Tisbury Audio launch the Challenge Amp 1 Marcus News Releases May 23, 2014 1Hailing from England the UK and a relative newcomer to the market, Tisbury Audio have just launched a rather visually...
8.4Score Burson Audio Conductor SL Review Michael Amplifiers March 2, 2014 11The Burson Audio Conductor SL is a high-end solid-state desktop headphone amp & DAC featuring 2 DAC cards, an ES9018,...
7.2Score ALO Audio The Island Review Marcus Portable Amps & DACs October 20, 2013 21ALO Audio recently released their new balanced USB-powered DAC/AMP called the Island priced at $299 and frankly folks this is...
The Tubemagic D2 DAC by Maverick Audio Marcus DAC September 3, 2013 4I actually owned the Maverick Audio D1 DAC/AMP for about 2 years I think. Its a starter setup but a...
7.5Reader's Score Trends Audio PA-10.1D Review Marcus Amplifiers August 20, 2013 5The Trends Audio PA-10.1D is a compact hybrid desktop tube and resistor-based headphone/preamplifier. It is priced from $225 Disclaimer: The...
The AD900X and the A700X by Audio Technica Donunus Dynamic Driver August 11, 2013 3Are they as significant in today’s market as they used to be? Do they sound good for the money? First...
AT-HA40USB by Audio Technica Marcus Portable Amps & DACs July 12, 2013 5The AT-HA40USB is a ‘newish’ tiny USB powered DAC/AMP from Audio Technica in the same vein (and more or less...
The X3-DAC by Rein Audio Marcus DAC July 8, 2013 2Rein Audio of Austria is a name that came onto our radar quite recently with the X-Phone desktop amplifier which...
7.8Score iFi Audio iCAn iDAC iPhono & iUSB Review Headfonics Amplifiers June 23, 2013 1Disclaimer: The iFi Audio iCAn iDAC iPhono & iUSB were sent to us for the purposes of this review and...
The Lisa Labs 3 by Triad Audio Marcus Portable Amps & DACs May 27, 2013 1OK so I lied a bit, it’s technically the Lisa Labs 3 with the Lisa Lab Power PSU slapped underneath...
The International by ALO Audio Marcus Portable Amps & DACs April 28, 2013 6The International is the latest portable DAC and headphone amp by ALO Audio released a little earlier this year and...
The Soloist by Burson Audio Headfonics Amplifiers April 14, 2013 4I have to admit that the first things that struck me about the Burson Soloist were the finish and the...
The Rein Audio X-Phone Marcus Amplifiers March 22, 2013 2Rein Audio are relatively new to the audiophile market but have produced some well received products including the X-DAC which...
Audio Technica ESW11 LTD Headfonics Dynamic Driver January 20, 2013 15Audio Technica for 2012 have come out with a whole new range of can, the “X” series as I call...
8Score ALO Audio The Pan Am Review Marcus Amplifiers October 26, 2012 5The ALO Audio Pan Am is a 3-component stackable tube amp, DAC and dedicated line conditioning power unit system. It...
Fischer Audio FA-002W – The Master Series Marcus Headphones July 22, 2012 8We have come across Russian indie brand Fischer Audio before with their excellent value DBA-02 MK2 earphones so when the...
ALO Audio RX MK3 Balanced Headphone Amplifier – Portable Perfection? Marcus $501-1000 June 12, 2012 19Fresh off the Continental and National Amp review along comes another highly anticipated ALO Audio amp in the shape of...
Fischer Audio DBA-02 MK2 – For detail lovers… Marcus IEM & Earphones June 5, 2012 4Earphones have increasingly been the focus of audiophile attention especially since the switch to balanced armature and the detailed control...
8.3Score ALO Audio National & The Continental V2 Review Marcus Portable Amps & DACs April 21, 2012 14The ALO Audio National & The Continental are a solid-state and vacuum tube-based portable amplifier respectively. They are priced at...
Burson Audio HA-160DS – The “Baby’ HA-160D? Marcus Amplifiers March 1, 2012 4Having been listening to the HD-160 amp for a while now and enjoying its impactful SQ, our sponsor and SE...
