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Views 12,679 ZiiGaat Arcadia is a $199 USD pair of IEMs / In-Ear Monitors with a hybrid driver setup, using 1 dynamic driver and 2 balanced armatures to create a new, brilliant and revealing sound. Today we will review Arcadia and see how it fits in today’s audio market. …
Views 35,916 ZiiGaat x Fresh Reviews Arete is a $249 USD pair of IEMS or In-Ear Monitors with 5 drivers inside, 1 Dynamic Driver and 4 Balanced Armatures, which will be the focus of our review today. Since they follow a balanced tuning, we will explore how they fit in …
Views 34,448 ZiiGaat Cincotres is a $269 USD pair of IEMs or In-Ear Monitors mainly sold by Linsoul Audio, with 2 Dynamic Drivers and 3 Balanced Armatures playing for each ear. Cincotres seems to be a good name considering the design, and today we will review the Cincotres and compare …
Views 3,764 ddHiFi BC130 Net also called Nyx Net is a $399 USD High-Purity Single Crystal Copper Shielded Earphone Cable, with Titanium Alloy Components, Single Crystal Copper internal design, with a woven shield, 4.4mm balanced plug, with a grounding shield, and with replaceable connectors, including MMCX, 2-Pin and PE IEM …
Views 6,201 ddHiFi TC35CM2 is a $55 USD portable DAC AMP that’s really short, portable and lightweight, and which has a type-C connector at the digital side, and a 3.5mm headphone output at the headphone output side. There are two different chips for DAC Decoding and Amplification, with an inline …
Views 4,714 FiiO DM13 is a 150 USD Portable CD Player / CD Ripper with a Dual CS43198 DAC, 660mW x2 power output, and a Desktop Mode that allows you to use it without draining the internal battery. Even Bluetooth is included with aptX HD support, so today we will …
Views 8,654 Lotoo PAW GT2 is a $3200 USD DAP or Digital Audio Player / Portable Music Player with a complex DAC solution centered around the AK4191EQ and a Dual AK4499EX DAC cluster, the AL4137EQ Upsampling chip, the LTOS Operating System, and Dual Balanced and Single Ended Headphone Outputs. Today …
Views 32,608 Shanling EH1 is a $219 USD Entry-Level DAC / Headphone AMP designed for desktop usage, with a Cirrus Logic CS43198 DAC at the heart, and up to 1015mW at 32 OHMs of driving power, and with a 4.4mm headphone output too. Today we will review the EH1 and …
Views 33,879 FiiO UTWS5 2025 is a $175 USD True Wireless Bluetooth adapter for Earphones and IEMS, with either MMCX or 2-Pin connectors, designed to drive even flagship IEMS, Wireless Charging, and even 10-Band PEQ and 96 kHz / 24 Bit HD Bluetooth support. Introduction FiiO made the new …
Views 21,727 iBasso Jr Macaron is a $45 USD DAC / Headphone Amplifier made for portable usage, and today we have the pink version, compatible with Android and Windows PC computers, and based on the CS43131 DAC in a Dual Configuration. Introduction iBasso Jr is the sub brand of …
Views 33,726 FiiO BTR17 is a $199 USD portable Bluetooth DAC, Headphone Amplifier that can be used as a desktop DAC/AMP, wired and wireless, and which has both a single ended and a balanced headphone output. With a flagship Dual DAC ES9096Q and a maximum driving power of 650mW x2 …
Views 27,382 ddHiFi ST35 is a $9 USD silicone ear tip that I’ve been recommending a lot in my written reviews, and are my go-to option for most IEMs, so today we will briefly explore why and what is the difference when changing eartips for a pair of IEMs. …
Views 32,643 HIDIZS S8 PRO Robin is a $69 USD DAC AMP Dongle designed by HIDIZS for the portable music lovers, with Dual 32-Bit CS43131 DACs, Hi-Res support, and both 3.5mm single ended and 4.4mm balanced headphone outputs. Today we will review and explore S8 PRO Robin and how it …
Views 37,205 BQEYZ Wind is a $239 USD pair of high-quality IEMS which feature a coil bone conduction driver, dual cavity dynamic driver and a German CCN processing for the shell. Today we will review the BQEYZ Wind and compare them with other similarly priced IEMs, including Hiby x FAudio Project …
Views 31,856 iBasso DC07PRO is a $199 USD portable DAC and Headphone Amplifier designed for those who want a high amount of power, high precision and an array of Quad DACs for their portable setup. In this written review we will explore the DC07PRO, how it sounds like, and how …
Views 45,041 Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 is a $350 USD PCIe Internal Sound Card with an external console controller, a full audio kit designed to be your DAC/AMP with a rich selection of software features, as well as lots of driving power, Xamp, BiAMP, Line Out, and many more features …
Views 31,888 NMD Audio Mars is a $249 USD Cable for IEMs, made from copper, with an intricate inner design, and the focus of our review today. Given the sparse offer of cables in this affordable price range, we will focus on how Mars changes the sound of IEMs and …
Views 56,177 Hiby x FAudio Project Ace is a $249 USD pair of IEMs or In-Ear Monitors, using 12mm dynamic drivers, Beryllium plated diaphragm, and an impedance of 32 OHMs, the focus of our review today. Given the price point, we will compare Project Ace with multiple other IEMs, from …
Views 84,299 iFi hip-dac 3 is a $199 USD DAC and Headphone Amplifier, with a dark titanium color / what I would call coffee colored, and with a similar design as the ifi hip-dac2 that we reviewed before, but improved technical performance, and a smoother, less gaudy design. Today we …
Views 31,817 SMSL PS200 is a $89 USD Multi Function Audio Converter with Bluetooth 5.0 input, DSD512 Support, MQA-CD support, and with an ES9039Q2M DAC at the heart for decoding the input signals. With all the signals going through the XMOS Xu316 popular USB interface, today we will review the …
Views 34,932 ddHIFI TC35PRO is a $75 USD dongle DAC AMP that employs a CS43131 DAC chip, with an ES9603Q AMP chip, designed to bring high-quality audio to your smartphone and portable setup. Today we will review the TC35PRO, how it sounds like, and briefly explore how it compares to …
Views 45,416 KAEI TAP-1 DACs is a $329 USD DAC / Headphone Amplifier, with Dual CS43131 DACs inside, a Tube Preamplifier stage, and a solid state amplifier stage with modular OP-AMPs, that allow you to fine tune and change the sound. The unit can come in multiple variations, with DACs …
Views 35,658 Burson Audio V7 Vivid are a $169 USD pair of OP-AMPs, with both Dual and Single variants, designed by Burson Audio for DAC/AMPs with modular OP-AMP design, using the DIP8 Sockets. To get a full upgrade for Burson PlayMate 2, you require 2 pairs of OP-AMPs, a pair …
Views 35,430 Topping A50 III is a $199 USD Headphone Amplifier, recommended for purchase along with the Topping D50 III Dac which we have reviewed recently, and the headphone amplifier counterpart to that DAC. Today we will review the A50 III and compare it with other headphone amplifiers, including JDS …
Views 88,855 iBasso D16 is a $1499 USD Digital to Analog Converter and Super Class A Headphone Amplifier, designed as a portable unit, with what I consider to be the most unique DAC tech we have seen this year. I am talking about 1Bit DACs, with 16 sets of cascaded …
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