Topping L30 - REVIEW [Is this an ATOM Killer?]

This is my review of the topping L30 desktop headphone amplifier.

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PSA! Some topping L30 amps have damaged headphones.

[BoBo_huh]

Im very very very very very very very curious on what u did to ur dt880

[NaveedKhan-bssc]

It's definitely a killer alright, kills your headphones:)

[ELJefeReviews]

I'm enjoying the L30 on my 2nd desk. I've been pairing it with my HD6XX and Moondrop KXXX so far.

[jmcc]

I too have the E30 + L30 stack, running HD660s. I am happy. Even at 0db gain (middle gain option), I’m sometimes between 9am and 11am on the volume knob. HD660s is a 150ohm headphone and fairly easy to drive

[maxlee]

Dude, thank you so much for this review!! The 789 is too expensive for me but I have a topping d30 dac and this amp seems like the perfect match for my price point!!!

[thomasweidner]

I bought the L30 used and did not put too much thought in it since ASR highly praised it. I paired it with the Sundaras. I was surprised that you said you'd pair the Sundara with a beefier AMP. I need to drive the Sundaras in low gain mode here otherwise they are way too loud. So it's not overall volumne, can you explain how Sundaras would benefit from a stronger Amp?

[doodoobutter]

glad i have the atom instead now seeing all the claims of the L30 exploding

[broccolee]

I have just finished my review few hours ago on Topping E30+L30 and compared it with my previous Tempotec.
This stack is neutral, excellent mid and treble but the bass isn't as good.
Don't get me wrong, bass is good - but not excellent.

I'm using Focal Clear, Moondrop Blessing 2 & HD6XX.

[iplaydrunk]

WARNING! Topping L30 xploding and taking headphones out

[Ixtayul]

Got the E30, L30 stack. Completely agree on the 6xx part of the review. I also have a pair of Oppo PM 3s and they sounded outrageously good. 26 ohms versus 300 makes a big difference.

[qazxswedcxzaqws]

Interestingly this measures as one of the cleanest most distortion free headphone amplifiers on the market, also the frequency response is dead flat. So it's very strange that you were running into distortion and frequency response issues..

[peterrusso]

2:50 how the fuck are those comfortable if at all???

[LeoBienDurana]

Could definitely kill the atom if you hooked it up to the L30.

[ranelime]

Nice review! The L30 supposed to be an A90 Single ended version, both by specs and components. Is there a difference sound between this and the SE of A90? Thanks again!

[overkillonslash]

The topping has higher power output than the atom only if your dac can output more than 2V. Atom is slightly more powerful and louder on higher impendance headphones. 4.5 x on high gain is higher than +9db (3x) on the topping. I have both the atom and L30, on the 13 ohms aeon flow open, topping sounded a little better, similar volume on unity gain.

[JSym]

Have you checked out the Schiit Asgard 3 before? It's the only <$500 amp that I've preferred over the JDS EL Amp so far. It has that Class-A smoothness in its sound, which I know you're a fan of.

[jay-gb]

Ah yes, a "killer" AMP indeed...

[NWGR]

Compared to the magni heresy? IMHO, it's very difficult to beat that $100 amp.

[chrisvinicombe]

I use the l30 as a pre-amp it's brilliant at that. I haven't enjoyed its headphone preformance much, just don't find it engaging. The headphone out on my poweramp has that fun and engagement though so I'm happy.