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Topping LA90 evaluation and discussion (Integrated Amplifier)

Rate this amplifier:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 8 11.6%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 8 11.6%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther)

    Votes: 11 15.9%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 42 60.9%

  • Total voters
    69

bloodshoteyed

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And from a local supplier - no worries about warranty support.

well, be positive
unlike the SMSL story, if anything goes awry at least you won't have to send it back, it comes with a usb-c firmware update port ;)
 

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Do you know of something similar to the miniDSP flex but with BALANCED inputs and outputs? Does this come with a TRS balanced option?
You can buy a miniDSP Flex balanced for $570. Link: https://www.minidsp.com/products/minidsp-in-a-box/flex
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i realize now the real data was not on the data sheet tab.

a bit shame about the external power supply though...
 

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This review was supposed to go out Midnight tonight but I see that the information is released already by one of their sellers so here it is.
 

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Wolf's measurments are up
 

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Thanks! Impressive amp.
 
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Even high gain is quite a bit less noisy than the mighty AHB2. Trade-off is less power.
Just take two, 1800€ and plenty power for most cases.
 

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Looks like its meant more to be either a Desktop amp or seen as 2 Monoamps, since the Power in Mono seems a lot better than stereo.
 

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Holy sh*t.
 

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When used in mono mode minimum speaker impedance 8ohm why?
 

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Are + and - power supply lines +64V and 0V relative to ground? So then speaker connections have 32V offset or whatever even in stereo mode?
 
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