Class A In A Nutshell – Centrance DACport HD CEntrance DACport HD is a class-A portable DAC/AMP for smartphones, priced at 180 USD, making it one of the more expensive DAC/AMPs out there. It will be compared to Earstudio HUD100, FiiO BTR5, Periodic …
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Best Thus Far – FiiO BTR5 LDAC & aptX HD Bluetooth Receiver Review
Best Thus Far – FiiO BTR5 LDAC & aptX HD Bluetooth Receiver Review BTR5 is probably the most complete Bluetooth DAC/AMP on the market right now, and it costs 110 USD at the moment of making this review. This means that it will …
6000 Hands Of Awesome – Lotoo Paw S1 USB DAC/AMP Review
6000 Hands Of Awesome – Lotoo Paw S1 USB DAC/AMP Review If you’re curious what’s the point of the title, it refers to Lotoo’s 6000 series of DAPs, which I will be reviewing in the future as well (hopefully). The Lotoo Paw S1 is a …
King Of Affodable Power – FiiO K5 PRO Desktop DAC/AMP Review
King Of Affodable Power – FiiO K5 PRO Desktop DAC/AMP Review FiiO K5 PRO gives a nice boost to your desktop setup, by having a Desktop-Class DAC, a Heavy Duty Headphone Amplifier, and a friendly price point of just 150 USD. This makes it very …
Victorious Machine – Earmen TR-AMP DAC/AMP Review
Victorious Machine – Earmen TR-AMP DAC/AMP Review Earmen TR-AMP is a really well-priced DAC/AMP for those who need a ton of power, but also great sonic performance on the go. It is currently priced at 250 USD, which makes it a direct competitor to iFi …
Sweetness Of The Analogue Sound – Hagerman Tuba Amplifier Review
Sweetness Of The Analogue Sound – Hagerman Tuba Amplifier Review Hagerman Tuba is a very pragmatic Tube Based Amplifier, priced at 650 USD. It is designed to drive Grado and Sennheiser but also Audeze and Beyerdynamic, and it has a 5 or 35 OHM …
Unexpected Winner – Audio-GD Master 19 Headphone Amplifier Review
Unexpected Winner – Audio-GD Master 19 Headphone Amplifier Review Audio-GD Master19 is a heavyweight headphone amplifier that costs the magical price of 880 USD. This makes it far less expensive than some of the direct competitors, and since the list includes Feliks Euforia, Wells Milo, …
Director Of Sound – Feliks Audio Euforia Tube Headphone Amplifier Review
Director Of Sound – Feliks Audio Euforia Tube Headphone Amplifier Review Feliks Euforia is a 2000-EURO Tube Amplifier for headphones, and it will be compared to Wells Milo, Mytek Brooklyn DAC+, Audio-GD Master 19, Aune S6 PRO, and Feliks Echo. Pairings will include Beyerdynamic Amiron, …
Sound Science – JDS Labs Atom Headphone Amplifier Review
Sound Science – JDS Labs Atom Headphone Amplifier Review JDS Labs Atom is a high-power Amplifier for headphones, made to drive almost anything under the sun, or under the moon, because it does have its limits. This being said, it is priced at 100 USD, where …
FiiO Q5S Modular DAC/AMP Review – Blessing In Smol Package
FiiO Q5S Modular DAC/AMP Review – Blessing In Smol Package FiiO Q5s is the update of the older Q5, but now has DSD Decoding, Bluetooth 5.0, and 4.4mm Balanced outputs from the get-go. Priced at 350 USD, this modular USB DAC/AMP has iFi xDSD, Earmen …
Aune S6 PRO DAC / Balanced Headphone AMP Review – The Heavyweight Fighter
Aune S6 PRO DAC / Balanced Headphone AMP Review – The Heavyweight Fighter Aune S6 PRO is a large Desktop DAC/ Balanced headphne amplifier, priced at 550 USD at the moment of writing this review. This makes it a competition for the likes of iFi …
Monster Power, Midrange Price – xDuoo TA10 USB DAC & Headphone Amplifier
Monster Power, Midrange Price – xDuoo TA10 USB DAC & Headphone Amplifier What happens when a company designs a really decent, or otherwise even awesome DAC and Tube Headphone Amplifier for just 290 USD, is xDuoo TA10. Given its price point, Burson PlayMate, Pre Box …
Natural MQA DAC Performer – Pro-Ject Pre-Box S2 Digital DAC and PREAMP Review
Natural MQA DAC Performer – Pro-Ject Pre-Box S2 Digital DAC and PREAMP Review The Austrian Manufacturer Pro-Ject came out with another tiny, yet feature-rich DAC and Pre-AMP, named Pre-Box S2 Digital, capable of decoding MQA, DSD, and having a headphone output. Given its price point …
Uber Nano Mini – Periodic Audio Nickel AMP Review
Uber Nano Mini – Periodic Audio Nickel AMP Review Periodic Audio Nickel is a unique device of its own, a high-power mini mini Amplifier that’s the size of a dime. For its 300 USD price point, it has quite a few other amplifiers it …
Power of Change – iFi iTube2 // iPower // DC iPurifier 2 – Review
Power of Change – iFi iTube2 // iPower // DC iPurifier 2 – Review iFi iTube 2 is a preamplifier priced at 400 USD, and comes to enhance your home listening experience. If your setup doesn’t have a good quality power brick, you can always …
Music At Its Finest – Wells Milo Headphone Amplifier Review
Music At Its Finest – Wells Milo Headphone Amplifier Review Wells Milo is a high-end Headphone Amplifier, meant to fight with the best, and it will be compared against the Mytek Brooklyn DAC+, paired with the Young MK III from M2Tech, and also compared with …
More Powah – iFi xCan Amplifier Review
More Powah – iFi xCan Amplifier Review All jokes connected to the xCan name were made already, so I went with something more organic this time around… iFi xCan is an Amplifier designed by iFi, which also features a Bluetooth Module, but which requires to …
Sweet And Juicy – OVC Vacuum Tube Headphones
Sweet And Juicy – OVC Vacuum Tube Headphones OVC Headphones are a unique thing, a headphone that has an active Tube Amplification built inside the headphone itself. There are a ton of competitors in the 300 USD price range, which is supposed to be their …
Brilliant DAC + Headphone AMP Flagship – Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ – Brilliant DAC + Headphone AMP Flagship Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ is a proper flagship in terms of build quality, construction, design, and price. The price and definition leaves no space for error and it has to best everything I tested to this …