Views 76,024 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 …
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Views 62,216 We’re reviewing a music player priced at 1000 USD, named Dethonray DTR1+ and made for those who don’t want no touchscreen, and who want a pure music experience with no distractions. This means that the first competitor it needs to have is QLS QA361 (700 USD), a DAP …
Astell&Kern A&Ultima SP2000T – Tube & Solid State Blends Musically
Views 102,672 The best part about reviewing a 2500 USD Music Player with Hybrid Tube – Solid State tech inside is that you can compare it to pretty much everything else, and you still know it is going to be a fun trip. Today’s review will focus on a true …
iBasso DX240 – Sing Me The Sweetest Melody
Views 65,057 We’re reviewing the new iBasso DX240 today, a portable music player or Digital Audio Player (DAP), priced at 950 USD, and a iBasso is back on top, and wants to make sure that you can use the AMP modules ecosystem from their DX220, so the new one is …
Astell & Kern SEM2 Module – SE180 DAP – Improving Dynamics
Views 58,339 I liked the original SE180 with its SEM1 Module and the ESS Chip, but the company promised to make more DAC/AMPs for this flagship of a modular DAP, and with a single DAC/AMp module costing 350 USD, and including both a new DAC and a new amplifier circuit, …
Tin Audio T5 Earphones – Upgrading Chifis
Views 58,477 Tin T5 is the latest IEM from Tin HIFI, a rather popular Chifi company. The IEM is priced at 130 USD, and is supported by Linsoul. Comes with a dynamic driver, slightly higher than average impedance, and will be compared with other similarly priced IEMs like IKKO OH1 …
Campfire Holocene – Clarity, Details & Musicality
Views 43,152 Campfire Holocene is the latest high-end IEM released by Campfire, and priced in the midrange category, at 650 USD. It uses a Triple Custom Driver Design with a customly designed sonic chamber, and will be compared with Metalure Wave (600 USD), Campfire Vega 2020 (900 USD), and iBasso …
Crosszone CZ-10 Headphones – Soundstage Excelsior
Views 76,637 CZ-10 is a breath of fresh air, as I’ve only reviewed open-back headphones for most of this year, so having something closed back, or at least semi open is refreshing. This is a proper Japanese headphone, high-end with all the bells and whistles, priced at 900 USD, and …
Unique Melody Mest MKii IEMs – New Flagship Quadbrid
Views 47,825 Truly a revolutionary piece, the MKii of Mest from Unique Melody is priced at 1500 USD at the moment of writing this full written review, and it features four types of driver technologies, made to sound the most coherent, detailed yet natural of all the IEMs out there. …
Shanling M3X Music Player – Refine The Refined
Views 59,710 Shanling M3X is a high-end DAP priced at 340 USD, with one microSD slot, Balanced output, MQA support, and up to 23 hours of battery life from a single charge. The main competition is going to include iBasso DX160, FiiO M11 PRO, Shanling M2X, and iFi xDSD. M3X …
Zoom H5 Portable Handy Recorder – Beast Of A Mic
Views 39,857 Zoom H5 is a portable handy recorder / microphone, and it is priced at about 280 USD. I’ve been using it for months now, and it has been the source of audio in my videos, before being replaced with a Zoom F6, so today’s review will focus on …
Soundaware A1X PRO Streamer/DAC/AMP – Big Boys Use Big Guns
Views 68,274 Soundaware A1X PRO is the kind of Streamer that will go straight to your heart once you get to hear it, but first, we should talk about the price, which is 700 USD. This kind of price is not so huge even for DAC/AMPs nowadays, but A1X PRO …
Audeze Euclid Planar IEMs – Closed Back Magnificence
Views 69,806 When a company decides to go all-in and work for years on a single IEM, they create something like Euclid. This is what absolute high-end looks and sounds like, and they are priced at 1300 USD, so they will get compared to other flagship IEMs like Campfire Dorado …
Lotoo Paw 6000 DAP Music Player – Excellence In Audio
Views 50,512 Lotoo Paw 6000 is the kind of DAP with a Touchscreen that makes me want to get it and use it every day, thanks to its simplistic yet really effective GUI or Graphical User Interface. It has tons of features, and it is priced at 1200 USD at …
HarmonicDyne Zeus – Delicate Response, Musical Attack
Views 36,276 A 50 mm Dynamic Driver coated in Beryllium, with a comfortable fit, Linsoul’s full support, and a beautiful design will make the Zeus a headphone to enjoy for years. Given their pocket-friendly price of about 350 USD, this mini flagship will be compared to HIFIMAN Deva, Sivga P-II, …
Sivga Phoenix Headphones – Rise, Fly, Roar
Views 69,149 Sivga Phoenix is the next best thing made by Sivga, and it is a dynamic headphone priced at 250 USD. It comes in the Zebrano color I have, and in Europe it costs closer to 300 EUR rather than 250 USD, thanks to taxes. It will get compared …
Spirit Torino Super Leggera – Blue Is The New Awesome
Views 69,402 Spirit Torino Super Leggera is a really unique headphone, made to sound and feel like an Italian Sports car, and it is priced at 2000 USD. The tech inside includes a Mono Drive Spirit System, and they have two cables made by Portento Audio, and will be compared …
Soundmagic HP1000 Dynamic Headphones – Brightest Ideas!
Views 31,059 The brightest ideas come in the dark, or so the old saying goes. HP1000 is a really bright-sounding headphone at first, but it settles down after a long while, so it deserves a place here, and will get compared to other cans close to its price tag of …
Dan Clark Aeon Flow RT – Hardest Of Them All
Views 65,987 Hardest Headphones? More like hardest to drive from their price bracket, but also some of the best sounding, so I’m excited for this review! The Aeon Flow RT costs about 500 USD, and will be compared to iBasso SR-2, Adam Audio Studio PRO SP-5, Beyerdynamic Amiron, and Sennheiser …
R2R GO! – HIFIMAN R2R2000 Streaming Music Player
Views 44,071 An exquisite idea, HIFIMAN R2R2000 is a DAP that promises to bring R2R to portables. It is a limited run unit, and it has support as a music player, but can also act as a USB DAC/AMP, has a type-c input, and is priced at 2500 USD for …
Sonic Revealing Maestro – Final Audio A8000 Summit-Fi IEMs
Views 61,516 Final A8000 is the Summit-Fi release from Final Audio, an IEM costing over 2000 GBP, so it will compete with the absolute best, like the Clear Tune Monitors Da Vinci X, FiiO FA9, Campfire Atlas, Dita Fidelity, and Lime Ears Model X, all of which are similar in …
Motion & Emotion – iBasso SR2 Tesla Headphones
Views 79,011 iBasso SR2 is the latest headphone from the DAP producer iBasso. Those are their second iteration of the SR Series, and happily they are priced at 500 USD, which places them right in the middle of the midrange price range. Despite this, they will be compared with headphones …
Peak of Ambition – iBasso DX220 MAX Music Player
Views 39,466 DX220 MAX is not your average DAP, this is $1888 USD the 700 grams of Music at your fingertips. We’re talking about the most ambitious DAP ever created by the best DAP company out there, so we’ll make it rough and compare it to desktop units, pair it …
Calculators, Music & Feelings – FiiO M3Pro Entry-Level DAP
Views 44,475 M3PRO is not exactly a linear upgrade from the original FiiO M3K, that I reviewed quite a while ago. Given its pocket-friendly price point of 80 USD, it does replace the original M3K, and it will get compared to M3K, FiiO BTR5, and Earmen TR-AMP. The pairings list …
Best Thus Far – FiiO BTR5 LDAC & aptX HD Bluetooth Receiver Review
Views 34,011 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 get compared to Earstudio HUD100, Lotto Paw S1, and Topping E30, all of which are close enough in …