PSA: Topping L30 Damaging Headphones

[WaveTheory]

Thanks for getting more eyes on this, @DMS. @MazeFrame was the first to sound the alarm on this forum in the official L30 thread:

Topping L30

On the 7th January 2021, reports about faulty L30’s causing damage to headphones were posted to ASR, Reddit and SBAF. The cause of the fault are up to speculation, the nature of the failure suggests start-up current surge or electro static discharge to be the cause. Edit: One more report on head-fi

Although having a thread dedicated to this issue is a good idea.