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TOPPING - L30
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24-48 Hours
Chi-Fi
Excellence
Ideal for
Indoor Use
Connect With
RCA
2300mW X 2 @ 32 Ω
Power Output
The Topping L30 oozes value for money. It is well designed, versatile and easy to use. Realistically its performance is hard to beat, with an overall neutral tonality without ending up too bright and sounding natural and detailed. The L30 is thoroughly recommended!
PAIRS WELL WITH THESE ACCESSORIES
FEATURING PRO-PERFORMANCE NFCA MODULES
Inheriting the Nested Feedback Composite Amplifier (NFCA) module from the flagship A90, the Topping L30 has Voltage Current Hybrid feedback architecture and Ultra High Gain Feedback (UHGF) which leads to excellent DC and AC performance. You can drive low impedance headphones using the high output current drive of Topping L30. L30 offers a dynamic range of 141dB with the lowest noise at 0.3uV.
IDEAL FOR A WIDE RANGE OF HEADPHONES WITH DIFFERENT IMPEDANCES
Topping L30 comes with a 26 Vp-p voltage swing, and 3500mW power per channel when both channels are driven. It has an output impedance of less than 0.10hm. This allows you to use Topping L30 with a wide range of headphones with different impedance.
WITH 3-STEP GAIN SETTINGS SERVING TO MULTIPLE SENSITIVITIES
Three gain levels are available on the L30: 9.9dB, 0dB, and 9.5dB. L30 is the perfect headphone for a variety of headphones, including extremely sensitive IEMs and over-ear headphones that require a lot of power, thanks to its wide range of gain settings and exceptionally low noise.
DOUBLES AS AN EXCELLENT PREAMPLIFIER
Apart from driving a wide range of headphones, the NFCA modules of the topping L30 allow it to be a high-performance preamplifier. If you are using L30 in a preamp mode, the output impedance is low as 20 ohm making it ideal for multiple devices.
| THD+N@1 kHz A-WT | <0.00007% @Output=500 mW (32Ω) <0.00006% @Output=80 mW (300Ω) |
| THD @20-20 kHz 90 kBW | <0.0001% @Output=500 mW (32Ω) <0.00009% @Output=80 mW (300Ω) |
| SNR@MAX OUT 1 kHz A-WT | 141dB |
| DYNAMIC RANGE @1 kHz A-WT | 141dB |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 20 Hz-40 kHz(±0.05dB) |
| OUTPUT LEVEL | 26Vpp @G=L 26Vpp @G=M 26Vpp @G=H |
| AP MEASURED NOISE LEVEL | <0.7uVrms @G=L <0.7uVrms @G=M <0.9uVrms @G=H |
| ACTUAL NOISE LEVEL* | <0.3uVrms @G=L <0.3uVrms @G=M <0.7uVrms @G=H |
| *The actual noise level is obtained by boosting the noise of L30 by 40 dB using a low noise amplifier in front of the APx555B then dividing the measured noise by 100 times. | |
| CHANNEL CROSSTALK @1 kHz | -91dB |
| IMD CCIF@18 kHz+19KHZ) | -116dB |
| IMD SMPTE@60HZ+7KHZ) | -110dB@SMPTE 4 : 1 -115dB@SMPTE 1 : 1 |
| INPUT SENSITIVITY | 25Vrms @G=L 9.0Vrms @G=M 3.0Vrms @G=H |
| GAIN | -9.9dB @G=L 0dB @G=M 9.5dB @G=H |
| OUTPUT IMPEDANCE | <0.1Ω |
| OUTPUT POWER | 3500 mW X 2 @16Ω THD+N<0.1% 2300 mW X 2 @32Ω THD+N<0.1% 280 mW X 2 @300Ω THD+N<0.1% |
| THD+N@1 kHz A-WT | <0.00006% |
| THD @20-20 kHz 90 kBW | <0.00009% |
| SNR@MAX OUT 1 kHz A-WT | 141dB |
| DYNAMIC RANGE @1 kHz A-WT | 141dB |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 20 Hz-40 kHz(±0.05dB) |
| OUTPUT LEVEL | 26Vpp @G=L 26Vpp @G=M 26Vpp @G=H |
| AP MEASURED NOISE LEVEL | <0.7uVrms @G=L <0.7uVrms @G=M <0.9uVrms @G=H |
| ACTUAL NOISE LEVEL* | <0.3uVrms @G=L <0.3uVrms @G=M <0.7uVrms @G=H |
| *The actual noise level is obtained by boosting the noise of L30 by 40 dB using a low noise amplifier in front of the APx555B then dividing the measured noise by 100 times. | |
| CHANNEL CROSSTALK @1 kHz | -91dB |
| IMD CCIF@18 kHz+19KHZ) | -116dB |
| IMD SMPTE@60HZ+7KHZ) | -110dB@SMPTE 4 : 1 -115dB@SMPTE 1 : 1 |
| INPUT SENSITIVITY | 25Vrms @G=L 9.0Vrms @G=M 3.0Vrms @G=H |
| GAIN | -9.9dB @G=L 0dB @G=M 9.5dB @G=H |
| OUTPUT IMPEDANCE | 20Ω |
| BOX CONTENTS | 1. TOPPING L30 |
| 2. AC Adapter | |
| 3. 6.35 mm to 3.5 mm adapter | |
| 4. User Manual | |
| 5. Warranty card |
| GENERIC NAME | Headphone Amplifier |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | China |
| IMPORTER DETAILS | Importers Name: Ferrari Video Address: 63/18, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Chennai - 600020 Contact No: 044-24420733 |
| NET QUANTITY | 1 |
2300 mW X 2 @32Ω THD+N<0.1%
280 mW X 2 @300Ω THD+N<0.1%
1 Year Warranty
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"The L30 is a stunning device. The L30 is an absolutely bankable recommendation if all you are looking for is one audio input, and one headphone output."
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"To me, this amp is quite close to what I would imagine a wire with gain would sound like, with an overall neutral tonality without ending up too bright."
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"Topping L30 is well specced, well built, and well sounding product. It’s powerful, incisive, and very lively sounding. I’d steer away from pairing it with overly bright headphones as L30 is somewhat lean sounding itself."
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I was in the market for something more powerful than my Fiio E10-K to drive my Sundara. I needed to run my powered 2.1 system as well as my headphones off the amp, with an easy to reach switch to toggle between the two.
Spent a lot of time researching various dac/amp combos and stacks. Eventually shortlisted it to the Topping E30/L30 stack or the Modi 3+/Magni Heresy stack..
Further research revealed that the Topping L30/E30 was a much better stack overall compared to the Modi 3+/Magni Heresy stack from a price to performance ratio in India. Some people say that the Heresy is a slightly more powerful amp, but it makes no tangible difference at this price point.
The Topping L30 has measurements similar to the top end A90, at a fraction of the price and provided plenty of power for Sundaras and other headphones I may look to get down the line. It is technically a superior amp compared to the Heresy and comes with a super convenient pre-amp option which I use to feed by powered 2.1 system. Plus the -9 db option is handy to have for using IEMs with my desktop setup when its too noisy to use my Sundaras, which is also not available with the Heresy.
Thankfully, Headphonezone had the revised version (2012+ serial number) versions of L30 which mitigated the risk of your amp exploding and taking out your headphones along with it.
PS - the main reason I did not go for a dedicated Dac/amp combo like the Fiio K5 Pro or the ifi zen dac v2 is because the E30 is a significantly superior to dac to either of those two and can be used with even more powerful amps in the future if needed.
Thank you for sharing your review.
We really appreciate your time and efforts! This will surely help others while considering this for their next purchase.
I just received the product. I used it with multiple headphones, most of them min the 80ohms range. Yet to test it with a higher end headphones which might take months to arrive from Drop.
Sennheiser HD 25, Drop HiFi Man H400, Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro, T51P. It all works flawlessly and the PC's DAC seems more than sufficient for the moment. The 9DB+ dial allows you to get maximum volume on big cans and for connectivity, I used the Amazon RCA to 3.5mm cable. I am not sure how great the Topping A90 could be but it costs $500 and could possibly be 50k or more in India. Maybe years later, should give such high-end stuff a try.
Build quality is quite good and it may be slightly lower than how a Schiit Magni looks but connectivity is better in this Topping. It costs $140 outside India and Headphone Zone made it easy to get it here.
So glad to know that you love them:) We look forward to serving you again.
Topping L30 is a very convenient Desktop amplifier.
It has a 2-way toggle switch in the front which works great if you want to use it with your Headphone or use it as a pre-amp to your speaker input and use the provided volume knob.
Sound quality is quite good, it has two gain modes - Low and High which u can select depending on your choice of headphone.
You can even use a mini/portable DAC from your PC or mobile to this amplifier and it will give you a clean and crisp listening experience. But if you already own an advanced high quality Desktop DAC setup with a built in AMP, then you wont see any difference adding this. Hence you can plan on pairing this with a portable DAC or the E30 which will probably suit it best as designed by Topping.
That said, if you do not own demanding / power hungry headphones, this won't be of much help to you. Also this is not for travel use.
Note that the power brick is a very bulky external wall adapter. The package does not include any cables so you need to get a pair of RCA cables before you can use it. So that's it, enjoy your music !
using it with modi3 . good pairing .not very bright sound ....can listen to it for very long time .....i have magni3 ...little brittle sounding when paired with modi3......L30 sound smooth rounded...has taken a edge of the modi3 dac.....some people will like it..no issues till now
We really appreciate the genuine feedback, we'll share your thoughts with the brand as well!
L30 review:
Got the Topping L30 to power up my DT 990 (250ohms) and fulfills my needs - loud & clear audio. The gain switch also comes in handy switching from Music levels to gaming. Have no complaints with its hardware as well.
Hey there, nothing makes us happier than knowing you loved your purchase, hope you had a comfortable shopping experience & thank you for the great review & ratings!
Very Ordinary indeed
The L30 has had a few problems previously. As per Topping's engineers, it has been fixed for all products beyond the 2012 serial number batch. Hope it works
HI Kaustav,
Hope your product is matching your expectations & all your issues are resolved. Cheers!
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