to great lengths to get so much of these little DACs so right (the hard stuff) and then mess up on something so simple (at least twice!)... Obviously there's a lot of debate on whether anyone can actually hear the difference between +/- (as long as both channels are the same), but it's strange thing to do anyway.That's very interesting. Why aren't we testing the polarity of DACs?
OK finally got one of these...
I paid £105 (shipping included) on eBay via seller 'wsz0304' and it took 16 days to reach the UK, there were no additional customs charges.
The E30 is built really nicely, certainly looks a lot less 'DIY' than my D10.
It shipped with 1.06 Firmware, I tried to update this using Parallels on my Mac, I got the driver installed, but the Firmware installataion failed every time I tried it... If anyone's managed to do this any help would be appreciated!
Re the sample change 'click', trust me, if you're using an integrated amp, or a pre/power, you are not going to be bothered by this.
One thing that is a bit strange, according to the iOS app 'Mobile Tools by AudioControl' the polarity on the E30 (and my D10) are reversed, both negative polarity. I thought this may be something else downstream, but tested the headphone jack on my MBP and also a Chord Mojo, and they both register as positive polarity with the same amp and speakers.
I am! It's weird though, Topping must go to great lengths to get so much of these little DACs so right (the hard stuff) and then mess up on something so simple (at least twice!)... Obviously there's a lot of debate on whether anyone can actually hear the difference between +/- (as long as both channels are the same), but it's strange thing to do anyway.
Yep I used the 'Speaker Pop Test Signal .wav format' file. And yep, tried the 'invert polarity' preference in both Audirvana and BitPerfect, and it does indeed change the polarity from - to +.I just checked my D70 and it is positive polarity. I assume you downloaded the Speaker Pop Test Signals Zip file from here: https://studiosixdigital.com/support/downloads-2/speaker-pop-signals.zip
Yep I used the 'Speaker Pop Test Signal .wav format' file. And yep, tried the 'invert polarity' preference in both Audirvana and BitPerfect, and it does indeed change the polarity from - to +.
I'm sure this is probably fixable via firmware, but since firmware updates are PC only, that's not useful to me. @Topping: please please please make an OSX version of these firmware updates.
Amazon don't have that for third party sellers like Shenzen.Yeap, amazon has that. And it's my plan to get E30/L30 through this channel as well.