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Topping D90LE
$899
A reference desktop DAC measuring −120 dB THD+N — transparent enough to disappear from the chain.
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- Bench-verified in-house before it ships
- 30-day in-home audition — no restocking fee
- 5-year extended warranty available
The detail
Why we stock it
The D90LE is the DAC we reach for when we want a measurement-grade reference on the bench. Built around the ES9038PRO converter, it resolves to the limits of what current headphone and speaker chains can reveal, with a noise floor that simply isn't audible.
Fully balanced from input to output, it accepts USB, coaxial, optical and AES, and decodes PCM up to 768 kHz and native DSD512. In a desktop rig it pairs naturally with the A90D headphone amp over balanced XLR.
Specifications
| Converter | ESS ES9038PRO |
|---|---|
| THD+N | −120 dB (0.00009%) |
| Dynamic range | 131 dB |
| Max sample rate | PCM 768 kHz / DSD512 |
| Inputs | USB · coaxial · optical · AES |
| Outputs | Balanced XLR · single-ended RCA |
