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Views 4,578 Kiwi Ears Etude is a $119 USD pair of IEMS or In-Ear Monitors with a complex Bryllium Dynamic Driver, 3 Balanced Armatures and one Vibration Transducer at the core, to increase the quality you are getting when listening to music on a limited budget. Today we review the …
Views 5,683 FiiO K15 is a $549 USD midrange Desktop Streaming DAC Headphone Amplifier with a Dual AK4497S DAC combo at the heart, a Discrete Class AB Transistor Current Headphone Amplifier, 3000mW + 3000mW Maximum power output and with a fully balanced audio circuit. Today we will review the mighty …
Views 6,058 Kiwi Ears Septet is a $242 USD pair of IEMs from Kiwi, with One Dynamic Driver, 4 Balanced Armatures, One Planar Magnetic Driver and one PZT Driver, basically a Quadbrid IEM with one of the most comprehensive tech levels seen today, with 7 Drivers in today. In our …
Views 6,710 Aune SC1 Evo is a $699 USD Tailor Made OXCO, with Titans Technology, Independent Power Supply, AC and DC, Synchronised Isolated Outputs and a Wide Frequency range, with Low Jitter, Clock and Temperature Display. Today we will review for the first time ever an audio clock reclocker and …
Views 6,825 HIFIMAN Arya Unveiled is a $1449 USD pair of Unveiled Planar Magnetic Headphones, featuring a technology unique to HIFIMAN, namely the unveiled tech, where there is no earcup, and the driver is fully exposed resulting in a uniquely transparent and boundless sound. Today we review the Arya Unveiled …
Views 5,487 Ricable Dedalus XLR DX2 is a 557 Euro per 2 meter pair, or $648 USD per 2 meter pair of XLR Interconnect cables, designed for High Fidelity music reproduction, having an analog XLR design, to be used in between a DAC and a headphone or a speaker amplifier. …
Views 4,672 Astrotec Archimedes ATS01 is a $129 USD pair of IEMs Earphones with a dual driver setup featuring one planar magnetic driver and one 9-Layer Piezoelectric driver working in tandem to create a beautiful and engaging sound. Today we will review the archimedes and explore how it sounds like …
Views 5,612 Kiwi Ears Atheia is a $349 USD pair of over-the-ear headphones with a dual driver combo, sporting both a dynamic and a planar magnetic driver, integrating a powerful 50mm dynamic driver, and a 14.5mm planar magnetic driver, designed to deliver a truly refined listening experience. Today we will …
Views 6,401 Noble FoKus Amadeus is a $320 USD pair of high-end IEMS with a 8.3mm custom triple-layer diaphragm, aptX Adaptive and LKDAC support, and up to 12 hours of battery life for the earbuds. Today we review the Noble FoKus Amadeus and also briefly compare them to the market, …
Views 6,896 Cayin RU9 is a $499 USD portable DAC Headphone Amplifier, with a Dual AK4493SEQ DAC at the core, and a Nutube 6P1 Based AMP, High-Resolution Decoding support, Bluetooth support, and a DC HyperMode with up to 1W of output power. Today we will review the new CAyin RU9 …
Views 4,029 Kiwi Ears Astral is a $299 USD pair of 1 DD + 6 BA Hybrid IEMs designed with a beautiful faceplate and part of the current Kiwi product artillery to take down the Chifi competition. Today we review the Kiwi Ears Astral and also compare them briefly to …
Views 9,909 Fosi Audio i5 is a $549 USD pair of upper midrange over-the-ear planar magnetic headphones with a really solid design, a large 90mm diaphragm, walnut wood and aluminum frame, and with a genuine suede leather headband. Today we review the Fosi Audio i5, and also compare it with …
Views 11,980 Shanling EC Zero T is a $589 USD R2R CD Player, USB DAC and Headphone Amplifier designed with what I consider to be one of the smartest, most insanely useful feature sets of all times for audiophiles. We have R2R DAC chips, Tube AMPs, OS and NOS modes, …
Views 14,642 Ricable Invictus USB is a 401 Euro / $467 USD cable for the length of 1 and a half meters USB Cable with USB 2.0 A/B connectors that will be the star of our review today. You can order the Ricable Invictus USB cable in any length you …
Views 16,897 TanchJim Zero is a 15 USD pair of IEMs that has a Dynamic Driver at the core and will be once again my challenge to see if a really affordable entry-level pair of IEMS can survive in today’s market. Introduction This ultra cheap range of products is …
Views 18,421 SMSL D1 is a $89 USD Desktop DAC and SMSL PH1 is a $69 USD Phono Preamplifier and Headphone Amplifier. They each have unique technologies, and although they fight in the entry-level price range, D1 is built based on the BD34352EKV ROHM DAC, while PH1 is an MM …
Views 24,736 Surfans F28 is a $179 USD Digital Portable Audio Music Player DAP with an upgraded design, Dual ESS9018 DAC combo at the heart, native DSD256 support, customizable EQ, and a large 2000 mAh battery to power this DAP with a fully balanced output that bears 400mW of power. …
Views 22,924 JDS Labs Element IV is a $549 USD Desktop DAC Headphone AMP, with a huge 3.2W of clean power output tetradeca output buffer, Auto Gain, Preamp output, OLED Display with Gorilla Glass protection, Parametric EQ, and DC protection safety. Today we review the mighty JDS Element IV, and …
Views 22,679 Ricable Dedalus Signal DR2 is a 462 euro per 2 meter pair of cable, or $533 USD, although you can totally order a shorter or a longer variant of this DR2 Interconnect cable. This is a pair of semi balanced high fidelity cables for connecting an analog source …
Views 39,432 FiiO M21 is a $329 USD Portable Music Player with a unique design that includes a transport case that imitates a cassette player, 4 DACs at the heart, the high-end CS43198, and with a Snapdragon 680 CPU at the core. Today we will review the FiiO M21, and …
Views 38,691 Ricable Invictus Power Reference RP15 is a $1021 USD high-end power cable for stereo systems, which you can order in this size, or basically any other size you may need. Today we will review the new Invictus Power Reference and see what kind of change it brings to …
Views 77,301 Topping DX5 II Dual DAC AMP is a $299 USD Desktop DAC / Headphone AMP, with a Dual ES9039Q2M DAC combo at the core, with an X-Hybrid Headphone Amplifier Circuit, and Bluetooth BT5.1 support, and 10-Band High-Precision PEQ. Today we will review the Topping DX5II and compare it …
Views 33,638 Unique Melody MEST Jet Black is the $1999 USD high-end flagship IEMs with 10 drivers playing for each ear, Tourmaline Black Gaze design, Hybrid Bone Conduction system, All-New Bone Conduction Crossover technology, and a complex combination of Dynamic drivers, Balanced Armatures, Electrostatic driver, Composite Bone Conduction Drivers and …
Views 47,584 iBasso DX260 MK2 is a $949 USD Music Player DAP with an Octa DAC Chip Matrix, Qualcomm 665 SoC, and with a Removable Back Cover, an upgrade from the original DX260. Today we explore the new MK 2 version of the DX260, what changed, what improved and which …
Views 35,002 TanchJim Luna is a $139 USD portable DAC AMP with a Dual CS43198 DAC pair at the heart, and a dual headphone output, featuring both 3.5mm and 4.4mm balanced headphone outputs. The maximum output power is 285 mW for a 32 OHM impedance, and it has a non-linear …
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