HeadRoom Micro and Portable Micro Amplifiers
The HeadRoom amplifiers are some of the earliest dedicated headphone amplifiers around. While they continue to get good reviews around the web even by…
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Tim Murison’s BitPerfect for OSX
I’ve been using a few different OSX Audio Players in the past few months, and I found them to be interesting enough that I’m…
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The Next Step: Burson HA-160DS
Perhaps it’s the fact that I have no need of a pre-amp. Perhaps it’s the smaller footprint. Perhaps it’s the price tag — almost…
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The Headstage USB DAC Cable
Headstage adds their solution to the crowded entry level USB DAC solutions with the Headstage USB DAC cable. The design stands out in the…
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No Music: Audio Gd NFB-12
I have mixed feelings about this entry level DAC/Amp box from Audio-Gd. In contrast to the Ref 7.1 flagship model which I absolutely love,…
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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,…
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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…
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Cheaper, Better: The Centrance DACport LX
Despite the superb little system-in-a-stick that the original DACport is, some people don’t want simplicity as they happen to like big messy desktop amplifiers…
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Trio German Maestros: GMP 400, 435S, 450PRO
Louis at the Audiohub gave me four German Maestro headphones to write a review on (thanks, Louis!). I did the GMP 8.35D first and…
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$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…
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Sennheiser HD-202 Review
It all started a few months ago when I was at a CD shop. They were using the Sennheiser HD202 headphones, and I was…
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I normally have a bias against tiny desktop amps, as they tend to not sound very good when compared to bigger sized amps of…
Read MoreHippo Shroom and Hippo Shroom EB (Extra Bass)
When I got my Shroom last June 2010, I was impressed by the size, as it is relatively smaller than other IEMs I own…
Read MoreMatrix Mini-i Balanced DAC
Owning a balanced system has been high on the list of headphone enthusiasts, and one of the first things that deter people from going…
Read MoreDr. DAC2 DX
The Dr. DAC2 DX is a very external DAC that features 24/96 over USB, and 24/192 over S/PDIF with a built-in headphone amplifier, everything…
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