The HM-700 and RE-600 by HiFiMAN
HiFiMAN has been making DAPs since about 2009, but they’d always been hulking slabs of audio gear. The HM-801, while smaller than the iPod+amp stacks ...
The AK10 by Astell & Kern
Astell & Kern, along with Ibasso, FiiO and Hifiman have pretty much dragged the DAP market from out of its darkened sulky cave it has lived in for the...
The On1 by Thinksound
Almost exactly two years ago I was asked to review a rather unassuming and humble set of woody earphones called the Thinksound MS01 and I remarked tha...
The N4 by Miniwatt
It's Chinese New Year soon and Hong Kong audio specialists have reduced the price on their N4 USB powered DAC/Amp to a very tempting $199 as a special...
The VK-1 by Aëdle
With the VK-1 Aedle have got right first time round what other headphone companies have been trying to achieve for years - put out a mature and stylis...
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 l...
Our picks from 2013 in review
2013 has been an interesting year for us at Headfonics in terms of product reviews. When I look back on our review catalog we did less headphones and ...
The VorzAMP Duo from Vorzüge
I have tested a lot of portable amps in the last 5 years from blockbuster performers such as the Lisa L3 to the budget king E12 and some lesser known ...
The U-Craft (Y) USB Cable by Kingrex
The dark arts of cabling is notorious for causing outright war among audiophiles of all shapes and sizes. It is the one area in this hobby of ours tha...
The DX50 DAP by Ibasso
It has been an amazing year or two now for the revival of the humble DAP or mp3 player as we used to call it. Hifiman, Colorfly, iRiver's Astell & Ker...
The Theorem 720 by Cypher Labs
It has been coming for a while now. The convergence not only of a top quality bypass DAC but the merging of the DAC and Amp into a single portable sol...
The NS700 Phaser by Nocs
Goodness Scandinavia is becoming a hotbed for all things headphones of late and no sooner have Urbanears come to their senses and served up the superi...
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The Elements C-12 IEM by Signature Acoustics
I remember the first time I threw an unknown woody IEM into the middle of the local coffee house table with a few of my forum buddies. It sat there fo...
The PA-10.1D Tube Amp by Trends Audio
I have been seeing a lot of aggressive marketing from Trends Audio over the last year or 2 so it was only logical that we would bump into each other e...
The D42 Mamba by Ibasso
It is indeed ironic that I just finished reviewing the FiiO X3 DAP wherein I questioned if there is enough pulling power for android fanboys to get of...
The uDAC-2496 by Just Audio UK
The last time I reviewed the Just Audio line was the AHA-120 and uHA-120 and found the uHA-120 with the K550 to be a very sweet match as well as feeli...
The HD681 Evo by Superlux
Ah Superlux, my finely tuned budget friendly headphone manufacturer are back again with a new update on their classic HD681, the Evo edition or HD681 ...
The International by ALO Audio
The International is the latest portable DAC and headphone amp by ALO Audio released a little earlier this year and I would have reviewed it right awa...
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The UM1 by Westone
I actually own a 5-way driver hybrid and have tested a ton of Dual BA's over the last year but this is my first single BA driver based design and it's...
7.7Our Score
Rockit Sounds R-50 – Bargain BA?
I have done a few Balanced Armature reviews in the last year or so and to be honest for me they have always appealed to neutral or treble heads who pr...
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