Listened 3 t-amp. topping amp with a built-in dac. Muse M50 and SMSL.
M50 has 50w power, very loud but sounded "hard", and I think I heard some distortion.
Topping is quite nice but a bit soft in bass.
SMSL using 2021B chip and is the most balanced one. Bought it for less $400. Using it to push Tannoy V1 (86db), still working OK.
Also bought SMSL DAC for around $600, not much improvement to sound... |