Thx currently running the hd558s from e30-liquid spark at like 8oclock is loud lolā¦think preamp and some volume down in order. I was worried about possible sound degradationā¦it will be a different story when the dt880s get here this afternoon 
The 558s is pretty efficient lol
You should be fine as long as you arenāt using digital volume
Yes it will lol, make sure to put the spark in high gain and have it in dac mode
Yep that was the plan for the gain/dac mode. By digital volume you are basically talking about setting computer sound to 100% right?
Yes volume on your pc and software
Received my E30 yesterday and I have a question about sound format settings on my PC. What do you set yours to and why (e.g. 24-bit or 32? 48khz or 96, or 192 etc.)? When I choose this format setting, am I defaulting all audio on my PC to that, or will the E30 play audio in its original format? No matter what I play, switching between YT, iTunes, and Tidal Masters, the E30 display says 48.0 regardless.
Similar problem here. On chromebook alwas shows 48 (except 44.1 for utube premium music) and on the lg phone 192 for everthing. As if itās showing capabilities of the device. ???
Hello,
no, the Dacās generally have no integrated upscaling.
Nevertheless, it would be good if you use it on the PC in the sound settings there select 24/192 or more.
This guarantees that if it should ever have a better source file, it will then also play at maximum resolution.
If you donāt set anything there, the Dacās play in the factory settings that were set by the drivers.
Most Dacās donāt have any upscaling, but more technical equipment would be necessary.
If you still have apps like Roon, Amazon, Deezeer and co. Thenn it would be good if you select the Dac in the apps settings for the sound output. This also guarantees that everything arrives at the Dac to convert everything it needs.
You canāt do more, the Dac would have to recognize and display Dsd itself.
Personally I suggest 24/96 for a few reasons, it is a good balance of high sample rate and latency/intensive, itās a format that windows is happy with for the most part, and itās not 32 bit because windows hates 32 bit some times and music doesnāt really come in 32 bit for listening so 24/96 is typically my go to. Windows will upsample everything to the set samplerate. If you wanted something that would actively change the sample rate and bit depth depending on the source track, you would have to use an exclusive mode like asio and wasapi
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Has anyone installed the E30 driver? The DAC is working fine on my PC, but when I look at devices Iām prompted to troubleshoot and find a driver. Iāve tried downloading it from the Topping website (V4.86 released this month), but I canāt extract the zipped folder for the life of me. PC keeps saying itās invalid. I tried alternative methods too, like WinRar, and I still get the same issue.
And even after a re download it still wonāt work correctly?
Edit: it seems that from the topping site the zip is just corrupted lol
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Yep. Corrupted every time. Do you use the E30 drivers or just play it with general windows compatibility? Anywhere else to get the driver since the Topping siteās zip is corrupted?
I use this driver and it works without issue
http://www.tphifi.net/drivers/topping_usbaudio_setup_v4.82.0.zip
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Thanks. Iāll download that and revisit the other one later to see if itās been fixed.
Hey guys just a quick one, how would the E30 compare to the Schiit Bifrost v1?
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I watched/listened to a PBS concert last night. using the optical from tv to the e30. Worked fine, decent stereo and imaging even though using over-air tv (not cable.) Just remember to change sound setting on tv from Dolby to PCM. One of the reasons I bought the e30 instead of the Atom dac.
Which Bifrost v1. There are two of them.
Unfortunately I get noise that changes when I change the display brightness. I found this trying to track down what was causing the noise.
I unplugged the digital source to it, still noise. I unplugged the dac from the amp and it apparently wasnāt the amp as the noise went away.
How are you powering the e30? Thatās pretty strange
Wow, thank you. I thought it was via an included power supply, but then when you asked that I remembered that it came with a usb adapter for power. I swapped usb chargers and it is gone. AWESOME, I was pulling my hair out.
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Oh thatās good that itās solved lol, never had that happen but sometimes there can be weird power issues