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

Pro-Ject has announced the Head Box E: a compact (103 x 37 x 120 mm) and lightweight (390g) headphone amplifier for those seeking more than their integrated amplifier’s (or MacBook’s!) headphone ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

At last! Audiolab has announced the successor to its exceedingly popular M-DAC. In fact, it has announced two successors: the D7 and the D9. Both models come wrapped in chassis that borrow from the ...

AURALiC is proud to introduce the AQUILA X3 Streaming Media Processor, a groundbreaking addition to its product line. This release marks a significant step forward in both design and technology, ...

How do you follow up on a massively successful product? That was the conundrum faced by China’s Zidoo in the wake of the runaway success of its Eversolo-branded DMP-A6: a streaming DAC which many ...