TOPPING E50 High Performance DAC with Three Digital Input User Manual

June 13, 2024
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E50 High Performance DAC with Three Digital Input

Thank you for purchasing E50!
The E50 s a high-performance DAC with three digital inputs, one RCA unbalanced output and one TRS balanced output. It can be used as a simple DAC or DAC + pre-amplifier, we hope it could bring you more fun at enjoying music. Now we recommend you  read this manual so that you can use all the features of E50 correctly.

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Introduction to MQA

MQA (Master Quality Authenticated)
MQAIs an award-winning British technology that delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQAfile is fully authenticated and is small enough to stream or download.
E50 adopts MQA technology to receive and decode MQA audio and provide master- level sound
Visit mqa.co.uk for more information.

Contents list

ES50 x 1
Remote control x 1
USB cable x 1
DC cable x 1
User manual x 1
Warranty card x 1

Note: You can download the drivers and user manual on http://www.topping.audio/.

Attribute

Measured 15.5cm x 12.9cm x 4.1cm
Weight 4459
Power input DC5V/A
Signal input USB/OPT/COAX
Line Outoutput BAL/SE
Display LED
Power consumption in normal usage <2.5W

Front panel

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1-1 LED screen
1- 2 Remote control receiver
1-3 Multi-function touch button

Display

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2-1 Input channel
2-2 Output channel
23 Mute indiCation (It always lights up when muted and disappears when it is not muted)
2-4 PCM/DSD format indication
2-5 Sample rate/volume display area
2-6 MQA format indication*

*Note: There are three forms of MQA operation modes.

  1. “MQA”: Indicates that the product is decoding and playing an MQA stream or file, and denotes provenance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of the source material.
  2. “MQA.”: Indicates itis playing an MQA Studio file, which has either been approved i the studio by the artist/producer orhas been verified by the copyright owner.
  3. “OFS”: Confirms that the product is receiving an MQA stream or file. This delivers the final unfold of the MQA file and displays the original sample rate

Rear panel

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Pannel

3-1 Right channel 6.35mm TRS balanced output.
3-2 Left channel 6.35mm TRS balanced output
3-3 Right channel single-ended RCA output
3-4 Leftchannel single-ended RCA output
3-5 Coaxial SPDIF input
3-6 Optical SPDIF input
3-7 USB input
3-8 Powerinput

Remote control

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4-1 Standby
4-2 Volume up
4-3 Switch to previous input
4-4 Invalid button
4-5 Filter setting
4-6 Automatic standby
47 Mute
4-8 OK button
4-9 Switch to next input
4-10 Volume down
4-11 Output channel switching
4-12 Invalid button
4-13 Brightness*

*Note:
“L-1″,”L-2” and “L-3” respectively indicate low, medium and high brightness

“L-A” has the same brightness as “L-2”. The differences lie in when there is no operation after 30 seconds under “L-A” mode, the screen will be automatically turned off, only displays the current input. For example, when it is in USB input, E50 displays as follow. You can press any button to light up the screen.

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Input range

USB IN PCM 44.1kHz-768kHz/16bit-32bit

DSD DSD64-DSD512 (Native) , DSD64-DSD256 (DoP)
MQA Full Decode
COAX/OPT IN| PCM 44.1kHz-192kHz/16bit-24bit
DSD DSD64(Dop)
MQA Renderer Decode

Specifications

E50 Decoding parameters (USB In©96kHz)

| SE| BAL
(A-w THD+Nt)| <0.00010% @1kHz| <0.00009% @1kHz
THD
(No-wt 90kBw)| <0.0003% @20-20kHz| <0.0003% @20-20kHz
SNR(A-wt)| 124dB @1kHz| 126dB @1kHz
Dynamic range(A-wt)| 124dB @1kHz| 126dB @1kHz
Frequency Response| 20Hz-20kHz(±0.1dB)| 20Hz-20kHz(±0.1dB)
20Hz-40kHz(±0.3dB)| 20Hz-40kHz(±0.3dB)
Output Level| 2Vrms @OdBFS| 4Vrms @OdBFS
Noise(A-wt)| <1.3uVrms| < 2.3uVrms
Crosstalk| -130dB @1 kHz| -139dB @1 kHz
Channel Balance| 0.3 dB| 0.3 dB
Output Impedance| 200| 1000

Operation

Power on & off / standby operation :

  1. Power on: When connects to power supply, E50 goes into the standby state, the screen displays a bright dot.
  2. Standby setting:
    When it is working, press and hold the multi-function touch button on the front panel to enter standby state and short press to exit standby state when it is in standby. Or you can directly press the standby button on remote control to enter or exit standby  state

Note:
When the automatic standby function is on, if the current input
is not connected or input signal is invalid in 1 minute, it will
automatically enter the standby state.Once having detected
valid signal, it will automatically return to working state

Volume setting:

  1. The enter and exit of mute state: Press the mute button on the remote control to set mute, press the mute button again or adjust the volume to exit mute state.
  2. Volume adjusting: Adjust volume by pressing the up/down button on the remote control. Press and hold the up/down button will quickly adjust the volume, so please be careful in order to protect your hearing.

Note: Volume is fixed to 0dB in DAC mode and volume adjusting is invalid in this mode.
Input channel switching : Press the multi-function touch button on the front panel or the “Switch to previous input button” and the “Switch to next input button” on the remote control to switch the input in cycle.
Output channel switching : Press the “Output channel switching” button on the remote control or double press the touch button on the front panel to

switch the output channel. “0-1” indicates only RCA output; “0-2” indicates only TRS output; “0-3” indicates that RCA and TRS are output at the same time.

Setup Menu

Enter the setup menu:
In the standby state, press and hold the multi-function touch button on the front panel for 3 seconds to enter the setup menu of E50
Change and save of settings:

  1. The touch button on the front panel: press the touch button to enter the next setting item, double press the touch button to set different parameters. Press and hold the touch button until “8-8” is displayed on the screen to save the settings.
  2. The remote control: press the volume up/down button to enter the previous/next setting item, press the left/right button to set different parameters. Press and hold the “OK button” until “8-8” is displayed on the screen to save the settings

Setting descriptions:

PCM filter setting (available for remote control setting, set PCM filter mode when playing PCM)

Description Description
F-1 Fast roll off linear(Default)
F-2 Slow roll off linear
F-3 Fast roll off minimum

Screen brightness setting (Available for remote control setting)

Screen display Description
L-1 Low
L-2 Mid (Default)
L-3 High
L-A Mid brightness and screen will be turned off

automatically after 30 seconds of no operation

Automatic standby s etting (avaiast orarmots contlsoting)

Screen display Description
A-O Auto on(Defaul)
A-C Auto off

Line Out channel setting (Available for remote control setting)

Screen display Description
o-1 RCA Outputonly
o-2 TRS Outputonly
o-3 RCASTRS Output simultaneously (Defaut]

Output mode setting

Screen display Description
m-p Per-Amp MOde(Volume adjustable) (Default)
m-d DAC mode(Volume nonadjustable)

Factory reset:
In standby mode, press the Volume down, Volume up and Mute buttons on the remote control in sequence to restore the factory settings.

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