Views 50,062 If you’re into necklace style Bluetooth IEMs, ITB05 should be cool for you, as it has a pocket-friendly price of 129 USD. It will be compared to the Shanling MW200 (120 USD), FiiO UTWS3 (80 USD), and 1More Dual Driver ANC PRO EHD9001BA (150 USD). Introduction IKKO …
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Earsonics ONYX IEMs – French Melody
Views 24,110 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, …
Tronsmart Force 2 – Portable Troublemaker
Views 67,634 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 …
Dethonray Prelude DTR1+ Music Player – Beautiful Music Box
Views 62,352 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 …
SMSL DO200 Balanced DAC – Finest MQA Performance Everywhere
Views 61,984 SMSL DO200 is a high-end balanced DAC priced 490 USD at the moment of writing today’s full written review, and it comes with full balanced output, a high number of input interfaces, and the title of being the world’s only DAC with MQA support across all its input …
Arylic A50 Streaming Amplifier – Smol Boy Got Class
Views 54,093 Arylic A50 is a 220 USD Class-D Streaming Stereo Amplifier, or some kind of goose-camel-ostrich-cat that can do many jobs, in many inquisitive ways, but ends up being a pretty fun and good sounding unit in the end. Given its price and usage scenario, I can’t comment on …
1More ANC TWS IEMs (EHD9001TA) – Background Off, Music On
Views 36,388 ANC and TWS are two technologies we always wanted together at the 200 USD Price Point, and are becoming possible with the advantages in technology we’ve been seeing lately, so today’s review will focus on how good 1More’s latest TWS IEM is, and how it compares to other …
QoA Queen Of Audio Adonis IEMs – Looks Matter, But Sound
Views 61,264 QoA Adonis is a midrange IEM released by QoA and priced at 190 on the official website, and 180 USD if you purchase from Linsoul. This means that they will be compared with IKKO OH1 Meteor (140 USD), Optimisation Elements OElements Tita (170 USD), and BQEYZ Spring 2 …
IKKO OH10 Obsidian IEMs – Detail Resolution Maxima
Views 24,152 Ikko designed an IEM with a rather uninspired name for the presentation, as Obsidian does not necessarily explain the whole story, and the price of 160 USD is way lower than the quality I am hearing from the OH10. The main comparisons will be with Optimisation Elements Tita, …
Spirit Torino Super Leggera – Blue Is The New Awesome
Views 69,538 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 …
Shanling MW200 Bluetooth Neckband – Adapted For Music
Views 60,933 Today they finally convinced me to review a neckband in writing, so we’ll start with a Shanling. The price for the MW200 is 120 USD, and it is maid to be paired with IEMs based on the MMCX connector. This means that I’ll be pairing it with Final …
Fly With Me – Earmen Sparrow Ultraportable DAC / AMP
Views 34,295 Earmen Sparrow is like a tiny thumb drive that can actually drive IEMs and Headphones. It costs 200 USD, being one of the more pricey DAC/AMPs that exists in this tiny shape, and it has a type-C port, and a driving power of 4.0 V on the Balanced …
Refined Masterpiece – iBasso DX300 Music Player
Views 87,497 iBasso DX300 is iBasso’s flagship in 2021, and it is priced at 1200 USD. It comes with 4 DAC chips, Dual Batteries, Snapdragon 660, 6GB of RAM, and 128 GB of ROM, and interchangeable AMP modules. It will get compared to the best of the best, like iBasso’s …
Bright, Sharp, Technical – oBravo Cupid Planar Magnetic IEMs Review
Views 29,806 oBravo Cupid are some nifty IEMs, making the way for Planar Magnetic IEMs. They are priced at 250 GBP or roughly 300 USD, and they promise a Planar Magnetic Tweeter, a Dynamic Driver 16 OHMs of impedance, and 105dB of Sensitivity. They’ll get compared to IEMs similar in …
Super Bass & Super Treble – Light Harmonic Mera Signature Earphones Review
Views 61,081 Mera Signature is a very expensive IEM made by Light Harmonic, a company known for both high-end DACs, but also for innovative designs. Mera Signature is priced at 720 USD at the moment of making this review, and it will be compared to other flagships, like Beyerdynamic Xelento, …
On-Ear EDM Party – Mas Audio Science X5h Headphones And XX Bluetooth Cable
Views 26,810 MAS X5h is a headphone from a company named MAS Audio Science. The headphones are priced at 300 USD, which makes them a direct competitor to HIFIMAN Sundara, Verum One, Meze 99 Classics, and The OVC Vacuum Tube Headphones. In terms of pairings, I have chosen HIDIZS AP80, …
Majestic Express – iBasso DX160 DAP Review
Views 29,742 iBasso DX160 is the latest DAP from iBasso, and it comes to tell us once again that they can outdo their own previous work, which was the DX150. With a price tag of 400 USD, it is 20 USD Cheaper than FiiO’s M11, which will be one of …
Sound Science – JDS Labs Atom Headphone Amplifier Review
Views 56,311 JDS Labs Atom is a high-power Amplifier for headphones, made to drive almost anything under the sun, or under the moon, because it does have its limits. This being said, it is priced at 100 USD, where it doesn’t really have a lot of competition, even something like …
Modern Boombox Style – Vifa Copenhagen 2 Bluetooth Speaker Review
Views 55,265 Vifa is a large company from Denmark, and they are aces in producing bluetooth speakers. Vifa 2 is priced at 700 EUROs. This makes it a direct competitor for Audioengine A5+ Wireless, AIWA EXOS 9, and Taga Harmony HTA-800 Amplifier + 806F Floorstanding speakers. There will be no …
FiiO Q5S Modular DAC/AMP Review – Blessing In Smol Package
Views 21,175 FiiO Q5s is the update of the older Q5, but now has DSD Decoding, Bluetooth 5.0, and 4.4mm Balanced outputs from the get-go. Priced at 350 USD, this modular USB DAC/AMP has iFi xDSD, Earmen TR-AMP, and xDuoo XD-10 Poke as the main competitors. Based on popular request, …
Aune S6 PRO DAC / Balanced Headphone AMP Review – The Heavyweight Fighter
Views 54,496 Aune S6 PRO is a large Desktop DAC/ Balanced headphne amplifier, priced at 550 USD at the moment of writing this review. This makes it a competition for the likes of iFi iDSD Black Label, Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital, and Burson Playmate. All of those are fairly …
Natural MQA DAC Performer – Pro-Ject Pre-Box S2 Digital DAC and PREAMP Review
Views 45,296 The Austrian Manufacturer Pro-Ject came out with another tiny, yet feature-rich DAC and Pre-AMP, named Pre-Box S2 Digital, capable of decoding MQA, DSD, and having a headphone output. Given its price point of about 400 USD, it will be compared to iFi xDSD, FiiO Q5s, and HIDIZS DH1000, …
Light Sound Rulez – HIFIMAN Arya Review
Views 95,328 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 …
iBasso DX220 – Ultimate Versatility – (AMP7, AMP8, AMP9, AMP1 MKII)
Views 97,662 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 …
Key To Music – Cyrus Audio Soundkey
Views 29,911 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 …