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8.6Our Score

Questyle QP2R Review

Daniel Nundra
$1000+, DAP's
7
Disclaimer: The Questyle QP2R was sent to us a loan sample from SCV Distribution and will be returned to them after this review. Many thanks for providing us with the opportunity to review. Questyle was a comp...
AP60
8.1Our Score

Hidizs AP60 II Review

Marcus
$101-200, DAP's
15
The AP60 II is a second generation entry-level media player from Hong Kong-based manufacturer, Hidizs. It replaces the original AP60, a DAP we reviewed back in May 2017. You can find the full review here. In o...
Explorer
8.2Our Score

Echobox Explorer Review

Michael
$501-1000, DAP's
3
What seems like forever ago, in Hi-Fi years, Echobox lit up Indiegogo with their campaign for a new, interesting looking portable music player called the Explorer. The final product only just recently arrived ...
X3 Mark III
8.4Our Score

FiiO X3 Mark III Review

Marcus
$101-200, DAP's
12
The launch of the $199.99 X3 Mark III from FiiO in the last quarter of 2017 continues the Infinity Sound theme of products initially revealed to the public that summer. Alongside the X7 Mark II, FiiO F5 and F9...
N5ii
8.8Our Score

Cayin N5ii Review

Marcus
$301-400, DAP's, Sources
41
The N5ii digital media player is the 3rd generation of the N-Series DAPs from Chinese manufacturers, Cayin. Headfonics has covered each of this series DAP in some detail right back to the original N6 which we r...
AR-M2
8.5Our Score

Acoustic Research AR-M2 Review

Daniel Nundra
$501-1000, DAP's
1
I first got the chance to hear the sleek beautiful Acoustic Research AR-M2 during the Headroom Show in London. I remember passing it by initially thinking I haven’t ever heard of that company before perhaps I w...
C10
8Our Score

Colorfly C10 Review

Marcus
$201-300, DAP's
19
The Colorfly C10 digital media player has been out for a while actually so this review is not about a new product launch. In fact, the whole process of this DAP ending up in my hands was more of a perchance si...
R6

HiBy Music R6 Review

Marcus
$501-1000, DAP's
89
Disclaimer: The HiBy Music R6 sent to us uses the domestic market firmware. Some features that will be in the international version are missing on this unit at the time of review. As such we will revisit this r...
Shanling M2s

The M2s By Shanling

Marcus
$101-200, DAP's
13
It is just over a year since we covered the Shanling M5, a DAP I much admired for its adherence to all the finer qualities of the AK4490 with a warm to neutral presentation and cracking vocal presentation. It ...

The AMP3 by iBasso

Marcus
$101-200, DAP's
The AMP3 from iBasso is now the 3rd proprietary amp card for their flagship DX200 DAP. Priced at $199 it is no throwaway accessory and double the price of the FiiO equivalent amps for their X7 and X7 mark 2. T...
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The Alien+ By Shozy

Marcus
$401-500, DAP's
5
An LCD screen. It is perhaps inevitable that the one distinctive "lack of feature" on one of my favorite budget DAPs, the Shozy Alien, has now been done away with by actually adding it into the newly launched A...

The X7 Mark II By FiiO

Marcus
$501-1000, DAP's
57
Given the rapid development of DAPs in the last 2 years, it is totally unsurprising to see FiiO launch a revised edition of their original and very successful X7 flagship DAP which launched in late 2015. FiiO h...
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The AP200 By Hidizs

Michael
$201-300, DAP's
32
Time seems to run faster in Audiophile years. Products come and go, market values swing vividly in either direction from season to season and headphone driver popularity is ever wavering. Such is now the case ...
Bestyet

The DX200 By iBasso

Marcus
$1000+, DAP's
48
iBasso celebrated their 10th anniversary very recently and the launch of the feature packed DX200 has been timed to coincide with that landmark moment. Those of you who remember the DX100 had been waiting pati...
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The OPUS#3 By The Bit

Marcus
$501-1000, DAP's
3
Three is greater than one but less than two. Or so it is according to Korean DAP specialists, The BIT. This counting conundrum caught me out by surprise when I met the team earlier this year in CanJam Singapor...
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The AP60 By Hidizs

Marcus
DAP's, Up To $100
3
There isn't a whole lot going with credible DAPs sub $100 these days. Outside of the M3 from FiiO, you have, well, ...FiiO at $99. Everything else in-between is a mixture of legacy used gear like the venerable...
Title 3

The AM2A By FiiO

Marcus
DAP's, Up To $100
To the best of my knowledge, the AM2A represents the final amp module for the current iteration of the X7 by FiiO and it is more of a response to a market development or DIY modification of the original AM1 tha...
Title 6

The N3 By Cayin

Marcus
$101-200, DAP's
146
The N3 is officially the fourth release in the Cayin DAP lineup and priced at $149. It is also the cheapest making Cayin's entry level DAP and a direct competitor against the likes of the FiiO X1 gen 1 or 2 or ...
Title 4

The X5 3rd Gen By FiiO

Marcus
$301-400, DAP's
84
Generational revisions are usually evolutionary in nature with often a well-advised approach to retaining legacy plus points from previous technological "wins" as a core production and marketing process. It is ...
Title 2

The X1 2nd Gen DAP By FiiO

Marcus
DAP's, Up To $100
56
It has been just over 2 years now since FiiO originally launched their entry level DAP, the X1. The X1 took on the form factor and looks of the X3 Gen2 but stripped of a DAC and aimed primarily as a low-cost so...