Less Blockage, More Music: Burson Soloist
Disclaimer: Burson is a sponsor of Headfonia. I received the Burson Soloist amplifier directly from Burson for the purpose of this review and unlike…
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Violectric V200: The German Solid State
Time sure does fly… I reviewed the V100 in November of last year and I absolutely loved it. The V200’s little brother turned out…
Bottlehead Crack: OTL Addiction
This is a review of the Bottlehead Crack OTL tube headphone amplifier. Writing a review after Mike’s interesting and complete 2 page impressions…
The Power Pack: ALO RX MK3-B
More and more, ALO is becoming a big name in the world of headphone amplification. I had my doubts when a company that specializes…
The Sequel: ALO Audio The National
Back in fall of 2011, ALO released the hybrid tube Continental amplifier. It was a new take at the concept of a vacuum tube…
NwAvGuy’s Objective 2 by JDSLabs and Epiphany Acoustics
“The Objective 2 is an open source amplifier designed with emphasis on benchmark performance and low cost”, that’s how the O2 is described by…
Flyin’ High: JDSLabs C421
Back in 2011, John told me that he was working on a new portable amp with a slim form factor. I was so impressed…
20-In-1: GoVibe Multi-Amp
Ten amps packed into one gigantic amp that measures 98.5cm X 13cm x 5cm! Govibe has really done it this time with the Govibe…
TrendsAudio PA-10 SE: A Hybrid Amp Design
A while back TrendsAudio posted their TrendsAudio PA-10 SE headphone amp on our wall. Curious as I was I asked for a sample in…
The Amp That Makes Me Feel So Powerful: Triad Audio L3
The successor to the Lisa 3 “portable” amplifier is here, and they decided to call it the L3. For some reason, Triad Audio has…
The Minute 45 Amplifier by SAC Thailand
Minute’s 45 amplifier comes from SAC Thailand, a small boutique audio manufacturer based in Thailand, famous for making world-class output transformers and transformer based…
The Upgrade: Fiio E17 “Alpen”
As me and Lieven were talking at the end of 2011, we both agreed that the Fiio E10 was the biggest surprise of the…
The SmartVektor™ Digizoid Zo
The SmartVektor Digizoid Zo is one of the more interesting devices we’ve seen in a while. More than just another portable amplifier released to…
Voltage Monster: Ray Samuels Dark Star
The way Ray describes the Dark Star on his website is pretty menacing: In SE output it can easily swing close to 80 volts…
Amplifier For The Masses: The Fiio E6
The smooth finish on the Fiio E6 is a testament to how far Fiio’s production capability has grown. This is not something that a…