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…
$300-$500
Ibasso PB-2 First Impression
Here comes the new balanced amp from Ibasso! To counter RSA’s quad-mono SR-71b, Ibasso has created quite a monster portable amp in the form…
HM-601 and HM-602: Hi-Fi DAPs For All Budgets
Now that Hifiman has released a $259 version of the audiophile DAP HM-602, everybody is asking the question”do they sound the same”? At $259,…
High End Earbuds Review -updated-
Do earbuds still have a place in a world dominated with in-ears? Most folks look at earbuds as something that you get with a…
Twisted Pear Audio Opus DAC
A long time friend of mine, Ian, sent me his newly finished Twisted Pear Audio Opus DAC. The Opus is a DIY DAC based…
Ortofon HD-Q7
I normally have a bias against tiny desktop amps, as they tend to not sound very good when compared to bigger sized amps of…
ALO Rx Mk2
Building on the success of the first Rx amplifier, ALO has released a Mark-Two version of its popular Rx portable amplifier. The ALO Audio…
The Sennheiser Trio: HD580, HD600, HD650
This all started when I got a HD600 loaner from Jay. I told him I haven’t listened to the HD600 for a while, and…
Old School Trio: AKG K701, Beyerdynamics DT880, Sennheiser HD650
I still remember a few years ago when people used to wait for their turn to audition these “flagships” on a headphone meet. Back…
Hifi DAP Comparison: HM-801, HM-602, QA350, Boomslang
The excitement surrounding the HM-602 was pretty high, and not long after that I began to plan a comparison article of the HM-602 to…
Hifiman HM-602: Hi-Fi DAP Perfected
Excitement! Earlier today I saw some japanese tweets about the HM-602. I couldn’t have guessed that later the same day I would be listening…
Sennheiser RS180: The Wireless Audiophile
The era of real audiophile wireless headphones are finally here. Wireless and audiophiles haven’t been too friendly at each other for a long time,…
Beresford TC-7520 Review
A while ago, some readers asked for a comparison of some of the DACs I had reviewed to the popular TC-7520 DAC. I wasn’t…
Beresford TC-7520 Unboxing
Some people has been asking me about doing a review or comparison to the TC-7520 DAC. I just received the TC-7520 DAC, and while…
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…