![]() ![]() I much preferred the latter which removed that irritating midrange edge, added a touch of space and air and allowed an element of reverb to hang off the lead vocal and the backing instruments. I thus changed from Short Delay Sharp Roll Off to Short Delay Slow Roll Off. So, my first task was to find the best one. The reason? Because you can’t turn off the filter. So, I decided now was the time to rotate that list and find the best filter to enable me to carry on with the rest of the sound tests. The AK4493 integrates a newly developed switched capacitor filter “OSR Doubler” which, according to AKM, offers a low noise, low power performance. low distortion) technology, taken from the flagship AK4499 chip. Spanning 100 x 32 x 125mm, this lightweight unit includes a 32bit AK4493 DAC chip from AKM, featuring ‘Velvet Sound’ (i.e. The E30 is a DAC with pre-amp facilities stuck on for good measure. From what I can see, the company is located at 26th Jiaomen Road, Huangge, Nansha, Guangzhou, China while it declares that, “TOPPING is the top.” Which makes up in brevity what it lacks in insight but it looks like the outfit has been around, in one form or another, since 2008. There doesn’t appear to be a great deal of information on the company out there – although maybe you know different and can share it. Once day there was no Topping, the next I’m seeing the name talked about on every major techie social media platform on the planet. Topping seems to have descended upon the hi-fi firmament with little or no fanfare. It’s a dinky little thing and arrives with an added pre-amp facility, Paul Rigby reviews this low-cost DAC ![]()
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