Nuforce uDAC (and comparisons)
The Nuforce uDAC is probably one of the most successful entry level DAC that the audio world has ever seen. Stores consistently run out…
Amps
Styleaudio Carat UD-1 (Audinst HUD-MX1 and Ibasso D10 Comparison)
The Styleaudio Carat UD-1 is an entry level USB DAC from Styleaudio. A quick search revealed that Open Audio in Korea has it listed…
Preview: Stax SR-404LE, Headamp KGSS
Good things come to those who wait. The SR-404 Limited Edition headphones seem to be the second most desirable Stax model after the flagship…
Audinst HUD-MX1
Here is a great entry level DAC from a relatively young Korean company called Audinst. DAC techonology has been improving so much, and now…
Doobooloo’s Portable Balanced Amp
Doobooloo designed and built his balanced portable Doobooloo amp way back in 2008. The thread is dated November 1st, 2008, much earlier than Ray…
RSA Protector and Sennheiser HD25-1
When I discovered how great the HD25-1 was when driven balanced, I quickly realized that even though the improvements were great, still it was…
Lavry DA11 Review
You can say that engineers are men of science though our brethren over there in the hard science camp tend to look down upon…
RSA Protector: Source Issues
The Protector is roughly at the 50 hours mark. I’ve been quite happy with it now. Any grain and harshness that I noticed when…
RSA Protector: It’s Here!
At last. The eagerly awaited RSA Protector is here. Ray’s post on Head-Fi announcing the development of the RSA Protector was dated 12 December…
SPL’s Phonitor and Auditor
It was in 2008 that we started hearing about the SPL Phonitor, a high end headphone amplifier developed by professional recording equipment company SPL…
ESI Audiotrak Dr. DAC 24/192 Upsampling DAC
The rising trend of computers as transports makes all-in-one standalone external audio devices a very lucrative market. The ESI Audiotrak Dr. DAC Prime amplifier…
Sophia Princess Upgrade for the WooAudio6
Though the WooAudio6 is a very good amp for the price, people are constantly looking for ways to upgrade its performance. One way…
Stax SRD-7
The Stax SRD-7 energizer works differently than a regular Stax amplifier. It requires to be piggy-backed to a standard speaker amplifier, where it takes…
Bravo Hybrid Tube Amplifier
I love it when small amplifiers sounds good and big! From the look of it, the Bravo Tube Amp looks more like a desktop…
RSA Shadow, TTVJ Slim, or ALO Rx?
We have been talking about the three newly released amplifiers, but I have never really done a direct comparison between them. All three amplifiers…