Topping E50 Mini HiFi DAC ES9068AS DSD512 PCM768kHz USB DAC USB/Coax/Opt Inputs RCA/TRS Outputs Decoder for Home Theater Game Music Black

Built quality, recommended for those hifi addict for quality sound. Good price with complete sound in my experience to this unit. Top of the line, superb...no need to buy the very expensive Dac. This Dac is amazing sound complete in my opinion..also you can used unbalance rca out for my amplifier and balance rca trs out at the same time for my headphone..great deal with complete package for this Dac.

Topping makes some decent stuff nothing too flashy (until maybe semi recently) that measures near perfect if you care about that kind of thing. To generalize - they are like the Kia, Honda, or maybe Subaru of the HiFi audio hardware world. Very efficient, modern, slim/small-ish, and affordable.This is a very clean/neutral sounding DAC. Paired this with the L50 amp - all my iem's/cans sound great. I like to game with my iem's instead of a headset and use a stand alone mic if I need comms. I'll grab the planars for music mostly streaming Tidal HiFi (not a fan of mqa). I listen to everything besides techno. Makes me feel like I need to commit a crime when I hear that kind of music. Everything I've thrown at it sounds great. Like A-/B+ tier imo especially when you include the price. I really like brass jazz - Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, etc., but you can bump Wu-Tang or go hard with Sevendust and it all sounds great.I bought this along with the L50 amp and Eris 3.5 speakers and sub to plug into my PC. The DAC is powered by USB from the PC. No need to plug in a power brick, but you can if you need to (not included 5v standard plug). Everything was plug and play very easy to install. I like this combo because the Eris speakers/sub use the trs connections and I have everything passing thru the DAC/amp/speakers/sub with tps cables. Looks very clean and I'll prolly never have to update my desktop sound setup ever again. Highly recommend this combo.I gave this 5 stars, but it's not perfect. You can't lose the remote or you can't really use the dac. Things like volume control are only on the remote. Weird, but minor when you factor in the price again. I wish there was a way to display kHz instead of just on power on - another minor complaint. I'm sure there are a couple other very minor things I'm forgetting, but honestly they are trivial concerns for the quality/price.Some of the reviews here are silly comparing the D90 with this, etc. It's like comparing a luxury sports car to a commute car. The D90 is about triple the price of the E50. For $250-300 the E50 is going to be very hard - near impossible to beat. Only other DAC in this price range I would consider is the Geshelli Lab offerings (which are not on Amazon).This DAC is an easy recommend for 90% of people looking for an easy to use HiFi solution. Just remember to peel off that mqa sticker and toss it in the rubbish. The other 10%'ers already know what they need whether it's more features/power/etc.Happy listening.

I have always loved a good sounding 2ch system and have had suround sound since the Dolby pro logic days. Untill recently I didn't even know what a dac was or what it did. After 2 years of watching many YouTube reviews and educating myself I bought the topping e50. I've had Tidal for several years and was blown away from the sound quality from tidal. So I wanted to hear what mqa sounded like. I'll cut to the chase, out of all the equipment and gear I've bought over the years, none of them made such a dramatic and profound jump in sound quality like this dac has done. Instantly I heard a massive improvement in sound quality. Music that I've listened to for year and years comes alive. It is truly astonishing how much more of the music you can hear with the dac. Setup was very simple. The remote is handy for volume control and changing inputs. This is my first dac so I don't have a comparison. The sound stage is electric. The sense of space this provides is remarkable. Headphone stereo is achieved effortlessly with just about any source you run thru the dac. If you love music as much as I do and want to hear your favorites like never before then look no further. I am blown away from this little topping dac. 5 stars. I will absolutely recommend the topping e50. I was highly skeptical but after hearing it in person I will never go without using a dac.

Sound is nice with no offensive peaks or brittleness in highs. No sibilance notedAm using on a system with Q Acoustic towers 100wpc solid state amp and WiiM Pro streamerBetter than the highly promoted SMSL SU1 on my system. Much better than old Wolfson DAC I hadBest feature for me is auto shut off and turn on. The WiiM starts up the power amp through its 12v link. Topping senses signal and comes to life. In practice this means I can be sitting in my living room and AirPlay an Apple Music song. Everything starts up without further intervention. Likewise, th components all go to sleep if I exit music (takes a few seconds to shutdown)So all in all, no complaints

I love the remote. Why don’t more DACs have a remote?! It is so convenient and works great. The features and options are great. A lot of connectivity options including balanced outputs. Definite plus. In my system, I did not prefer the e50 sound signature. I own various DACs including the Denafrips Ares 12th, iFi Zen Air, SMSL SU-1, Motu M2, Khadas Tone 2 Pro and iFi Neo 2. Compared to all of these, the e50 is the thinnest, leanest, most hollow sounding. The bass was not as centered in my system with this dac, but it was very punchy. Ultimately, the great feature set was overcome by my preference for a richer, thicker, fuller sound, more musical sound, that is still very detailed. Needless to say the e50 is not staying in the system! I bought this based on the measurements at Audio Science Review, interestingly, some DACs that measure WAY worse than this DAC sound WAY better with MUSIC. Hope it helps!

This dac is a massive upgrade from the internal dac on my Cambridge integrated amp and a significant improvement over other ones in this price range. I tried a Topping D30, an SMSL C100 and SU 1 and this one sounds much better to my ears. The display is nice and bright and the size is right at home on a desktop. The remote is fine as well and does everything you need it to. For $200 you can't go wrong!