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Views 37,890 Ambient Acoustics MAD16 is an in-ear monitor priced at 2500 USD, designed with 16 balanced armature drivers, under the Main Audio Destination naming scheme. Given the price point, they have to be compared to other flagship IEMs, including CTM Clear Tune Monitors Da Vinci IX (1800 USD), Unique …
Views 37,613 RAPTGO HOOK-X is an IEM priced at 239 USD, and features a planar magnetic driver combined with a bone conduction driver. They will be compared with other high quality IEMS, including XENNS Mangird Tea 2 (350 USD), LOTOO LE-M1 Monitoring IEMs (269 USD), and 7Hz Timeless (220 USD). …
Views 83,521 NHT C3 is a high-end premium speaker priced at 624.99 USD per piece or 1249.98 USD for a stereo setup, with a 3-way design, sealed Box Design, and with a beautiful aesthetic. It will be compared to Buchardt S400 (1800 USD), Aurender S5W (3000 USD), and Audioengine A5+ …
Views 40,952 IKKO OH2 Opal is a high-quality IEM for low budgets, priced at 79 USD, coming in multiple colors, and with a nice cable, so it will be compared to other popular entry-level IEMS, including Tingker TK300 (99 USD), FiiO FD3 (109 USD), TRN VX PRO (88 USD), and …
Views 56,240 Auris BluMe PRO is a high-end Bluetooth Receiver / DAC priced at 169 USD, with Bluetooth 5.0, LDAC support, and with RCA Analogue, Coaxial and even optical output, perfect for giving wireless abilities to literally any system out there. If you’re the kind who likes good deals, you …
Views 59,181 AIAIAI TMA-2 Wireless+ is a high-end headphone with a comfortable design, and a price tag of about 350 EUROs / 390 USD. Given the price range, they will be compared to Sendy Audio Apollo (500 USD), Avantone Pro Planar Magnetic Headphones (450 USD), iBasso SR-2 Open-Back Dynamic Headphones …
Views 83,543 HIFIMAN HE-R9 is the latest 599 USD headphone from the master Chinese producer, and this time we have a closed back design on our hands, with dynamic drivers, and a bluetooth receiver, that will increase the cost to 749 USD. Given the price point, I will be comparing …
Views 53,949 KBEar Aurora is a high quality IEM priced at 169 USD, available from Amazon, and comes with a large 10mm single dynamic driver, and a nice thick blue cable. They will be compared to other high quality IEMs including Dunu Falcon PRO (220 USD), Linsoul 7Hz Timeless (220 …
Views 24,622 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 62,082 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 40,489 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 43,664 7Hz Timeless is one of the hottest selling IEMs by Linsoul, and priced at 220 USD, with planar driver technology, and with a really engaging sound. It will be compared to other hot selling IEMs or Earphones like Unique Melody 3DT / 3D Terminator (400 USD), Mangird Tea …
Views 65,188 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 …
Views 75,710 FiiO FH5s is an upgrade of the original FH5, and this time around it has two dynamic drivers, and two Balanced armatures. It is priced at 280 and naturally has to be compared to FiiO FH5, FiiO FD5, but also to IEMs like Unique Melody 3DT, Kinera Freya, …
Views 26,159 Fostex TM-2 is a TWS IEM that actually goes for and achieves the dream of the TWS world. It is priced at 300 USD at the moment of writing this full written review, but can be found at 200 USD in multiple locations, and they will be compared …
RAI Penta is an IEM or In-Ear Monitor from the Romanian producer Meze. Since I never got to review the Empyrean, which I really wished, pardon me if I’m a bit salty…
Views 56,290 HIFIMAN Ananda BT Bluetooth is the best, most expensive high-end bluetooth headphone out there, and it has LDAC, aptX HD, HWA, works as a USB DAC, is Planar Magnetic, has the same DAC design as the mighty R2R2000, and is priced at 1000 USD. This means it will …
Views 61,232 Final Audio is back once again, this time with their B3 and B2 IEMs, both of which are interesting. They are priced at 500 USD, and 300 USD, so the comparisons with include FiiO FH7, IMR R2 Aten, TheCustomArt Fibae Black, for B3, and for B2, FiiO FA7, …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Views 47,888 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, …
Views 81,084 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 …
Views 33,995 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. …
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