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Views 24,559 Ikko designed a new DAC/AMP with a pocket-friendly price point of 59 USD, under the Zerda naming. It features a high-quality decoding chip or DAC, and a magnetic detachable cable with a proprietary interface. The main competitors, given the price point, will be iBasso DC05 (69 USD), Soundmagic …
Views 54,028 Yamaha TW-E3B is a high quality TWS IEM priced at about 99.4 USD internationally, available in multiple colors, and provided to us by the awesome HIFI Expert shop in Romania. Given the very universal price point, they will be compared to other high quality TWS IEMS, including GravaStar …
Views 52,195 We’re having a look at Shanling UA1, a dongle USB DAC priced at 45 USD, making it one of the most affordable DAC/AMPs, so today’s mini review will focus on the sound of UA1, as within this price point there are far too few competitors capable of the …
Views 24,038 ONYX is the name of the latest high-end In Ear Monitor handmade in France by the French company Earsonics, priced at 490 EUROs or roughly 561 USD. This is a proof of art movement made by the company, trying to create the most affordable high-end IEM they could, …
Views 48,070 Burson Super Charger 3A is a high-end power supply for Burson products, priced at 284 USD, made to pair with a few of their products. I will be comparing it with the default charger that came with Burson Funk (550 USD). Introduction Burson likes to optimize their …
Views 67,566 Force 2 is a portable Bluetooth speaker with a price tag of just 50 USD, but promises for a clean and powerful sound, with a big stage and a deep bass. Since I have not reviewed anything that comes close to its price yet, I am going to …
Views 44,344 Sendy Audio Apollo is a 500 USD headphone based on the QUAD-Former technology, basically a Planar magnetic driver with double magnets + double sided coils and double sides of coils. This means that it gets to be compared with Adam Audio Studio PRO SP-5 Headphones (550 USD), iBasso …
Views 60,810 iBasso comes back to the entry-level to help music lovers enjoy their passion, DC05 being a 69 USD Dongle DAC/AMP with a Dual ES9219C DAC, and capable of decoding MQA up to 16X, and 140mW output power. I will also be comparing DC05 to Spectra X2 from Maktar (200 …
Views 65,561 Priced at 109 USD, FiiO FD3 is a universal IEM with a large 12mm single DLC dynamic driver and a semi open design. It will be compared to iBasso iT01X (120 USD), Tin Audio T5 (130 USD), IKKO OH1 Meteor (140 USD). Introduction After the commercial success …
Views 79,875 HIFIMAN Ananda is the headphone I took the most photos of for the past 3 months, and it is a high-end planar magnetic design priced at 1000 USD, sometimes going on sale for 700 USD. They have been the culmination of price / performance ratio for HIFIMAN, and …
Views 18,192 TRN VX PRO is a 9 Driver Entry-level IEM priced at 88 USD. They made a hybrid design, and gave VX PRO one dynamic driver, and 8 Balanced Armatures. It will be compared with Tin Hifi T3 Plus (70 USD), HIDIZS MS2 Rainbow (90 USD), and CCA CKX …
Views 41,270 BLON BL-B60 or WGZBLON B60 is the latest headphone from BLON priced at 155 USD. The company is mainly known for making Chifi IEMS, selling through Linsoul and other ChiFi gateway shops. We have interesting features, like a large 50mm Dynamic Driver, along with a nice default cable. …
Views 53,270 Gravastar Sirius Pro+ is a TWS IEM made for gamers, priced at 150 USD. They have 5 drivers inside, one large 7.2mm dynamic driver, and 4 Knowles Balanced Armatures, to power the Pro+, along with dynamic lights and Ultra Low Latency. Given the price point of the Sirius …
Views 62,011 HIDIZS DH80 is a Dac Amp priced at 139 USD, made as a cradle for their AP80 DAC, but which can work standalone as well. It has a good amount of output power, an ESS 9281C PRO DAC, and supports MQA as well. Given the design, I will …
Views 67,014 Coming straight out of the technologized South Korea, N25 is a flagship streamer with DAC functions, and priced at 1400 USD. For this price, it features a Streaming function, network player, Roon point, and MQA decoding, along with a DAC function, so you can connect it straight to …
Views 25,707 OneOdio Monitor 60 is a high-quality monitoring headphone priced at about 80 USD at the moment of writing this review, made for music producers, DJs and artists on a budget. It features a 50mm full-sized dynamic driver, and it will be compared to Sivga SV021 (150 USD), Dekoni …
Views 75,969 Today’s review will focus on the 125 USD HIFI Walker H2, a DAP with a navigation wheel, Hi-Res play abilities, and support for up to 256GB microSD cards. It will be compared with other entry-level DAPs like Shanling M3X (340 USD), Hiby R2 (100 USD), Surfans F20 (125 …
Views 63,892 Crosszone CZ-8A is the latest headphone made by Crosszone, with 3 drivers, all of them dynamic, and in multiple sizes and are priced roughly 1700 USD, and mostly available on the Japanese and Asian markets. Those are some high-end over-the-ear flagship headphones with ingenious design, so they will …
Views 40,407 Maktar Spectra x2 is a DAC/AMP made for smartphones, and iPhones (the model we’re reviewing today), and it features a price tag of 200 USD, placing it above, or at least in line with iFi Hip-DAC2 (150 USD), Earmen Sparrow (200 USD), and Lotoo Paw S1 (170 USD), …
Views 41,613 Tin T3 Plus is a natural upgrade to Tin HIFI’s Line of IEMs, and it now comes with an excellent aesthetic, but also the same pocket-friendly price point of 70 USD all of the TinHIFI’s IEMs have been hovering around since they’ve been launched. It will be compared …
Views 77,316 We’re finally having a look at a masterpiece from a British company, and namely One Cast from Cyrus is the star of today’s review. Priced at 2000 USD, One Cast is a full sized entertainment center, and it features a high-end DAC, a Class AB Headphone Amplifier, a …
Views 42,514 It isn’t every day that I get to review something truly impressive, and Dunu has always delivered before, at least sonically. Today we will study how the 220 USD Falcon Pro IEMs sound like, and whether the comfort of the new Dunu IEMs lives up to their sonic …
Views 58,617 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, as it was released around 2016, so about 5 years ago. I will be comparing it …
Views 51,026 With the new year comes a new dawn, and Ozar is a limited-run IEM made by one of UK’s finest IEM designers, IMR Audio. The price for Ozar is 400 GBP or about 500 USD. This puts it on the spot, as it has to fight with some …
Views 60,440 Cables have always been a heated subject of conversation for music lovers, with some really passionate about them, and some reticent to speak their mind, and today’s cable is a 24 AWG, UP-OCC Copper Wire, priced at 999 USD. This places the Copper+ at the top of the …
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