The Shanling UA1 is small, but bold, and you can tell that just by looking at it. This diminutive device … More
Category: DACs
iFi micro iDSD Signature review: revamped
Just when I thought that iFi was done with the old “micro” line-up, they come up with a new device … More
iFi Neo iDSD review: the blue pill
Back in May 2019, when I was at the Munich High End (it seems like entire lifetimes ago), I spoke … More
Audirect Beam 2S review: balanced portability gets tiny
Improving something bad is easy, but improving something that’s already quite good is hard – terribly hard, in fact. The … More
xDuoo LinK 2 review: an audio companion
A year has passed since the xDuoo LinK made its debut and the company has been constantly renovating their offer, … More
E1DA 9038D review: good portability
E1DA appears to be introducing new device non-stop and among the latest ones is the E1DA 9038D, a DAC with … More
FiiO BTR3K review: small, beautiful, useful
FiiO’s entry-level portable Bluetooth adapter, the FiiO BTR3K, is actually anything but entry-level. This small Bluetooth DAC, or even Bluetooth … More
E1DA PowerDAC v2 review: a digital experiment
There’s just one way to get amplification done, right? Nope, wrong. That’s premise behind the E1DA PowerDAC v2, which was … More
iFi ZEN DAC review: best in class
The path to enlightenment goes through… audio?! That’s what iFi was thinking (probably) when they started building the new iFi … More
EarStudio HUD100 review: power of tiny
DACs are getting smaller and smaller without losing on audio quality – you might call it progress. Radsone’s EarStudio HUD100 … More
Zorloo Ztella review: a small star
“Stella” means “star” in Italian (and possibly other languages?), so when Zorloo decided they were going to create a new … More
Shanling UP4 review: a matter of balance
Shanling has a growing line-up of Bluetooth products which includes both earphones and amplifiers. One of the latest trends in … More
iFi hip dac review: sound flask
iFi has been shrinking the size of their products lately, but with this loss in size and weight does not … More
xDuoo LinK review: pen-sized DAC
More and more manufacturers are flocking to feast on the carcass of the 3.5 mm jack, which was killed by … More
EarStudio ES100 review: a studio in your pocket
For quite some time, the EarStudio ES100 has been the benchmark portable Bluetooth DAC. This deceivingly little device offers so … More
