What Came In The Mail Today
Too early to give any sound impression, but it does drive the Hifiman HE-6 and the Audez’e LCD-2 simultaneously without breaking a sweat. I…
Desktop Amps
Gainclones and Headphones
I’m finally able to try out one of these Gainclones for headphone duties. The gainclones have somewhat of a cult following, and it’s based…
The uDAC 2
I have the uDAC 2 loaner from Hadi and I’ve been spending some time with it. Good thing that at the same time I…
Hifimediy TK2050 Amplifier
The Tripath based TK2050 amplifier by Hifimediy has been gaining quite a following at diyaudio.com. From what I’ve gathered around the internet, Tripath went…
Pre And Power Amps for Headphones
I first tried this out just out of curiosity. The Zana Deux has a pre-amp out, and so I thought about routing the signal…
Living Legend: The Zana Deux
As a headphone enthusiast, one of the gear that has ranked very high on my audition list is the Zana Deux. What an amplifier!…
Matrix M-Stage Class A Biasing
I was totally happy with the Matrix M-Stage’s performance, and it has officially taken the spot of my new favorite entry level amp. Moreover,…
Matrix M-Stage
It’s amazing to hear the kind of sound you can get from a $290 amplifier. Coolfungadget sells the M-Stage amp for $289.95, and he…
Hifiman EF5 Review
Supposedly, the EF5 is THE amp for pairing with the HE5/LE. The EF1, which is the predecessor to the EF5, has been known to…
Burson HA-160 Review (vs AMB’s Beta22)
I don’t particularly have anything against Op-amp based amplifiers, but all discrete is cool both for bragging rights and for sonic reasons. Burson Audio…
Audiotrak ImAmp
There has been an abundance of relatively small sized desktop headphone amplifiers, mainly from China, but the ImAmp caught my eye due to the…
Burson HA-160 Unboxing
Roughly two months ago I auditioned the Burson HA-160 amplifier from Audio Basic and was very impressed with the sound. It has such an…
The Beta22 Amplifier
Introduction to the Beta22 To start with, the Beta22 amplifier is a design by AMB Laboratories. It is a fully discrete, high current, class…
Stax SRM-1/Mk2 Bias Modification
This article originally was published by Psychaudio at the Audiophile-id forum. The original article was written in Indonesian and so I have obtained Psychaudio’s…
Preview: Soul Drive Unbalanced to Balanced Converter
A few months ago, I talked to Psychaudio who is a local amplifier designer, about building a device that will take an unbalanced signal,…