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...

Violectric introduces the new HPA V550 and HPA V550 Pro   New to the already impressive product line-up of Violectric is the the HPA V550 and HPA V550 Pro headphone amplifier. These two new headphone amplifiers find their basis in the award winning Violectric DHA V590 excluding...

Fidelice Precision DAC and Precision Headphone Amplifier Review   An interesting double review was just released by Hifipig.com website about the Rupert Neve Fidelice Precision DAC and Precision Headphone Amplifier. The reviewer Janine Elliot has hands on experience with the Rupert Neve recording desks. Janine  has spent the most part...

Final Audio A8000 in-ear monitor The flagship IEM from Final Audio, the Final A8000, is a single dynamic driver. Merging tried and tested knowledge and technologies, the A8000 benefits from Final's subjective stance of creating the best possible audio. Armed with a special single dynamic driver, using...

Headfonics reviews HEDDphone with an exceptional score   Heinz Electrodynamic Designs (HEDD) is not new to hifi, but the HEDDphone is their introduction to the Personal Audio market. It has been an amazing start, as the HEDDphone is considered by many to be a very interesting product....

Meze Audio Empyrean 5-star Review by Gearslutz   Gearslutz, the most popular pro audio and music production website, has granted the Meze Audio Empyrean with their 5-star award, for its “exceptional audio quality, luxury design and features that assist ease of use”.   Video of the CNC process of...

Shanling AE3 IEM review by Headfonia   Shanling AE3 comes with a blueish faceplate, inspired by the famous artistic work Starry Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Made with solid wood base and dyed with fleur-de-lis blue, each item is absolutely unique.   Looking at the technical details of...

Violectric DHA V590 Amazing Headfonics Review Recently the Violectric DHA V590 headphone amplifier received a great extensive review from Headfonics.   The Violectric DHA V590 offers a state-of-the-art D/A converter and a headphone amplifier. The D/A converter is a new development and includes a 32-bit resampler / reclocker...