Amplifiers – Page 2

8.7Our Score

The Continental V5 By ALO Audio

January 15, 2017

$501-1000, Amplifiers, Portable Amps, Tubes

In some ways, the rise of quality DAP has helped bring a bit of focus into the portable amping market. Used to be there was a ton of portable amps in every store and stacking was the way to go with an IC always...

9Our Score

The EMAC 535SE Amplifier by The Audio Guild

Michael

January 11, 2017

$1000+, Amplifiers, Solid State

The EMAC 535SE is the most recent offering from The Audio Guild, a California-based company run by Steve Eddy and Liam Strain, who are two of the nicest guys I've ever spoken to. They were dead set on fashionin...

THE ADI-2 Pro By RME

Klaus

December 12, 2016

$1000+, Amplifiers, DAC's, Solid State, Sources

When I first heard about the ADI-2 Pro some months ago, I was indeed very interested. I read some more news on professional audio sites but some of the jargon I did not understand. I'm sorry, I have to admit, I...

8.8Our Score

The Elise By Feliks Audio

Michael

December 9, 2016

$501-1000, Amplifiers, Tubes

Bargain amplifier hunters, look no further than Feliks Audio. I've tried to get my hands on this Elise for half the year of 2016 and I am saddened that it only arrived at the end of the year for me...when I cou...

8Our Score

The HDACC DAC/Amp By Essence

Marcus

December 4, 2016

Amplifiers, DAC's, Solid State, Sources

Editorial note: This review is split into two parts. The first part will focus on the HDACC main selling points, its features and build quality and how it performs as part of the traditional headphone desktop s...

8.7Our Score

The Soloist SL MK2 By Burson Audio

Michael

November 2, 2016

$401-500, Amplifiers, Solid State

Kind of hard to say no to Burson, isn't it? At this point, it seems like Burson is a never-fail company that can churn out wins in their sleep. There have been far too many stellar product releases in the ampli...

8.5Our Score

The Micro iCAN SE & Micro iDAC 2 By iFi Audio

Michael

October 26, 2016

$301-400, Amplifiers, DAC's, Portable Amps, Sources

Not too long ago, iFi released some new products in their Micro series that really satisfied my musical backbone. Didn't at all see this one coming, but I am sure glad these two products from iFi made their way...

8.7Our Score

The AM3 By FiiO

Marcus

October 5, 2016

Amplifiers, DAP's, Portable Amps, Sources, Up To $100

The AM3 amp module for the FiiO X7 DAP is now the 4th module to be released with an amping stage inside and is priced at $99. This is consistent with the previous amping module prices for the AM1, AM2, and AM5 ...

7.8Our Score

The K5 By FiiO

Marcus

September 21, 2016

$101-200, Amplifiers, Solid State

This one slipped down the publishing schedule, my bad, but it is rather good timing considering we just published the DK1 Multifunction dock a few weeks back which offers a slither of what the K5 can do with th...

7.8Our Score

The FSM-02 V2 By Lear

Marcus

July 24, 2016

$201-300, Amplifiers, Portable Amps

The FMS-02 V2 portable amp from Lear has been out for quite some time, 3 years to be exact. However, given the MSRP has dropped by over HK$1000 to a very enticing HK$1,998 and Lear has very kindly sent me a sam...