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Acoustic Research AR-M2 Review
The Acoustic Research AR-M2 is a new Hi-Res Android-based digital media player with a UK price of £899 or $999 in the US. Disclaimer: The Acoustic Research AR-M2 sent to us is a sample in exchange for our hone...
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Colorfly C10 Review
The Colorfly C10 is a robust yet attractive mid-range digital media player with an accent of wood and retro volume slider priced at $299 SRP. Disclaimer: The Colorfly C10 was sent to us in exchange for our hon...
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HiBy Music R6 Review
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...
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The M2s By Shanling
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 ...
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The AMP3 by iBasso
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
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...
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The X7 Mark II By FiiO
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
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 ...
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The DX200 By iBasso
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
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
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...
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The AM2A By FiiO
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...
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The N3 By Cayin
Cayin N3 is the latest budget DAP from established Chinese audio manufacturers with a value-conscious price starting at $149. Disclaimer: The Cayin N3 sent to us is a sample in exchange for our honest opinion....
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The X5 3rd Gen By FiiO
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 ...
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The X1 2nd Gen DAP By FiiO
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...
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The i5 DAP By Cayin
The last two Cayin DAP's we reviewed, the N6 and the N5 were solid traditional style non-touch based media players that, initially with the N6, went straight for the audiophile market and then, subsequently, wi...
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The AM3 By FiiO
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 ...
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The XDP-100R DAP By Pioneer
Portable music players are all over the map these days. Sometimes, I just can't figure out what the hell is going on, which one to buy for myself and which ones are worth reviewing. I'm not happy with how Pione...
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The M5 DAP By Shanling
ESS Sabre was THE DAC of 2014-2015 for quite a lot of audiophile gear makers from DAPs to desktops. However, this chip series can be a nightmare to work with and if not properly filtered and implemented the res...
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The Plenue M By Cowon
It amazes me how much the tech can change, or not change at all, in the span of just two years. I've always been a fan of Cowon products, but let me tell you straight up right now at the beginning of this revi...