Meier Audio Concerto and Stagedac
The Meier Stagedac DAC and the Concerto amplifier are two of the latest stand alone desktop amplifier and DAC box from Meier Audio. Let’s…
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CEntrance: Dacmini and Dacport
Are we late to the game? You bet. Many have asked me to do a review on the pencil-DAC aka CEntrance DACport, perhaps the…
Triple Schiit: Asgard, Valhalla, and Lyr
By now everyone knows what the Schiit name is all about. Yes, as they have evolved almost overnight to be one of the hottest…
Music On A Budget: Sub $100 Portable Amps Shootout
If you have been following the updates on this website, then you may notice that my recent obsession with sub $100 amps started when…
Electric Avenues PA2V2
I’ve been doing a lot of reviews on portable amps under the $100 price tag, starting from the JDSLabs which I found to be…
Cheap n’ Good: Soundmagic A-10 Portable Amplifier
The tremendous growth of the portable audio industry has brought us tons of new amplifiers, each with their own claim of a superior sonic…
Earfonia’s Pseudo Balanced Amplifier (PBA)
My friend Bram aka Earfonia started tinkering with a design for a very simple balanced amplifier. Somehow in the process, he decided to switch…
Fiio E11 Portable Amplifier
Never ending innovation from Fiio has brought us the Fiio E11, the latest and perhaps most mature amplifier from Fiio yet. I think Fiio…
Portable Class-A: Just Audio AHA-120
British amplifier manufacturer Just Audio came up with something that I haven’t seen before in the portable amplifier market: a class-A portable amplifier. The…
The Fostex HP-P1
Hot from the oven is the new Fostex HP-P1: portable digital transport, DAC, and amplifier all in one box. I have received the device…
The Manley Stingray Amplifier
Reviewing something as legendary as the Manley Stingray is like having a rock star paying a visit to your home. We’ve heard all the…
$60 Pack of Awesome: JDSLabs Cmoy
After finishing the portable amplifier shootout, a few people asked me if I could do a review on more affordable portable amps — additionally…
Uber Muzik Tiny Tube DAC
Okay, it’s the 1st of April, but this is not April fools. Louis from The Audio Hub sent me a unit of the Uber…
The Usual Suspects: 12 Portable Amps Compared
More and more I’m getting questions from people who are looking to purchase a portable amplifier and are confused over the choices available in…
RSA-SR71B First Impression
The SR-71B takes the concept of portable balanced amplification that was first introduced in the Protector and upped it even more. Reading the product…