Topping TP20-MK2 TA2020 Class T Digital Mini Amplifier 25WPC Review

Topping TP20-MK2 TA2020 Class T Digital Mini Amplifier 25WPC

Amazon.com : Topping TP20-MK2 TA2020 Class T Digital Mini Amplifier 25WPC : Electronics List Price: $270 Price: $71.5 Buy from Amazon

 

• CNC-machined aluminum construction
• Small size—fits almost anywhere
• Up to 88% efficiency
• Audiophile sound quality
• Speaker protection circuitry
  
  
  
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  5.0 out of 5 stars MUCH better than the Lepai 2020 January 26, 2013
  By Shawn M Anderson
  Amazon Verified Purchase
  I needed a small amp to hook to my Mac Mini, and the Lepai 2020+ filled the bill. For its size and the price, I was very happy with sound I got from the Lepai when I hooked them up to a pair Polk 5JR speakers. Those speakers and the Lepai are all you need for a 12x15 bedroom. For $20 it's an amazing little amp. However, when I hooked the Lepai up to a pair of Polk Monitor 30's the sound lost nearly all its depth. I had the Lepia hooked up to a 5 amp power source, so I was getting as much from the Lepai as you could without upgrading the capacitors. The Polk Monitor 30's are about half the size of the Polk 5JRs and I really needed the desk space, so I started exploring my options. Enter the Topping Tp20 Mk2.
  
  I can't help but gosh about the Topping. It's an upgrade in every possible way. The quality is much higher, and the sound is much warmer. The depth and quality of the sound when listening to Mumford & Sons or M. Ward is absolutely amazing. The Lepia is very clean sounding, but the Topping is both very clean sounding AND very warm. The Topping also has a lot more bass, although neither amp will shake your house. That said, the Topping sounds MUCH better when listening to "Devil's Den" by Skrillex, and it sounds a lot cleaner at higher volume. Really well-recorded pieces like Norah Jone's "Don't Know Why" really flatter the Topping in a way that you don't get with the Lepai. Even older 80's stuff like Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" - a song that makes my wife's eyes roll - sound much better with the Topping.
  
  A few other small things to note about the Topping when compared to the Lepai. The volume knob is the Topping is more granular than Lepai. I couldn't turn the Lepai up past 3/4 before the amp started clipping.