Headphone amp shootout!
My old favourite, the SMS sAp II vs my new Topping L30ii.
Compared using my Monolith M1570 hp.
No warm sounds to comfort and coddle you here, just direct honesty, I think.
Remarkably similar sounding and close, the Topping having, say, 10% better clarity and focus.
But listened to in isolation I think either would be great and significantly better than any other headphone amp I've tried.
The sAp II is powerful, surprisingly so for its diminutive size. The L30ii is
very powerful, and so handy should any seriously difficult headphones turn up.
State of the art measurements for the L30ii on a certain measurement oriented forum.
Off to Tesco now, but I'll be trying them both with other headphones later.
I'm quite intrigued by what the ultra precision of the L30ii will do to my AQ Nighthawks....