It’s all a matter of philosophy. That’s what we can infer from the availability of DACs based on wildly different … More
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IKKO Zerda ITM03 review: cerulean fox
Vulpis zerda is the scientific name bestowed upon a well-known animal, the fennec. The name of the IKKO Zerda ITM03 … More
HiBy R5 review: DAP in progress
HiBy started making their own hardware products some time ago, after a few years only delivering the software for manufacturers … More
Shanling UA2 review: the power of small
The ultra-portable segment of the audiophile market amazes me more and more with each new product release. The latest surprising … More
Shanling UA1 review: portable joy
The Shanling UA1 is small, but bold, and you can tell that just by looking at it. This diminutive device … More
Cayin N5ii review: a work-in-progress masterpiece
Cayin’s latest effort in the DAP space, the Cayin N5ii, is the latest contender to the championship title in this … 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
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
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
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
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
FiiO M9 review: well-rounded
From the simple line-up made of four players, FiiO has grown its offering to a full range that goes from … 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
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