The Micro Portable Amp By Portaphile
Ceasar over at Portaphile has been up to no good! A while back, I'd heard his original 627 portable amp, astounded by the price to performance I'd naturally wanted to own it and review it. Since then, Porta...
The HM-650 DAP by Hifiman
No matter the area, Hifiman always has pushed the envelope. For example, their first DAP was the monstrosity known as the HM-801. At 9 ounces and an entire inch thick, it, put bluntly, was a brick. It was a won...
The HE400i and HE560 Planars by Hifiman
People keep asking me what my favorite headphone is, or what one I would keep if I had only one and for the last 3 years I have said to them it is the Hifiman HE6. The HE6 and I have been through a lot of growi...
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The DX90 by iBasso
The audiophile DAP race continues unabated with the release of the next step up from the DX50 by iBasso with the $419 DX90 DAP. It is almost as if iBasso and FiiO are in this budget busting DAP war bubble right...
The Mi-Performer Pro & Artist CIEM by Minerva
I am in a rare position this month of having more than one custom IEM on my desk thanks to the wonderful team at Minerva UK who kindly sent me their latest creations - the Mi-Performer Pro and Mi-Performer Arti...
Kingrex UD384 DAC & Upower – ultra mobile, ultra good!
Up until this point my DAC's have all been in the form of a big black box or a all in one amp and DAC such as the Maverick Audio D1 or the FiiO E17 or Ibasso D-Zero. All either are for line out, digital out or ...
Grado PS-500 – The PS series gets affordable, but is it any good?
I have several headphones besides the PS-500, and I've reviewed some of them, so I should find it easy to describe the PS-500, yes? Maybe not. By now I've discovered that my "other" headphones fall into the cat...
Go Vibe Vulcan+ Headphone Amplifier – EQ Heaven!
If you go to any regular audio buff meet and you talk headphone amps chances are you are going to hear regular names being dropped such as FiiO, RSA, Ibasso, Mini3 to name but a few. In certain hallowed circles...