It came in a fairly small box filled with lots of foam, I couldn’t believe at first that a DAC and some accessories could fit inside. They are not joking around as E30 costs just $129.99 in the US and €129 here in Europe, it costs less than any cable at my possession, if it will sound decent enough, I consider that as an added bonus to the small but feature packed device. With E30 Topping wanted to offer the same legendary sound quality but at the cost of an entry level interconnect cable.

Topping announced a month ago their newest E series of products from which E30 seems to be the first one: a small, cute and really affordable DAC and preamp combo. D90 MQA is just around the corner that should be released at the end of this month, much anticipated A90 headphone amp will be here too hopefully just before the summer time and yet they prepared another little surprise that no one knew about, not even us. The rest of world crumbles in fear, buying toilet paper, canned food or just staying at home quarantined, yet Topping is waving hello with new products every single month.

Topping is one of those brands that is just not stopping from releasing new products that cater for the affordable, mid-fi or hi-fi market.

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