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Desktop Equipment is mainly made to be used at home or at your main desk, and it is not generally intended to be portable. This includes Speakers, DACs, AMPs, even Headphones, and desktop equipment is generally larger and / or needs access to a power outlet to work. HIFI products are generally considered desktop equipment, although you can find some which can be used portably.
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Views 6,485 HEDDPhone D1 is a $799 USD pair of high-end dynamic headphones made by Hedd Audio, with Thin-Ply Carbon Technology, designed for a high-end audiophile and studio experience, built for true listening. Today we will review the HeddPhone D1 and also compare it with other high-end headphones including FiiO …
Views 8,969 Keces P9 Ultra Low Noise Linear Power Supply is a $999 USD Ultra Low Noise Linear Power Supply designed for powering two devices, or two zones, with Zone 1 supporting 5V, 7V, 9V, and 12V, while Zone 2 supports 12V, 15V, 19V and 24V. This is an interesting …
Views 6,794 FiiO BR15 R2R is a $199 USD high-resolution DAC and Bluetooth Receiver based on the Flagship Qualcomm QCC5181 Bluetooth 6.0 chip, supporting LDAC and aptX Lossless codecs, with fully differential true 24 Bit R2R resistor arrays DACs with OS and NOS modes, and multiple Bluetooth, USB, Optical, Coaxial …
Views 9,789 This year has likely been the hardest one so far, due to multiple challenges for audiophiles and music lovers in achieving their dreams, with price hikes, tariffs and other events that have challenged our way of listening to music, but with the year drawing to an end, we …
Views 7,732 xDuoo DP-10 is a $999 USD Desktop All-Inclusive digital source media player with a Pure Digital Transport design, 5.5″ Touchscreen to control the player, with both Landscape and Portrait nodes, remote app for Android, iOS and Windows, Network Streaming and Wireless Lossless Casting and multiple digital Outputs, as …
Views 18,886 HIFIMAN Edition XV is a $399 USD pair of Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones with a large planar magnetic driver at the core, a theoretical successor of the Edition XS but in a different tuning and flavor. Today we will review the new Edition XV and also compare it …
Views 7,916 VSDinside Stream Dock N1 is a 69 USD Stream Pad, or a user-configurable pad with buttons that you can program to do anything you want, usually seen in the setup of streamers and people who do real-time media broadcast, but actually very useful for audiophiles and media consumption, …
Views 17,328 FiiO SP5 is a $749 USD pair of active self-powered HIFI Bookshelf desktop speakers which can also be used as nearfield monitors, and they have a huge 120W power, 5.25″ Woofer driver, and 1″ Silk dome tweeter pair. As this is one of the most complete speaker systems …
Views 8,506 ddHIFI TC19BC and TC19BA Comet is a $119 USD per piece high-end cable series for high-end audio, with a USB Type B to Type C connector, or Type B to Type A connector, Pure Silver construction and full plus and minus Shielding Quad-Wire Parallel Alignment matching plug. Today …
Views 13,727 Burson PlayMate 3 is a $599 USD desktop HIFI DAC and Headphone Amplifier with a microphone input, Type-C USB input, and with both a 6.3mm headphone output, and an RCA output at the back. As Burson is one of the few companies that allow you to install different …
Views 9,904 Levoit 200S Pro is a $189 USD air purifier designed to help you breathe more easily and to help clean the air in your room. Today we review the Levoit Vital 200S and explore how an air purifier can actually improve your experience listening to music, and what …
Views 19,454 FiiO D17 Atheris is a $1699 USD / Euro Portable DAC and Headphone Amplifier with multiple unique technologies inside, including a unique In-house developed R2R + 1Bit Dual Discrete DAC and a Tube Amplifier featuring Dual Korg 6PI NuTubes. This makes D17 the most complete portable DAC and …
Views 21,575 ddHIFI PC150PRO DIY HIFI Power cable is a $119 USD power cable for audio equipment available in multiple standards including National Standard, American and EU standards, featuring vintage colors, DIY Assembly and it is made of OFC or Oxygen Free Copper, and Oxygen Free Silver Plated Copper mix …
Views 23,667 Audience OhNo Plus is a $699 USD pair of headphone cables designed as a custom set for us, but available for order after contact with Audience. The company continues to offer some of the best support, and most interesting product set, allowing for more customization and more interesting …
Views 29,415 Khadas Mind 1 is a $799 USD portable workstation brain / PC for the configuration we are reviewing today, but with a more basic version available for $549 USD. As a mini computer, Khadas Mind 1 comes with an Intel Core i7-1360P CPU, 32 GB of LPDDR5 RAM …
Views 20,450 Shanling EC Zero AKM is a $319 USD CD Player and USB DAC AMP with an AKM AK4493S DAC at the core, Dual SGM8262-2 Amplifiers, and an extended battery life up to 10 hours of continuous playback. Today we review the new AKM version of the Shanling EC …
Views 32,742 Aune N7 is a $429 USD Purist Class A Headphone Amplifier with PreAmp function, Twin-JFET input, Two-Stage Class-A Bias Control and R2R Volume control. Today we will review Aune N7 and also compare it with other amplifiers including Aune S17 PRO Evo (799 USD), Singxer SA-1 V2 (599 …
Views 30,134 Uperfect UColor O Lite is a $329 USD portable 4K OLED Monitor Display with a size of 13.3″, 3840 x 2160 resolution, 60 Hz refresh rate, and it will be the focus of our review today. As this is one of the very few unique products we review, …
Views 28,525 Lily Audio Genesis One is a $1200 USD pair of headphones with a unique crystal core technology, which are now available on Kickstarter and as we can see in our review today, the product exists, is real and working, and will be the focus of our review today. …
Views 31,533 Tronsmart T8 is a $59 USD portable bluetooth speaker with a 40W of power, 360 degrees of immersion for its sound, and up to 18 hours of playback time powered by a large battery. Today we will review the Tronsmart T 8 and see how it fits in …
Views 36,894 Antlion Audio ModMic Uni 2+ is a $65 USD microphone designed to be attached to a pair of headphones, with an upgraded mic capsule and a 3.5mm jack connector, ideal for PC computer users. Today we review the ModMic Uni 2+ and see how it performs as a …
Views 40,334 iBasso AMP17 is a $249 USD Amplifier Card for iBasso DX340 DAP, and it comes with the unique Gallium Nitride + Transistor Discrete balanced topology. Today we will review AMP17 and draw comparisons with other AMP cards for DX340, including AMP16, the one with Dual Raytheon Tubes and …
Views 34,248 Swiftpoint Z2 is a $199 USD gaming mouse with a large number of special features, including an OLED display, Gyroscope and Tilt Functions, and a more affordable price point than any other mouse offering a similar set of features. Today we will review Z2 and compare it with …
Views 35,636 FiiO K13 is a $319 USD desktop DAC / Headphone Amplifier with an R2R DAC at the heart, with a fully differential 24 Bit R2R design, NOs and OS Dual Modes, up to 2400mW per channel headphone driving power, and with LDAC Bluetooth support, and even including AC …
Views 88,237 Audience AU24SX is a $3932 USD pair of Speaker cables part of the AU24SX cables designed by Audience, which include multiple analog and digital cables, including power, speaker, interconnect and USB cables. Today we review and explore the effects Audience AU 24 SX has on the sound of …
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