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Topping A90 Headphone Amplifier

Name: Topping A90 Headphone Amplifier
Brand: Topping
SKU: topping-a90-headphone-amplifier
Price: 425 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

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At the top of Topping’s highly regarded A-series, the A90 is a headphone amplifier with few rivals. Capable of functioning as both a headphone amp and a preamp, this flagship unit is outfitted with NFCA (Nested Feedback Composite Amplifier) modules, which work together with ultra-high-gain feedback technology for impressive AC and DC control Read More

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Nov 29, 2021

The drop ends 1 day before you can use the black friday points to get a discount, if this wasn't the case I would have bought it

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ZestMyu

Nov 23, 2021

$424.15 seems to be the current Black Friday price. You can find it for the same price from Topping authorized sellers such as Apos audio and Shenzhen audio (both their own site and their Amazon store). Also those store will ship out much sooner than Drop. Though Drop is not a bad option if you shop here enough to make good use of the rewards points.

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Alejo1707

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Aug 28, 2021

Why would I pay 500 to get points worth 13 bucks when on Amazon there's free shipping and the amp at 450?

skidmata

Aug 27, 2021

I'm using this for both headphones and its my 2:2 preamp. I use both the RCA outs to my subs and the xlr outs to my amps. One oddity is that the gain setting also affects the preamp outs. I'm using this with Dan Clark/Massdrop ether CX, Dan Clark Aeon2 closed, and Hifiman Ananda open. Sounds fantastic, like the massdrop thx 789, its wire + gain. I bought a A90/D90 stack from Apos. I switched from the D90 to a Denafrips Pontus II and it does the r2r dac justice too.

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viveksaikia22

Apr 1, 2021

Anyone knows how this compares against a Violectric V200? I drive my Audeze LCD2s with the violectric and the sound is perfect but I am finding a strange itch after seeing this drop.

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Swaza

Mar 31, 2021

This is too expensive, why buy from you guys when we can get it cheaper from Shenzen audio or Amazon?

Seeing_Red

Mar 31, 2021

It's $450 at Amazon and $445 from Shenzhen Audio direct (Coupon: shenzhenaudio5) right now. I think the sale ends on the 2nd. It's up to the buyer on whether buying from drop is worth $15 extra dollars in loyalty points, let alone loyalty points to start with.

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Marcus22687

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Mar 31, 2021

Headfonics review of the A90 https://headfonics.com/topping-a90-review/

Strawberryseed

Jan 31, 2021

Who's the genius that thought: "You know what people want on Drop? Products you can get from a retailer in 3 days for the same price, but in 30 days!"

disturbing

Jan 31, 2021

Hmmm... Let's see: pay $500 at Drop and wait more than a month, or pay $499 at Apos Audio and get it 3 days. Decisions, decisions...

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JasonK0

Feb 6, 2021

disturbingThat's the problem unless Drop Rewards Points are the most important consideration for the purchase, I don't see any reason to buy this Amp on Drop.

disturbing

Feb 9, 2021

disturbingI went through the Drop nightmare almost exactly a year ago with both the A90 and the D90. Ordered both with shipping dates almost two months in the future. Drop collected my money at once. After patiently waiting, like clockwork, one day after the shipping date I got their Oops! emails: "Due to an unexpected delay, these orders may ship later than the original estimated ship date." They refused to give me a firm new date, so I requested refunds and never bought anything from them again. Went to Apos, got one of the units in a few days. For the other, they told me they mistakenly listed it as "in stock" but that I'd have to wait a few more days. And as an apology they knocked $50 off the sale price.

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Mr_Bill

If you can get one, do it. I've bought and sold a lot of amplifiers, but I just can't get past how good this is. Keeping it with a Topping D10b which is simplicity itself. Just one power cord, no bluetooth or MQA hocus pocus. This powers the Hifiman HE6Se wonderfully, just use a balanced DAC for the extra voltage. Also the Beyerdynamic DT880 600ohm is good even on medium gain on the less powerful 6.35mm connector, it's a lot of power to work with. I could see using high gain for the Beyers if you equalize and do a big preamp reduction, but not normally. I compared last night to the A30Pro and the A90 has a larger soundstage, but they sound pretty much the same otherwise. The A30Pro will also heat up the room pretty good (1-2 F) since it's class A when it has 250ohm or higher on it. The Sabaj A20d DAC and SMSL M300 MKII also work/sound great. I even lined out a Soundblaster X1 into the RCA for surround sound gaming and it was fun! If you use a DAC like the M300 the filters and colors are much easier to notice with the A90 just because of the clarity/transparency it has. Maybe they'll do another drop now the SE version is out. I also hope they do a drop for the Beyerdynamic T90 and T70 (listening to the T90 and it's so detailed, amazing with the A90/D10b combo).

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