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Topping L30 Headphone Amplifier Review

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How to feed this with moore than 2V too get max output power? Most dac only have 2V output.
 

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I emailed HifiGo a couple of days ago. I still haven't got the email and I doubt I'll get a replacement. My Sn Starts with 2006. I'm never worried about ESD, even Linus builds pcs without a safety strap. I'm surprised Topping hasn't issued a public statement on there social media. Learned my lesson never buy products day one.

I also build PCs without using a wrist strap.

But I also ground myself to the case throughout the process, especially before handling components which are sensitive to ESD. I would bet Linus does something similar.

Do you think you could always remember to ground yourself immediately before touching the L30?
 

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costs a lot.
Cheeper to buy a schiit hersey and a standard
Yeah it's not really standard practice to do such a thing :) I find L30 also goes pretty loud/powerful with ~2V input though, really. In any case, upcoming A30 Pro will have +12dB gain setting to outpower L30 by a lot, if one wanted such power.
 

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Yeah it's not really standard practice to do such a thing :) I find L30 also goes pretty loud/powerful with ~2V input though, really. In any case, upcoming A30 Pro will have +12dB gain setting to outpower L30 by a lot, if one wanted such power.
L30 is still the best amp, in that range, for low impedance and sensible headsets
 

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i'm a bit confused, i emailed Topping direct and they said 2012+ has the DC and ESD fixes.
That is a false statement.
2012+ have DC fixes only.
The ESD issue was just reproduced in Topping's lab 4-5 days ago, as confirmed by John Yang in this very thread.
The ESD fixes won't appear before february batch (2102).
 

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I re-emailed hifigo with there 2nd email address. The recall email said they would send out replacement units but theres a chance of me paying import taxes/duties.
 

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That is a false statement.
2012+ have DC fixes only.
The ESD issue was just reproduced in Topping's lab 4-5 days ago, as confirmed by John Yang in this very thread.
The ESD fixes won't appear before february batch (2102).

that's what i thought too! will wait and see if there is any further info from @JohnYang1997
 

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Hello everyone. do you think it is worth changing the Topping A30 to the Topping L30? Will I get a tangible boost in sound quality?
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Hello, the l30 topping amp that I bought I think has shorted (I believe, not sure what happened) itself and has shorted (or burned?) the iems that I used with it. My iems do not work at all and get extremely hot. Don't know why this happened randomly out of nowhere. In addition, the amp makes a buzzing sound no matter what you plug into it. I should be glad that my iems are not that expensive, as the amp has rendered them useless. This happened after I took out the power for the amp (the brick out of the wall) and put it back in.
 
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