A dongle DAC and headphone amplifier with desktop-level performance? That appears to be the proposition of FiiO’s QX13.

At its business end, the Pro-Ject mini offers two single-ended headphone outputs (6.4mm and 3.5mm) that, according to the ...

So, in this podcast episode, Michael Lavorgna and I present 12 lesser-known albums that would work well in a hi-fi demo ...

Yesterday, I published a video comparing the Apple AirPods Pro 2 with two similarly priced wired IEMs: the Sennheiser IE 300 ...

Why haven’t those same commenters explicitly named the amplifiers under test? Are they also hiding behind a feel-good ...

It’s not new, but it’s new to me: Hiby’s UC10 is a USB-S/PDIF converter for a smartphone or tablet (or PC/Mac). The tiny metal-wrapped dongle acts not as a DAC but as a DDC — a digital audio ...

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I lowered my aim to land on the Michi Q5 from Rotel. Its top-loading CD mechanism lights up from within when the cover/puck ...

Designed and made in Japan, Marantz's latest flagship integrated is an all-analogue affair.

Cambridge’s EVO 150 is a streaming amplifier that promises 150wpc of Class D power into 8 Ohms: its 12″-square shoebox enclosure features swappable magnetic side panels, a 6.8″ non-touchscreen with ...

Bluesound has announced a ‘2025’ (N331) version of its popular Powernode streaming amplifier. Carried over from the previous model is the BluOS software system that additionally supports Spotify ...