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Headphones Reviews
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There was a time when Audeze was called Audez’e and there was a time when they introduced their first headphones in very limited quantities back in 2009 at CanJam Los Angeles. It was their brain child that was called LCD-1. …
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All my best headphones that I am using right now are planar magnetics and that is not because I don’t like dynamic headphones or that those are weaker in technology, that is not true. I just feel connected to my music a lot more …
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At FiiO Winter Launch Event held at the end of 2019, some interesting things were revealed as their Top-Of-The-Line M15 DAP and other affordable products as LA-UA1 noise attenuator, LC-BT2 Neckband Bluetooth cable but also their …
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Nobody believed single driver IEMs could sound as good as top-of-the-line multi-BA IEMs, until Sennheiser proved everybody’s wrong with the release of the single driver IE800 in 2012. It sounded so good that IEM market changed …
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As my daily morning routine, with a coffee cup near me, I was casually browsing around my usual audiophile press and I stumbled upon this huge headphone with an unusual octagonal cup-shape that dwarfed all other huge-looking …
Speakers Reviews
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Ah, it’s so good being back testing and listening to a nice pair of loudspeakers. I quite enjoy the active version of KEF LS50W since it is so user friendly setting up their internal streamer, linking a Tidal Hi-Fi account and then …
Whoever read my comparative tests with loudspeakers of up to 500 USD and up to 1000 USD, understood too well that good old Sandu hunts a pair of upper-class speakers.
At one point, however, this mission had become too tiring. I have taken home many …
I already warmed my ears and wake up my neurons listening to good music from the previous comparative test of bookshelf speakers up to 500 USD that you can read right here.
I hope my curiosity will not kill me as it killed the cat but I already done …
The last few years I was restrained by room space and free time and all my listening time moved to a dedicated headphone based system.
And that’s why I forgot the sound of a good pair of bookshelf speakers in the listening room.
The current …
Amplifiers Reviews
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One of the biggest hypes I ever encountered in the headphone kingdom was the announcement of THX Achromatic Audio Amplifiers that revolutionized the way we listen to music. By far, the biggest impact on the market had the …
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About a year ago when I finally tested a passive power conditioner from KECES called BP-600 it made wonders in my desktop setup cleaning up those dirty power lines, offering an impeccably clean background, that I decided to rename …
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It all started about half year ago when I had a long conversation with Vitaliy Barchan of Flux Lab Acoustics about his company, about new products, about the hard times of a newly opened business and the struggle to win the hearts …
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When you think you know them all, as if you listened to the best solid-state headphone amplifiers on this planet, a little doggie called Lutz would come and tell you that you know nothing young padawan.
As a detour from my intro, …
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What a crazy and crowded year was 2019 for Topping. They were able to release not one, not two but three flagship DACs: the technical and serious DX7 PRO, its musical and playful brother D90 and the D70 that sits somewhere in the …
Sources Reviews
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I just counted that in the last 18 months I have covered slightly more than 45 digital sources on this website, somebody called me DACman privately over social media for obvious reasons. That made me giggle but also question myself …
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Delta-Sigma pulse modulation DACs (D/S from now on) are approaching its peak right now, challenging the best audio analyzers on the planet and our hearing abilities. Multi-thousand dollars DACs of the past are outperformed nowadays …
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When SMSL released their SP200 – a THX based achromatic audio headphone amplifier, it created ripples in the headphone amp market due to its great sound quality, high output power and super affordable price point. That product was …
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When I finished my FiiO BTR5 review, I was so impressed by its performance and overall sound quality in both wired and wireless mode that I immediately sent an email and a tweet to FiiO, literally begging for a DAP the size of M5 …
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When my Topping D90 review went live and dropped here, it literally dropped like a bomb, our bandwidth was barely keeping-up, servers were barely holding together, I never expected having so many readers. To this day, it was read …
Accessories Reviews
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Disclaimer: xDuoo Link was sent to us as a review unit in exchange for our honest opinion. We thank team Xtenik Audio for this opportunity!
The moment Apple announced they are dropping the headphone jack on their smartphones was …
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FiiO never ceases to amaze me, when they enter a new market, they don’t do it for the sake of it, they are not just testing the waters but are bringing their full arsenal. Two years ago, they entered the portable Bluetooth market …
Disclaimer: DD Hifi provided the leather case and the headphone adapters for the purpose of this introduction and review. Thanks Lily & Demond!
My Video review: Typical loudspeaker listeners are having sweet dreams at night knowing their …
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When I reviewed the Keces BP-600 Isolation Power Conditioner last week I got a glimpse of what clean power could bring to the table. The difference with and without it was quite big with few of my audio sources and just marginally …
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How many of you experienced your music sounding much better at nigh time? Like there is a blacker background, you hear a little bit more nuance, a better texture, music breathes a tad better, it is smoother sounding as well.
I …