Topping E30 II DAC Preamp – DAC for USB/Coax/Opt Inputs RCA HiFi Stereo Digital Audio Decoder(Sliver)
€149
Price: $149.00
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Product Dimensions : 4.92 x 3.94 x 0.04 inches; 1.32 Pounds
Date First Available : July 26, 2022
Manufacturer : TOPPING
ASIN : B0B7L77LHW
Country of Origin : China
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👍 Supports high-resolution audio ▶️ can achieve better performance and reduction ability than a single chip.
👍 Coaxial and Optical also has good performance ▶️ The optical and coaxial input of E30 II supports up to 24bit192kHz audio, which is suitable for digital turntables, disk players, set-top boxes, and game consoles, so that traditional equipment can also give a new sound. The Digital Processing module provides better compatibility than the E30.
👍 5V power supply,anytime and anywhere ▶️ E30 II uses DC5V for power supply, which can easily access almost everywhere. You can power it up by USB port of PC, mobile phone charger or even a power bank. The built-in protection circuit will protect the E30 II and prompt on the screen after connecting to the wrong power supply.
👍 Discrete LNRD ▶️ How to solve the noise problem of 5V power supply? The E30 II’s answer is the Discrete LNRD circuit (low noise reference driver). The Discrete LNRD circuit filters out the noise of various 5V power input and provides stable power supply of ultra-low noise reference level for E30 II. With this technology, the noise floor of E30 II is lower than 1 .5uV.
👍 Pure DAC & DAC+Preamp application ▶️ E30 II is able to fix to maxmum output level so that it can be worked as a pure DAC. E30 II has built-in volume control function that can adjust the volume from -99dB to 0dB , so you are able to directly connect E30 II to power amplifier or active speakers, and control the volume of E30 II.
Customers say
Customers find the DAC’s sound quality impressive, with one noting it picks up on almost every detail of music. Moreover, the device receives positive feedback for its functionality, build quality, and value for money, with customers describing it as stunning. However, customers disagree on the ease of setup.
9 reviews for Topping E30 II DAC Preamp – DAC for USB/Coax/Opt Inputs RCA HiFi Stereo Digital Audio Decoder(Sliver)
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B. Madigan –
Great DAC
Sounds great. Replaced an older DAC that died.
Robert R. –
Stunning & Clean Sound (2004+ Serial Number As Well!)
TLDR; Did a lot of research, Topping E30 is a great value DAC, saw some issues w/ polarity. Took a chance to get it now, and turns out no issues w/ polarity it’s serial 2004+ ðI spent probably a month deciding which DAC to buy. I spent hours debating whether I needed or wanted balanced XLR for future upgrades. I was comparing what all essentially seemed to be similar offerings with different feature sets from Geshelli, SMSL, and Topping. Then I stumbled upon the E30. I waited patiently for the new SMSL M200 DAC to have some reviews which I was sold on previously. I realized that the M200 was overhyped and not especially great value. If the E30 was balanced, it would be the end-all DAC in the price range. I don’t know if it matters; the sound quality produced by the E30 is incredible.You can look at oscilloscope readings that tell you why a DAC is the best, which scientifically has the cleanest signal. The E30 tests are remarkably high, it tests similarly to DACs more than 300% of its MSRP on many tests. WOW. This includes linearity, distortion, and dynamic range. It made me rethink whether I even cared if a device had a balanced XLR output. I started researching the minute differences in RCA and XLR to determine if I even really cared about XLR. As much as I would like to have XLR for a powered monitor upgrade and to feed a 789 in balanced mode, most powered monitors still include RCA. Additionally, RCA doesn’t suffer much degradation in signal comparatively over short distances.All of these factors led me to conclude that the E30 was something that hit the mark high for budget DACs. So high in fact that I was willing to buy this with 0 reviews from HiFi-College marked as manufactured by KGUSS. I can assure you, it is the right DAC with the right serial, and it is fantastic. Stop hesitating, just get this.Things I’ve learned:1. Check the manual when you get it and switch it into DAC mode if you don’t want to use the preamp. The display will then only display bitrate and no longer function only as a DAC.2. I would suggest leaving Windows volume at 99, without a longwinded explanation it allows a tiny amount of overhead for the DAC to function well. More information can be found by searching DACs and the Gibbs Phenomenon.
jazix –
Great desktop DAC
I bought this to replace my Sound Blaster Z, and so far it’s working flawlessly. Windows 10 detects it without any additional driver installation (up to 32 bit / 384 kHz), and I was able to power it with a spare iPhone charger. I’m using mine in DAC-only mode connected up to a set of powered speakers and the sound quality is excellent. The metal housing is also very solid, and looks quite nice on my desk.The only downside is the the single touch button on the front of the unit: it’s the only way to change settings without the remote, and it’s a bit of a pain to use. You also can’t change the volume for the pre-out with it. Thankfully for my use case, I set everything up and don’t need to screw with it again.I’d expect something like this to be priced much higher, and barring any future hardware failures, I’m extremely happy with it.Edit: Knocking off a star as the unit seems to have an issue where it will disconnect from my PC with a “pop” through the speakers, and get stuck with “OFF” on the display. In this state, the unit is unresponsive to both the remote and face button. The only way I’ve been able to solve this issue is to unplug the unit’s power and plug it back in. This happens roughly once every 2-3 weeks.
orangecat –
Very good DAC, but read the specs carefully
I needed a decent DAC to stream music into my stereo amp (a very good one, but old enough not to have an internal DAC), both from my MP3/FLAC library, as well as online sources. (If you’re an “audiophile”, you can stop reading now.) So I’m using optical (or coax) in, not USB. The headline specs are 768kHz/32bit max, but read carefully, that’s for USB in. With coax/optical in you get 192kHz/24bit max. All I care about is CD quality or better, since like most people I can’t hear the difference with anything higher, so these specs more than meet my need.Specs aside, how does it actually sound? Very good indeed. The sound is perhaps just slightly different (wee bit brighter) from my very good CD player (with Wolfson DAC) — but I’m not sure I could tell which is which with a blind test. I’m quite happy with it, even when I’m streaming FLAC-source classical music that I’m fussy about.I think 100-150 is the sweet spot for DACs: if you choose carefully you can get a very good one for the money, and paying more isn’t necessarily going to give you better sound. Do your research carefully, and enjoy!
Luis Gerardo Alonzo Escalante –
Muy buen DAC. La relación calidad precio inmejorable. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.
The Dude –
Iâm using the e30 as a DAC between my iMac and integrated Sansui 2000x amplifier. I compared the e30 to the sound from my CD player and they are very similar. Sound quality is noticeably better than going directly from iMac to my integrated amp. I also compared the e30 being used as a DAC to my Scarlett 2i4 DAW. The e30 is better. If you are a vinyl enthusiast, vinyl is still best. Donât think. Just buy and enjoy.
David E. Peachey –
Coming from a FiiO D3 I’d say this is a really good upgrade. The sound quality is fantastic, I can’t imagine anything sounding noticeably better. The feature set is also really nice, especially the auto on/off and pure dac features. I’m using the optical toslink input with a mac mini running debian Linux and the Logitech media server software. From this I play local flac files, CDs, and hi-res music from Qobuz and I really couldn’t be happier with the results. I did want to use the USB input instead of toslink but the auto on/off doesn’t seem to work in this mode, but that might be because of how the USB audio output works on my setup. Overall I’m happy I bought this and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a high quality dac.EDIT: Still using and enjoying this DAC. Just wanted to update that I found a way to get the auto on/off working on Linux when using USB. Using the lsusb command I got the idVendor and idProduct of the DAC. Then you edit/create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/90-usb-power.rules and add the following line:ACTION==”add”, SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”152a”, ATTR{idProduct}==”8750″, TEST==”power/control”, ATTR{power/control}=”auto”Those numbers should be the same for you if you have this same DAC so the lsusb part can be skipped. After that I rebooted the system and then the DAC was able to go into standby via USB.
Tony K –
I’ve been recording and producing records and film music since the 70s. I wanted to update my home system to approximate what “audiophiles” are listening to these days but I’ve been skeptical about “cheap” DACs. I watched lots of reviews. This one isn’t rated that highly by the HIFI mavens on YouTube, but it’s impossible to know what kind of ears even very knowleadgable guys have, and this price range was doable for me as an experiment. Well this unit sounds abolutely great, very lively and open with 6 quite useful and different musical sounding filters. As far as I can hear the version II of this model has solved the reported problems of first E30. It’s a good buy.
Sender –
No electrical No digital jitter noise. Silent clean connection !Steps : Install spdif realtek drivers R2.82, install topping usb drivers v5.45, plug separate dedicated usb power supply 5v/3.1A.In Win10 Select Spdif output and plug optical Toslink Jack into laptop headphone input or Usb A from laptop to Dac Usb 2.0 type B. Rca outputs into L30 II amp.Result : pristine crisp & balanced accurate sound. Preferred clinical clarity over Modi,Atom or Smsl-Su6.