Views 43,611 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 …
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Campfire Holocene – Clarity, Details & Musicality
Views 43,160 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 …
HIFIMAN RE400C – The Mythical Beast
Views 59,633 RE400C is an IEM with the connector on type-C and priced at 80 USD. They will only work with smartphones that have audio over type-C USB, and they are made for smartphones only. Given the design, I can’t compare them with anything, nor go for pairings, but I …
Shanling M3X Music Player – Refine The Refined
Views 59,723 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 …
BT Magnifique – HIFIMAN Ananda Bluetooth Headphones Review
Views 56,237 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 …
The Opera Leader – Dunu DK-3001 PRO IEMs Review
Views 73,677 Dunu DK-3001 PRO may not be the current flagship from Dunu, but it is their most sold IEM at the moment of making this review, having a price point of 470 USD, and being popular thanks to the beautiful V-Shaped sound, an excellent clarity and detail, and thanks …
Rosson RAD-0 Headphones Review – Liquid, Musical, Smooth, Grain-Free
Views 71,324 Rosson RAD-0 is a headphone that’s slightly less known right now, but I really hope that after this in-depth review will become better known, for its really good build quality, and amazingly well tuned sound. They are a flagship, and are priced at about 2600 USD, so they …
Sweety IEM-Driver Player – Shanling M2X DAP Review
Views 41,869 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), …
Uber Nano Mini – Periodic Audio Nickel AMP
Views 55,563 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 …
Power of Change – iFi iTube2 // iPower // DC iPurifier 2
Views 20,915 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 97,544 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 …
Perfect One Trick Pony – FiiO FA7 IEMs Review
Views 42,788 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 51,441 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 …
Take Flight – Aurender S5W Wireless Speakers Review
Views 80,994 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 …
The Gentle Flagship Performer – QLS QA361 Music Player
Views 34,476 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 28,628 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 50,673 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 …
Magical Warmth – Audeze iSine 20 Planar IEMs Review
Views 66,208 Audeze iSine 20 is a truly amazing headphone, because it is the first planar magnetic IEM (In-Ear Monitor), which is also open back, made by Audeze, that I am reviewing. It has a midrange price, but it really needs the cipher cable, as I’ll explain in the review. …
True Slayer – HIFIMAN RE800 Silver IEMs Review
Views 73,345 HIFIMAN RE800 Silver is the more affordable version of their RE800 Gold IEM, but at a lower price, and even on sale at the moment of writing this review, being a Single Dynamic Driver based on the Topology Driver, and priced at 300 USD, making it quite an …
Magic Wand – NextDrive SpectraX Portable DAC/AMP Review
Views 30,522 NextDrive SpectraX is a new DAC/AMP designed and created for smartphones, the unit of today being the Type-C version, compatible with any smartphone that relies on this standard, but also with computers and laptops that have a Type-C port. Introduction NextDrive is a rather new company, from …
iFi xDSD DAC/AMP Review – The Prodigy
Views 72,255 iFi made a nifty little device, that can do a little of everything, and which doesn’t fail in any way to satisfy the needs of the modern audiophile, including the need of a nice-looking device, making xDSD is easy to recommend to anyone looking for a simple-to-use, ergonomic …
Tin Audio T2 and T2 Pro – Open Stage
Views 28,694 Tin T2 is the first IEM we are reviewing from the Chinese producer Tin Audio. While the name doesn’t say much about them or their product, we’ll place it through it paces and see what the guys at Tin Audio have been able to design. Tin T2 and …
iBasso DX150 – Technical prowess
Views 37,802 iBasso DX150 is the second DAP (Digital Audio Player) we review form iBasso. We reviewed their DX200 before, and it was an incredible DAP, so we’re quite curious what iBasso cooked for their fans at a lower price point, and with a different hardware configuration. Introduction iBasso …
FiiO Q5 – Rule Them All
Views 52,932 FiiO Q5 is a newly released DAC/AMP made by the Chinese giant FiiO. They promise a lot of performance for a very modest price with the newly released FiiO Q5, and we’re going to see how much they can deliver on their promise. Introduction FiiO has …
Opus #2 – The Magic of Music
Views 62,771 Opus #2 is the flagship DAP from Opus, a growing company from Korea, known for having brought us some of the best DAPs in the world, like Opus #3 and Opus #1. Introduction Opus DAPs (Digital Audio Players) are some of the best-known Audiophile products around, being famous …