Topping E30 II

The Topping E30 II has transformed my listening setup. Paired with my amp, the sound is crystal clear, detailed, and natural, with a noticeable improvement in separation and soundstage compared to my previous DAC. It handles high-res files effortlessly, and everything just sounds more alive. I really like the compact, minimalist design – it doesn’t take up much desk space but feels solid and well-made. The included remote is a nice bonus for switching inputs or adjusting volume without reaching over. Setup was quick and painless – just plug in via USB or optical and it works right away. For the price, the performance is incredible and easily competes with more expensive DACs.

have only had this item a couple of days and bought it to link between laptop and the Topping L 30 II I already own. It surprised me the difference it made to the quality of sound playing music from the computer to the amplifier Both the Topping L30 II and E30 II perform far beyond what their £149.00 price tags suggest they will I've been using the L30 II amplifier for a while now and it's output via either headphones or desktop speakers is superb now with the E30 II DAC in the chain the sound is so SO clear and clean it's incredible No hesitation in recommending this very affordable very capable DAC (or its companion Amp)

I cannot rate this highly enough, an exceptional piece of kit, I'm running it with a small class d amp (pa3s) the size of a book, and getting amazing clarity to my ageing but good speakers. If you frequent the high street major audio chains, you may have heard a 5 figure setup, my setup now sounds like that, and far better than ~1-3k combinations of traditional devices I've tried recently. I'm running a CCA (Chromecast Audio) via optical in, and getting 96/24 sound streamed via roon. I can't overstate the difference this has made, in visual terms it's like going from 720p to a flag ship 4k oled w/ hdr and dolby vision, it's a huge leap forward. Two of the major chip makers are ESS, and AKM, ESS were leading for a while, then AKM created VELVET dac chips, a class of them, to beat ESS sabre's. This has 2 of the ak4493s chips in it, and competes with many new DACs up to 2x it's price easily. Highly recommend, if you're considering it, you won't regret it. n.b. AKM Velvet and ESS Sabre have slightly different sound signatures, some people prefer one vs the other. However both are exceptional and this device is a great implementation.

I owned an SMSL ESS9043 dac last year and returned it because I found the sound quality, although initially impressive, to be clinical and uninvolving. Sadly this dual AKM dac suffers from the same shortcomings so I have concluded that if you only need CD (44.1kHz) and broadcast/strreaming (48kHz) playback, stick to the older, simpler DACs from 10+years ago, eg Cambridge Audio Dacmagic 1, Musical Fidelty M1 DAC for a more enjoyable listening experience.

Excellent sound quality from this DAC. I'm using it with Volumio on a Pi5 and it was a plug and play install. Powering off a 5V 4A 'brick' supply.

I bought this DAC to see if the hype that these chinese DACs get is true. After playing the first song on this thing, i was shocked on what improvement i heard. The soundstage became very wide and open, i heard details that i never heard before on music that i thought i known very well. Music which was recorded and mastered well was the best match to this DAC, mp3s and bad recordings did not reveal anything additional to what i heard before. This DAC has modern 2022 AKM chips, combined with good designed circuitry, makes it measure excellent.

Bought as a standalone DAC to go between a Chromecast audio streamer and an analogue-only Rega Brio-R amp. Speakers are Dali Opticon 2. Reveals subtle details in the music and produces great results across a wide variety of genres. Did A/B tests against the DACs in a blu ray player, Chromecast audio and a CXA80 amp. As you might expect, the Topping E30 sounded much better than the first 2. The CXA80 (was RRP ~£700 new) sounded slightly more airy and detailed but harsher, I much preferred the sound of the E30 as it struck a better balance between detail and tone in my system. Admittedly you also need an amplifier to go with this DAC, but it still represents excellent value for money. Brilliant sound quality especially for the money, would thoroughly recommend!

I bought this DAC specifically so that I could start to explore and play DSD music files as my old Cyrus DAC can only play PCM. I have to say that for a budget price this DAC's sound quality is exceptional. DSD playback is extraordinary for the price. And I have to add that its PCM conversion compares very favourably with my Cyrus DAC which was many times the cost of this small DAC.

it is really good DAC for that money , but just small step up from portable DAC hibe fc1 what i used , and forget you will get AKMsound chip , almost all have cyrrus Logic chip

War sehr positiv von dem Klang überrascht. Voller, kräftiger, sauberer Sound, nicht aufdringlich… Klar kommt es darauf an wie die Produktion des Musik-Materials ist… Als externes Netzteil ist ein iFi Power X angeschlossen. Der Topping ist an einen „Primare“ Vollverstärker angeschlossen . Tolle Sache mit den verschiedenen Filtern…hab schnell meinen „Favoriten“ gefunden. Wenn man noch gute Kabel benutzt , ist der kleine DAC für den Preis ein absoluter Hammer , und eine Fernbedienung bekommt man auch noch On Top …

Ich benutze das Teil über den optischen Anschluss, was erfolgreich eine zuvor auftretende Brummschleife am PC eliminiert hat. Leider ist es so, dass das Teil manchmal nicht aus dem Standby, in den es automatisch wechselt, wieder aufwacht. Zudem dauert das Aufwachen aus dem Standby mit ca. 2 Sekunden recht lange, was z.B. Bei YT-Videos ohne Intro o.ä. nervt. Glücklicherweise kann man den Standby-Automatismus über die beiliegende Fernbedienung (Taste "Auto") deaktivieren. Mir wäre aber lieber wenn er vernünftig funktionieren würde. Edit: Ich habe nun eine Master-Slave-Steckdose in Benutzung. Leider Ist das Gerät immer im Standby wenn der Strom wieder da ist, d.h. ich muss das jedes mal manuell an machen. Super doof. Ich habe die Wahl zwischen always on, nicht funktionierendem Standby oder jedes mal manuell an machen. -> weiterer Stern Abzug

Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Kauf. Der CD-Sound bekam mehr Raum und analytischeren Klang, viel besser als bei meinem Sony scd-xe 800. Den CD-Player habe ich über den optischen Eingang angeschlossen, und über Koaxial habe ich den Hama DIT 2005 BTX angeschlossen, über den ich Internetradio und Spotify höre . Es funktioniert super. Den USB-Port habe ich noch nicht getestet. Toller Kauf für das Geld.

This DAC is a very good upgrade even for high end systems. It automatically turns on and off depending on signal, so after setting it up, there is no need to keep the remote around.