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…
Review
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…
The Fostex Orthodynamics: T50RP and T40RP Mk2
Given the high level of popularity of orthodynamic headphones among the local crowd, I’ve had multiple chances to audition Fostex’s orthodynamic headphones, including several…
Hifiman HE-4: The Lightest Modern Orthodynamic Yet
It’s been quite a journey since we followed Hifiman’s entry to the headphone market with the Hifiman HE-5 headphones. Unless you’ve personally owned all…
A Dynamic Driver Fostex: Fostex TH-7B
The Fostex brand has always been known for their orthodynamic T20RP, T40RP, and T50RP headphones. But this time, Hiroaki at Fostex Japan sent me…
Earfonia’s Pseudo Balanced Amplifier (PBA)
My friend Bram aka Earfonia started tinkering with a design for a very simple balanced amplifier. Somehow in the process, he decided to switch…
Audio Technica AD-Series: AD300, AD700, AD900, AD1000PRM, AD2000
This is the first whole line up comparison article that we’ve been wanting to do for a while on Headfonia. Well, I realize we…
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…
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…
Audio Technica’s Entry Level Trio: SJ11, SJ33, and SJ55
For once, let’s do a piece on gears that won’t actually make your wallet run away. Here are three fairly entry level headphones from…
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…
Hifiman HE-500 First Impression
It really doesn’t take lot of listening time to see that the HE-500 is, in most cases, a better headphone than the HE-6. Perhaps…
The Manley Stingray Amplifier
Reviewing something as legendary as the Manley Stingray is like having a rock star paying a visit to your home. We’ve heard all the…
The Doppelganger: German Maestro 8.35D
Take something forward and engaging like the HD25-1, make it a bit darker, add more bass body, and that’s roughly how the German Maestro…