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…
Portable Amps
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…
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…
JustAudio µHA-120: Size Doesn’t Equal Quality! – update with AHA-120
A few months ago we reviewed JustAudio’s AHA-120 amplifier and we found it was a great amp. Now it’s time to review its little…
Fiio E7, Meet Your Rival: The Ibasso D-Zero
It’s pretty amazing how easy it is to get quality gear these days. Just recently I was raving about the $80 Fiio E10 DAC/Amp,…
The Sweet Sound of Tube: The ALO Continental Amplifier
I’ve spent a few weeks now with the Continental, and I can tell you outright that it is perhaps the best sounding portable amplifier…
Korean Pocket Rocket: The Audinst Amp-Hp
Most of the portable headphone amplifiers available on the market fall either to the sub $100 or the over $300 range, but with the…
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…
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…
$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…