soundcore Motion X500 review: spatial sound, different

Spatial sound is all the rage right now, with companies investing heavily in both content and devices capable of supporting … More

AFUL MagicOne review: one is enough

With a name like AFUL, it’s impossible not to make jokes, so let’s address that right from the beginning. It’s … More

The OneOdio Monitor 80 headphones are a very affordable option and this is what has led to their success: they … More

IO Audio, which they stylise as “I\O Audio”, is a new company which makes its unusual debut with a complex … More

When I started using in-ear headphones, around a decade ago, one of the things that I didn’t like about the … More

While it is as small as a robin, the new Hidizs S8 Pro Robin thankfully doesn’t start pecking furiously at … More

As a new manufacturer, BASN certainly seems to know what they’re doing. The BASN MTPro join the ever-growing ranks of … More

While they are in a way more difficult to use, because they need phantom power to operate, condenser microphones are … More

Everyone’s a streamer or a podcaster these days – or, at the very least, wants to play online or needs … More

The Astell&Kern HC4 is the Korean firm’s latest DAC dedicated to portable usage. Small, to the point of being almost … More

There are two trends in the world of true wireless earphones: one is to look at sound quality, almost forgetting … More

Most smartphones have now lost their headphone ports, which means that you can only choose between Bluetooth headphones and dongles. … More

It is almost incredible to think how much progress we have had in the affordable space in the past several … More

iFi’s flagship DAC and headphone amplifier, the iFi micro iDSD Black Label, is the full-blown version of the nano iDSD … More

While DAPs have been offering balanced outputs for a while, there are not many portable amplifiers that do the same. … More