Views 67,408 Kennerton is a huge luxury audio company from Russia, part of Fischer Audio, and their Thror is their current flagship headphone, priced at 3000 USD. This places it at the top of our lists, and it has to compete with other flagships like Crosszone CZ-1, Rosson RAD-0, and …
Sweety IEM-Driver Player – Shanling M2X DAP Review
Views 41,864 Priced at about 220 USD, Shanling M2x is one of the most interesting entry-level DAPs of the moment, having been released a few months ago, but still being relevant to the market, and having a bit of a competition from FiiO M7 (200 USD), FiiO M6 (150 USD), …
Upgrading A Classic – iBasso IT01S IEMs Review (CB12S, CA04, DC01)
Views 59,153 IT01S is the upgrade of the classic iBasso IT01, which has been one of the most recommended IEMs in the very crowded price range of 100 USD. This being said, IT01S has been launched at a higher price, and it is meant to be an upgrade to the …
Uber Nano Mini – Periodic Audio Nickel AMP
Views 55,559 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 has to beat before it has a place of its own, like iFi …
Light Sound Rulez – HIFIMAN Arya Review
Views 95,256 HIFIMAN Arya is a flagship headphone from HIFIMAN, a headphone with a unique signature that will literally blow your mind, but in a very specific way. It has a pretty good price point of 1600 USD, and its main competitors will be HIFIMAN HE6SE, Kennerton Thror, and Crosszone …
Power of Change – iFi iTube2 // iPower // DC iPurifier 2
Views 20,913 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 go for iPower from iFi, which is priced at 50 USD, and if you’re looking for something …
iBasso DX220 – Ultimate Versatility – (AMP7, AMP8, AMP9, AMP1 MKII)
Views 97,538 Priced at about 900 USD for the basic configuration, and with a large number of subsequent AMP modules on the market, iBasso DX220 makes one of the most interesting DAPs (Digital Audio Players) to look at right now, and has to fare well against harsh competition that includes …
Home Sweet Home Monitors – Audioengine A5+ Wireless Speakers Review
Views 58,577 Audioengine is a pretty old name in the audio industry, being quite well known for affordable, yet high quality home studio monitors. Today’s start, the A5+ /wireless is the successor to the highly acclaimed A5 series, and it is priced at around 500 USD. Given its price point, …
Tiny Music Machines – FiiO M5 // M6 DAP Review
Views 64,492 FiiO M5 and M6 are novel creations from FiiO, tiny DAPs that have both a very portable form factor, but also a good sonic performance, FiiO trying to defy the concept that a small DAP can’t sound good with both. Priced at a price point of about 150 …
Silver Romance – Dita Twins Fealty IEM Review
Views 49,805 Dita Fealty is the new IEM from Dita, and after I reviewed Dita Fidelity, you knew this was coming. Priced at 1300 USD, Dita Fealty has a ton of competition, like Campfire Atlas, Beyerdynamic Xelento and Dita Fidelity, all of which are priced similarly and are also amazing …
Flagship Now Affordable – HIFIMAN RE2000 Silver Review
Views 47,814 HIFIMAN RE2000S is a new IEM from HIFIMAN, based on the mighty RE2000, which I reviewed before, but now at a much more affordable price point of 800 USD, at least at the moment of writing this review. I will be comparing it to Lime Ears Model X, …
Music At Its Finest – Wells Milo Headphone Amplifier Review
Views 41,984 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 iBasso DX220 + AMP7, and the Luxman P-750U Headphone Amplifier. Introduction Wells …
Perfect One Trick Pony – FiiO FA7 IEMs Review
Views 42,784 FiiO FA7 is, from the start of this review, a one-trick pony, but a really good one. It is priced at 300 USD, and its main competitors are FLC 8N, FiiO FH5, and HIFIMAN RE800 Silver, in the light of the fact that RE800 Silver is priced at …
More Powah – iFi xCan Amplifier Review
Views 51,437 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 be fed signal from an external DAC (basically receives a …
Key To Music – Cyrus Audio Soundkey
Views 29,864 The little Cyrus Audio Soundkey is a DAC/AMP in the 150 USD price range, having a few competitors like the FiiO K3 (110 USD), Shanling M0 DAP (110 USD), and the Audirect Beam DAC/AMP (100 USD). Introduction Cyrus Audio is actually quite well known among enthusiasts, although …
Take Flight – Aurender S5W Wireless Speakers Review
Views 80,989 S5W – Aurender is quite a huge name in the Audio Industry, and they are well known both with the novices as well as with the ones who’ve been into high-end audio for ages, although Aurender usually focuses on streamers rather than on Speakers. The price for today’s …
Multi Room Fun – Yamaha WX021 Music Cast 20
Views 33,931 Yamaha Music Cast 20 is a slightly different product than I’ve been reviewing so far, this time it is a little speaker for multi-room purpose, basically a Wifi Speaker that connects and syncs with other multi-room speakers and which you can set up to play in your home. …
Triple The Bass – 1More Triple Driver Headphones Review
Views 57,083 1More Triple Driver is an interesting On-Ear Headphone with a pretty unique aesthetic design, a ceramic tweeter, graphene bass driver, and a third bass reflex driver, priced at 200 USD, making it a competitor for ESS 422H, AIWA ARC-1, and Meze 99 Neo. Introduction 1More is actually …
The Gentle Flagship Performer – QLS QA361 Music Player
Views 34,470 The QA361 DAP is the first Player I will be reviewing from QLS, a Chinese company known for delivering some of the best sound quality on the market. They are also known for going for minimalistic features, and for achieving some of the best sound signatures in the …
Sweet And Juicy – OVC Vacuum Tube Headphones
Views 28,624 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 price at the moment of writing this review, so they will …
Thicc, Warm, Detail – Verum 1 (One) Planar Magnetic Headphones Review
Views 50,666 Verum One are the last headphones in the entry-level Planar Magnetic Headphones review series available on the market at this moment, the other two having been HIFIMAN Sundara and Brainwavz Alara. Even so, Verum One stands their ground nicely even against headphones much much more expensive, like Audeze …
Trouble Maker – Burson PlayMate Basic DAC/AMP Review
Views 69,724 With Class A power Amplifier, Multiple OP-AMP options, along with a sleek design, and a ton of driving power, Burson Playmate priced at 400 USD sure will be interesting to review, especially when comparing it to the original Burson Play, and to other DAC/AMPs like Feliks Echo, and …
Snappy Edge Precision – Dita Twins Fidelity IEMs Review
Views 37,965 Dita Fidelity is a Single-Dynamic-Driver IEM from Dita, coming at a pretty high price point of 1300 USD, but also sporting some interesting features like its AWESOME Cable. Given its price point, dita Fidelity has to stand up to other flagships, like Campfire Atlas, Da Vinci IX, and …
Lime Ears Model X – Hot and Cold
Views 38,558 Model X – Lime Ears is a very stylish company from Poland, well versed in creating IEMs as well as CIEMs (customs), and known for having some sleek designs and friendly employees. Since Model X has a rather high price tag, of about 900 USD, Model X has …
Warm Reactor – TheCustomArt Fibae Black
Views 42,270 TheCustomArt is an IEM and CIEM (Universals and Custom IEMs) company from Poland, who has seen a huge growth and was received really well by music lovers from all over the world in the past two years. The FIBAE Black is an IEM designed for music listening rather …