Introducing Auris Audio HA-2SF headphone amplifier The HA-2SE was one of the best-selling devices from Auris Audio and had been a benchmark product for many years until production stopped end of 2019. The new Auris Audio HA-2SF will have a similar basis and price range but...
FIR Audio M5 review The M5 is the showcase of all the best technology FiR has to offer in the IEM space. The M5 has a dynamic driver for lows, 3 balanced armatures for midrange and highs and an electrostatic driver to assist the treble reproduction....
HiFiMAN DEVA Reviews HiFiMAN Deva is a Planar Magnetic Headphone that comes with an optional Bluetooth DAC/ Amplifier, the Bluemini, and which is able to punch some real volume. It has been released since March 2020 and since then has been a popular choice in an...
Campfire Audio ARA review by EAR Fidelity The Campfire Audio Ara is a seven balanced armature design. Two high (+T.A.E.C.), one mid, four low drivers. The Ara does not use typical passive electronic components to crossover the drivers. Instead, the driver’s performance are shaped by articulating the...
Introduction Shanling M3X M3X is the newest Android Hi-Res portable player, built on the same platform as the previous three Android models from Shanling. But this time Shanling is aiming at the more affordable part of the market, with a little bit less focus on the...
Shanling M8 Review Headfonics Shanling released their reference M8 digital audio player recently. We did an announcement of the Shanling M8 in this article. A lot of new features have been introduced, such as interchangeable sockets, AGLO audio and many more. Headfonics starts the review with a...
Shanling M6 Stereoplay review Shanling's first Android-based DAP features a 4.7inch Sharp IPS HD screen, powered with Snapdragon 430 Octa-core CPU along with 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM. The Shanling M6 uses Dual AK4495SEQ, with both DAC's working even in Single-Ended mode. The German magazine Stereoplay reviewed...
Try Qobuz Studio high-res streaming free for 1 month - Great sound, starts with a great music. Dune Blue has been a fan of the streaming platform Qobuz since its start. Qobuz Studio offers the unique possibility to actually stream the albums that are available...
ALO Audio Pilot - A New Portable USB-DAC ALO audio’s Pilot is an exciting new portable USB-C DAC. Housing the terrific sounding ESS Sabre 9281cPro in a compact enclosure design. Pilot supports a full range of high fidelity formats, PCM up to 384 kHz, DSD up to...
Stereoplay Review Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Closed German magazine Stereoplay is considered to be one of the finer magazines in print with reviews for headphones. Some of these reviews are also available on their website. Just before the end of 2020 the review of the...
Violectric HPA-V550 Pro review Studio Magazin The new Violectric HPA-V550 Pro has just been released and the German Studio Magazin had the privilege of doing one of the first elaborate reviews of this headphone amplifier. Friedemann Kootz really takes this amplifier on the test bench, not...
Introducing Shanling ME80 Earphones Shanling introduces the new ME80 IEM earphones, which will be available at the end of January 2021. The ME80 have an updated droplet design from the original with more rounded edges for significantly improved comfort. The lightweight body (5.7 grams) is made...