― Reviews, Comparisons & Insight On Audio! ―
― Reviews, Comparisons & Insight On Audio! ―
Amplifier – that part that takes the signal from a DAC and powers your Headphones, Speakers, IEMs, and even more.
You can find my reviews on amplifiers below, and the best amplifiers here: https://amzn.to/3GeTvSt
Views: 55,787 Pro-Ject Head Box DS – Mini Size, Maxi Sound Head Box DS is a DAC / Headphone Amplifier made by Pro-Ject in Austria, and priced at 400 USD at the moment of its release, and now being a pretty old-school device, …
Views: 26,779 Hilidac Audirect Beam 2 DAC/AMP – MQA Blues Got Me Singing’ You heard about Hilidac’s Audirect Beam, Whistle, and Atom PRO, now it is time for the second beam of enlightenment, Beam 2, with MQA and Hi-Res support, and priced at …
Views: 76,315 Violectric HPA V340 Headphone Amplifier / Preamplifier – German Musicality Germany has been the home to many technological wonders, and audio is part of that as well. The Violectric HPA V340 is priced at 1800 EURO, or roughly 2000 USD, and …
Views: 26,978 HIDIZS H2 Bluetooth AMP – Smallest Receiver Out There We sometimes work on reviewing something that’s so tiny it gets lost in the queue, and this is the case with the 50 USD H2 Bluetooth Amplifier / Receiver from HIDIZS. This …
Views: 79,474 Arylic A50 Streaming Amplifier – Smol Boy Got Class Arylic A50 is a 220 USD Class-D Streaming Stereo Amplifier, or some kind of goose-camel-ostrich-cat that can do many jobs, in many inquisitive ways, but ends up being a pretty fun and …
Views: 27,053 SMSL AO200 Stereo Amplifier – Rabbit’s Foot, Either Quick Or Lucky S.M.S.L AO200 is a full sized, full powered 50W Speaker Stereo Amplifier priced at 280 USD, and designed with many features like a USB input, Bluetooth input, RCA and XLR …
Views: 42,003 FiiO BTR5 2021 – MQA Freedom At The End The title says it all, and we’re at the end of 2021, but the latest version of BTR5 has the 2021 monicker, support for MQA, and it is priced at 130 USD, …
Views: 26,187 Burson Funk Amplifier for Speakers, Headphones & IEMs – Let’s Jazz Burson Funk is a high-end amplifier for Stereo and Headphones, with a starting price of 550 USD, and depending on the configuration, able to reach 750 USD. It will be …
Views: 37,709 Palab M1 Mini DAC/AMP – Beats The Chord In Music Palab M1 mini is a DAC/AMP made by Palab, and it is no secret that it is a mighty good one, with a price tag of 500 USD, MQA decoding abilities, …
Views: 58,814 xDuoo MT-602 Tube Headphone Amp – Freak Trickster MT-602 is a headphone amplifier with tubes on a budget, priced at 100 USD, and it comes with two 6J1 Tubes, runs in class A, and will be compared to JDS Labs Atom …
Views: 49,013 Tempotec E35 Sonata DAC/AMP – Glass Design Amplified Tempotec E35 Sonata is a DAC/AMP with the price tag of 80 USD, driverless operation, dual DACs, and 80mW of power at 32 OHMs. It will be compared to iBasso DC-01 (50 USD), …
Views: 44,254 iBasso AMP12 Module for DX300 – Accelerate Towards The Future iBasso works on refining their DX300 DAP, and that starts with the best module available for it right now, which is AMP12, the natural evolution of the original module it comes …
Views: 70,718 JDS Labs Atom AMP+ – Uber Amplified Maximus JDS Labs Atom+ is an amplifier made by JDS Labs from the USA, and priced at 100 USD at the moment of writing this review. I did not review many amplifiers in this …
Views: 122,173 Keces S3 DAC / Balanced AMP / Preamp – My Favorite Warm Performer Keces S3 is a high-end top of the shelf DAC / Balanced Headphone Amplifier made in TAIWAN, and priced at 1300 USD. The comparison list will include Audio …
Views: 144,204 Audio-Hungary Qualiton APR 204 Preamplifier – Rev My Engine Qualiton APR 204 is a Preamplifier made by a Hunarian company, the country known as Romania’s Best Friend, so I’ll be extra cautious to be perfectly neutral and objective towards it. The …
Views: 99,518 Earstudio HUD100 MK II DAC/AMP – All Grown Up HUD100 MK II is a DAC/AMP made by Earstudio as a response to their original, which was criticized by many including me in the full written review I posted before. The MK …
Views: 99,416 Soundaware A1X PRO Streamer/DAC/AMP – Big Boys Use Big Guns Soundaware A1X PRO is the kind of Streamer that will go straight to your heart once you get to hear it, but first, we should talk about the price, which is …
Views: 71,130 Rebel AMP Headphone Amplifier – Green For Win I always said it is time to rebel against the system, and someone finally did, by building the Rebel AMP. They rebelled against all those big time companies making headphone amps, by making …
Views: 89,920 Audio Analogue AAdac – Italian Master Design AAdac is the masterpiece DAC made in Italy by Audio Analogue, and is meant mainly to be combined with their amplifiers, and CD players, which have a similar aesthetic. It is priced at …
Views: 62,336 Hilidac Audirect Atom Pro – Power Of Fire Hilidac Atom PRO is a USB DAC priced at 70 USD, usually made for Type-C based devices like smartphones, and with a 3.5mm output. I haven’t explored too many comparable DAC/AMPs in this …
Views: 90,437 Soundavo HP-1 DAC / Headphone AMP – The Great Entry There’s something about those affordable DAC/AMPs that makes me smile every time I hear one. They tend to be great value, but also mostly designed nicely with the user in mind. …
Views: 59,172 Shanling MW200 Bluetooth Neckband – Adapted For Music Today they finally convinced me to review a neckband in writing, so we’ll start with a Shanling. The price for the MW200 is 120 USD, and it is maid to be paired with …
Views: 103,901 Versatility Ultimate – xDuoo XD-05 Plus DAC & Amplifier It is time to look into the most versatile of the midrange portable DAC/AMPs, namely the xDuoo XD-05 Plus. This one sports almost an entire WATT of power, and it will be …
Views: 224,601 Refined Masterpiece – iBasso DX300 Music Player iBasso DX300 is iBasso’s flagship in 2021, and it is priced at 1200 USD. It comes with 4 DAC chips, Dual Batteries, Snapdragon 660, 6GB of RAM, and 128 GB of ROM, and interchangeable …
Views: 134,093 New Level Of Awesome – Singxer SDA-2 Balanced DAC / Headphone AMP SDA-2 from Singxer is the Next Level of a Midrange DAC/AMP with balanced XLR outputs at the back, Hi-Res processing, a Balanced Headphone Output, and a price of 700 …