TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier User Manual

June 13, 2024
TOPPING

TP211
User Manual
Model: TP211
V1.0

Contents list

TP211 x1
Remote control x1
USB cable x1
AC cable x1
Bluetooth antenna x1
6.35mm to 3.5mm Adaptor x1
Product Information Card x1

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

Attribute

Measured 34.06m x 22.56m x 6.0¢m (Incluge protruding parts)
Weight 27509
Power input 100-240VAC 50Hz/60Hz
Signal input USB/BT/OPT1/OPT2/COAX1/COAX2/AES/IIS
Line Out output XLRIRCA
PRE output XLRIRCA
Headphone Amplifier output 1 x6.35mm headphone output jack

1 x4-PIN-XLR headphone output jack
1 x4.4mm headphone outputjack
Other connectors| 12V Trigger In (3.5mm jack)
12V Trigger Out (3.5mm jack)
Display| Two 2.0-inch LCD
Standby power consumption| <2.5W
Normal working power consumption|  <18W/

Input range

USBIN| PCM 44.1kHz-768kHz/16bit-32bit
DSD DSDB4-DSDS12 (Native) . DSDB4-DSD256 (DoP)
---|---
I IS IN| PCM 44.1kHz-768KHz/16bit-32bit
DSD DSD64-DSD512 (Native)
COAXIOPT/AES IN| PCM 44.1kHz-192kHz/16bit-24bit
DSD
DSD64 (DoP)
BTIN| AACISBCIAPTX/APTX HD/APTX-Adaptive/LDAC

Front panel

TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier - Front panel

Rear panel

TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier - Rearet panel

  1. Multifunction button

  2. Remote control receiver

  3. Screen

  4. Volume knob & User-defined button
    Rotate the knob: Adjust the volume.
    Press the knob: User-defined function. Please set it at[Setup Menu-Advanced- Button].

  5. 6.35mm headphone outputjack

  6. 4.4mm balanced headphone output jack

  7. 4-PIN-XLR headphone output jack*

  8. Right channel balanced XLR preamp output

  9. Left channel balanced XLR preamp out putt

  10. Left channel single-ended RCA preamp output

  11. Right channel single-ended RCA preamp output

  12. Left channel single-ended RCA Line Out output

  13. Right channel single-ended RCA Line Out output

  14. Right channel balanced XLR Line Out output

  15. Left channel balanced XLR Line Out output

  16. IS input

  17. Coaxial SPDIF input 2

  18. Coaxial SPDIF input 1

  19. Optical SPDIF input 2

  20. Optical SPDIF input 1

  21. Bluetooth receiver

  22. USB input

  23. AES input

  24. 12V Trigger INJOUT
    The 12V Trigger IN/OUT allows the D70 Pro SABRE to be activated by other devices or to activate other devices via a 3.5mm AUX cable. The connected device must be equipped with a 12V Trigger In/Out to use this feature
    *Before using the Trigger IN function, you need to set the [Setup Menu-On/ Off trigger] to”12V”

  25. Power input (AG 100-240V 50Hz/60Hz)

  26. Power switch

Display

There are three types of homepage display: Normal, VU and FFT, which are stein the menu [SETUP – Display – Home].
There are two types of VU Meter styles: classic and blue, which can be switched in the menu (SETUP – Display – VU style].

TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier - DisplayTOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier -
Display1

The VU meter, FFT and Level meter on the left and right screens display the balanced output amplitude of the Line Out of the left and right channels (unaffected by the volume control) . The 0dB in the blue VU meter, Level meter, and FFT is 4.2Vrms, and the 0dB in the classic meter is +4dBu or +10dBu.
It can be set i the menu [Setup Menu-Display Classic VU 0dB)
VU Meter, FFT and Level meter do not support DSD512
Remote control

TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier - Remot Control

“See “8. On/Off rigger” in the “Setup Menu” below

See “1-2 Brightness” in the “Setup Menu”, below,

Connection

Connect to the input source
Support IIS,USB, Coaxial, Optical, Bluetooth, AES input

TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier - AES input

Connect to headphone
Three types of headphone jacks are available: XLR-4, 4.4mm and 6.35mm.

TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier - AES input1

Connect to amplifier or active speakers
Use XLR or RCA cables to connect to power amplifier or active speakers. In order to avoid damage to your devices, please turn off the amplifier or active speakers before you connect them to TP211

Operation

Power on & off / standby operation

  1. Power on & off: Press the power switch on the rear panel to turn TP211 on or off.
  2. Standby setting
    Whenit working, press and hold the multifunction bunion on the front panel to enter standby state and press to exit standby state when it is standby. Or you can press the standby button on emote control to  enter o et standby state

Output setting

  1. Set output mode first( press and hold the center button of the remote control) (Setup menu-Output mode])
    HPA: Only the front panel headphone jack has output
    Line Out: Only the rear panel Line Out connector has output.
    PRE: Only the rear panel PRE connector has output
    ALL: Headphone jack, Line Out connector and preamp connector output simultaneously

  2.  Selects the output channel based on the selected output mode
    Headphone output: [Setup menu – HPA output]; or press the remote button to
    select: XLR 1 4.4mm /6.35mm /AL / turn off
    Line out: [Setup menu – Line out]; or press the remote Button to select : RCA/ XLR/ALL/ turn off
    PRE output: [Setup menu – PRE output]: RCA/ XLR /AL turn off
    Note: You can also choose to turn off an output channel when output mode select All, in which case no signal is output from that channel

Volume setting

  1. Mute and unmutes Press the mute button ( ) an the remote control for mute TP211 press the mule button again or adjust the volume to exit mute state.
    Volume setting

  2. Volume adjusting: You can turn the volume knob or press the button on the remote control to adjust the volume. Note that long pressing the and   buttons on the remote control will quickly change the volume, so please be careful in order to protect your hearing.
    Note: Volume is fixed to OdB in DAC mode and volume adjusting is invalid in this mode. [Setup menu-Advanced-DAC mode]

Input channel switching

Press the button on the remote control to switch the input in cycle. You could also switch the input channel by pressing the knob, but note that you need to set [Setup Menu-Advanced-Button] to “Input select” .

Setup Menu

The button on the front panel

Press : Enter/exit the setup menu or return to the parent menu
Rotate the knob: Choose setting item
Press the knob: Change the setting/OK/Enter the sub menu
The remote control

TOPPING TP211 Audio DAC Amplifier - remote contrarol

  1. Display
    1-1 Home
    Choose home page
    Normal (Default) , VU, FFT
    1-2 Brightness
    Low, Medium (Default), High, Auto Auto has the same brightness as Medium. The difference is that when there is no operation after 30 seconds under Auto mode, the screen will be automatically turned off and only display the current input. You can press any button to light up the screen.
    1-3 VUSTYLE Select VU meter style
    Classic, Blue
    1-4 Classic VU 0dB
    Set 0dB reference voltage for VU meter. For example, if set to +4dBu, when the pointer swings to 0dB, the current output level of the TP211 is +4dBu. +4dBu (Default), +10dBu
    1-5 LEVEL METER
    Turn on/off the VU meter, or display the VU meter on a separate home screen.
    Alon (Default) , Normal page, FFT page, All off
    1-6 Screen
    Switch left and right interface displays
    Normal, Inverted
    1-7 LED
    Selecting TP211 internal light brightness
    Low, Medium, High, OFF

  2. Input select
    USB (Default) , BT, OPT1, COAX1, OPT2, COAX2, IIS, AES
    See “Output settings” in the “Operation”, above.

  3. Out mode
    ALL (Default) , HPA, Line Out, PRE
    See “Output settings” in the “Operation”, above.

  4.  PA output I
    ALL, OFF, 6.35, 4.4, XLR
    See “Output settings” in the “Operation”, above.

  5. Line out
    ALL, OFF, RCA, XLR
    See “Output settings” in the “Operation”, above.

  6. PRE output
    ALL, OFF, RCA, XLR
    See “Output settings” in the “Operation”, above.

  7. Gain
    Gain settings for headphone amplifier and preamplifier
    Low, High

  8. On/Off trigger
    Signal (Default) : Input signal will trigger the device to turn on, but 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.
    12V: 12V signal will trigger the device to turn on. When TP211’s Trigger In is connected to another device’s 12V Trigger Out, TP211’s on/standby state can be controlled through this device. The TP211 will remain in standby state until Trigger In detects the signal change from OV to 12V. When changing back to OV, the TP211 will return to standby state.
    Off: Disabled this function.

  9. PCM filter
    F-1: Fast roll off linear
    F-2: Fast roll off minimum
    F-3 (Default) : Slow roll off linear
    F-4: Slow roll off minimum
    F-5: Novar sampling
    F-6: Ultra-fast roll off linear

  10. DSD filter
    F-1 (default) : cut-off frequency: 37kHz (DSD64) 74kHz(DSD128) 238kHz(DSD256) 476kHz(DSD512)
    F-2:cut-off frequency 65kHz(DSD64) 131kHz(DSD128) 238kHz(DSD256) 476kHz(DSD512)

  11. Advanced
    11-1 Channel balance
    Setting range: C (Balance) , L+0.5~9.5dB or R+0.5~9.5dB. (Default: C)
    *When using the knob, press the knob to enter the setting, rotate the knob to set the value, and press the knob again to exit the setting.
    11-2 DAC mode
    PRE (Default) : Volume is adjustable.
    DAC: Keep the maximum volume output and the volume is not adjustable.
    Note: When DAC mode is turned on, the outputs must select Line Out only for DAC mode to take effect.
    11-3 Bluetooth
    Enabled (Default) , Disabled
    11-4 Remote
    Enabled (Default) , Disabled
    11-5 Button
    Customize the function of the press knob.
    Input select(Default), Output select, Home select, Brightness select, Dim the screen, Filter select, Mute, Input select
    11-6 USB
    USB protocol version selection
    UAC 1.0, UAC 2.0
    11-7 IIS Phase
    IIS interface phase setting
    STD: Standard phase (Default)
    REV: Reverse phase
    11-8 IISDSDR
    DSD channel setting for the IIS interface
    LRCLK : DSDR using LRCLK (Default)
    11-9 IIS DSD Flag
    DSD flag bit setting for the IIS interface
    Pin 15: Set pin 15 as the flag bit (Default)
    Pin 14: Set pin 14 as the flag bit
    11-10 IIS MUTE
    When using the IIS interface, noise appears when switching the sample rate, you can turn it on to eliminate the noise.
    ON, OFF

  12. Language
    English. FX
    Scan the QR code on the right for the video.

  13. Factory reset
    Select factory reset will have a pop-up, select Yes/No (blue for selected), then press the middle button on the remote or the front-panel knob to confirm.

Trouble shooting

  Phenomenon Cause Solution
 No sound Wrong input was selected Select the correct input
Wrong output was selected Select the correct output
Incorrect cable connections Check and reconnect
Sound is muted Turn up the audio
Audio source no output Adjust or check it
USB did not recognize USB cable did not connect properly Check or change the

cable
PC’s USB port damaged| Change another port
The PC does not work| Check or try with another PC
The OTG function of the phone is not enabled| Enable OTG function
USB input, no sound| Too low volume on PC| Adjust volume
TP211 is not selected as the output device on the PC|  Set the TP211 as the default output device
Cannot pair TP211 Bluetooth| Bluetooth is disabled on TP211| Enable Bluetooth in the setup menu [Setup menu-Advanced-Bluetooth]
TP211 is already connected to other Bluetooth device| Let TP211 enter pairing mode first.
Weak signal due to long distance| Take the device closer to TP211 and connect again
Bluetooth input, no sound| Too low volume on phone| Adjust volume
 DAC abnormal| DAC abnormal| Do not connect the TP211 to any other devices, unplug and re-plug the power cable and reboot the unit.
DIR abnormal| DIR abnormal
FFT module abnormal| FFT module abnormal
HP BAL Abnormal| Headphone amplifier balanced channel direct flow anomaly| Power off and restart after turning down the volume and not connecting any inputs or outputs.
HP SE abnormal| Headphone amplifier single-ended channel direct flow anomaly
If you still have problems or questions, please contact us Cservice@tpdz.net)

Precautions

  1. Do not keep the uniting a hot, humid environment or hit the unit strongly.
  2. Opening the case instantly voids the warranty!
  3. Indoor use only.
  4. Topping accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from the failure of TP211.
  5. For improvement purpose, specifications subject to changes without prior notice.

Specifications

TP211 DAC PARAMETERS (Line Out/USB In@96kHz)

| RCA| XLR
THD*N @1kHz (A-wh| <0.00008%| <0.00007%
THD @20-20kHz 90kBw| <0.00015%| <0.00015%
SNR @1kHz (A-w)| 12708| 1318
Dynamic Range @1kHz (A-wb)| 1278| 13108
Frequency Response| 20Hz-20kHz (0.2d8)| 20Hz-20kHz (£0.2dB)
20Hz-40kHZ (£0.64B)| 20Hz-40kHz (£0.64B)
Output Level| 2.1Vrms @0dBFS| 4.2Vrms @dBFS
Noise (A-wl)| <1.0uvrms| <1.3uVrms
Channel Crosstalk| -125d8 @1kHz| -12508 @1kHz
Channel Balance| 348| 03d8
Output Impedance.| 500| 1000

*Note: The above data is the result of the testing TOPPING laboratory under AC220V 50Hz condition.

TP211 Headphone Amplifier specifications (USB In@96kHz)

| Single-end headphone jack| Balance headphone jack
THD+N @1kHz (A-wt)| <0.00010% @Output=550mW (32Q)| <0.00007% @Output=550mW (320)
<0.00008% @Output=60mW (300Q)| <0.00007% @Output=60mW (3000)
THD @20-20kHz 90kBW| <0.00060% @Output=550mW (32Q)| <0.00050% @Output=550mW (320)
<0.00030% @Output=60mW (3000)| <0.00030% @Output=60mW (300Q)
SNR @MAX OUT 1kHz (A-wt)| 131dB @1kHz| 132dB @1kHz
Dynamic Range @1kHz (A-wt)| 131dB @1kHz| 132dB @1kHz
Frequency Response| 20Hz-20kHz (+0.2dB)| 20Hz-20kHz (+0.2dB)
20Hz-40kHz (+0.6dB)| 20Hz-40kHz (+0.6dB)
Output Level| 12Vpp @G=L| 12Vpp @G=L
24Vpp @G=H| 47Vpp @G=H
Noise (A-wt)| <1.6uVrms @G=L| <1.3uVrms @G=L
<2.4uVrms @G=H| <4,2uVrms @G=H
Channel Crosstalk| -98dB @1kHz| 121dB @1kHz
Gain| G=L 12.5dB (Vrms/FS)| G=L 12.5dB (Vrms/FS)
G=H 18.5dB (Vrms/FS)| G=H 24.5dB (Vrms/FS)
Channel Balance| 0.3 dB| 0.3 dB
Output Impedance| <0.1Ω| <0.1Ω
Output Power| 3300mMW x2 @160 THD+N<1%| 10000mW x 2 @160 THD+N<1%
2100mW x 2 @32Q THD+N<1%| 7080mW x 2 @32Q0 THD+N<1%
1190mW x 2 @640 THD+N<1%| 4250mW x 2 @640 THD+N<1%
240mW x 2 @3000 THD+N<1%| 950mW x 2 @3000 THD+N<1%
460mW x 2 @6000 THD+N<1%
Load impedance| >8Ω| >8Ω

*Note: The above data is the result of the test in TOPPING laboratory under AC220V 50Hz condition.
FCC Waming Statement:
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

  • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
  • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
  • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
  • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

  1.  this device may not cause harmful interference, and
  2. this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement
The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co – located for operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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