Small DACs with an integrated headphone amplifier are now almost the norm: the days when you needed a separate, large … More
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xDuoo XQ-50 Pro3 review: untether your music
It’s small. It’s cute. And it has Bluetooth. It’s the xDuoo XQ-50 Pro3, a DAC/amp combo which you can use … More
xDuoo XA02 review: a beginner’s friend (and beyond)
The xDuoo XA02 is a combines a DAC and a headphone amplifier in one to provide you with high output … More
SMSL DO100 Pro review: a real bargain
The collaboration between Aoshida Audio and SMSL is now complete with products that cover the lower end as well as … More
SMSL PA40 review: what’s not to like?
Getting a stereo setup which keeps the price down without giving up on quality is now easier than ever, thanks … More
SMSL DO400 review: complete power
The SMSL DO400 further expands SMSL’s line-up with a combined DAC and headphone amplifier unit, something that was missing in … More
iFi xDSD review: portable power
iFi’s portable line is expanding and offers more connectivity options. The iFi xDSD is part of the Bluetooth line, but … More
xDuoo XD-05 review: full size
xDuoo’s line-up includes mainly two types of products when it comes to amplification: solid-state portable amplifiers and tube amplifiers. Both … More
iFi nano iDSD Black Label review: black beauty
iFi has recently announced the updated nano iDSD, its portable DAC with integrated headphone amplifier. Called the iFi nano iDSD … 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
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
iFi iDSD Diablo review: devilishly good
When I was a child, back in the glorious Nineties, I remember I had a model car of what was … More
SMSL C200 review: tiny but mighty
Who said that a big size means big power? They surely hadn’t met the SMSL C200, which is sure tiny … More
Aoshida BLAD S5 review: radio is back
Video might have killed the radio star, but… radio isn’t really dead. Or, to use a perhaps more famous quote, … More
