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…
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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…
Halide Design Cable DACs: Devilsound and DAC HD
Last year Halide Design updated their cable DAC line up with the DAC HD, and I decided to ask them for a sample, not…
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…
The Sennheiser HD700 Journal (Mar 16, 2012)
Introduction to the Journal This article is a work in progress and as time goes I will be adding things to it, like a…
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…
Philips Fidelio L1
The Fidelio L1 headphone was designed to be Phillip’s entry to the premium headphone market. Both in terms of build quality and sound, the…
Sennheiser HD700 Unboxing
First of all, thanks to Rosmadi Mahmood at Sennheiser for giving us the privilege of being among the first to have a look at…
Sennheiser HD25SP
I’ve always been told that the Sennheiser HD25SP is an inferior variant of the HD25-1 and so I never really bothered checking it out….
Audio Technica A1000X and W1000X
Audio Technica has two different line ups for their high end closed-back headphones. The W-series seems to be the more popular one, but we…
Altmann Micro Machines Tera-Player Review
Here we are, with a spartan digital audio player that costs 840 Euros. Let’s take a look at the features: No screen display, only…
An Interview with Charles Altmann
Have you heard about the €840 portable audio player that started going viral around the web late last year? It’s a really expensive player…
Mike and Lieven on the Hifiman HE-400
We’ve been hearing people complain about the rate at which Hifiman releases a new product into the market, and the release of the Hifiman…
Black Holes and Revelations: KingRex UD384 DAC and UPower PSU
The new KingRex UD384 DAC delivers music with an absolutely black background I have yet to hear from other DACs. From the first moment I…
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…