SMSL RAW-DAC1 Review – We Don’t Need That Fascist Groove Thang
Disclaimer: The $499.99 SMSL RAW-DAC1 was sent to us gratis by for review purposes and can be purchased from SHENZHENAUDIO.
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Author: Loomis T. Johnson (Chicago, USA)
SMSL RAW-HA1 Integrated Amp/USB Headphone Amp Review – Not In Kansas Anymore
Surpise surprise!!—the SMSL RAW-HA1: another $212 all-in-one from SMSL, a/k/a the poster child for hyperactive engineers. UI and features are noticeably
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1More S51 and S70 Open Ear Headphones Review – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
Like Evan Williams bourbon, or Hyundai sedans, 1More has traditionally occupied that niche of churning out me-too products which are almost
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TOZO Open EarRing True Open Ear Headphones Review (1) – Everything You Said Should Be True, But Not Everything Should Be Said
I got the Tozo Open EarRing True Open Ear headphones for this review. Bought ‘em; will keep ‘em. A lot
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Westone Mach 70 7BA Universal IEM Review – Be Yourself, Everything Else Is Taken
My only experience with Westone dates back ten years or so to the ($500) W40, which I recall as sounding
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Soundpeats Breezy And TOZO Open Buds TWS Review – Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards
I purchased the Soundpeats Breezy and TOZO OpenBuds myself for this review. Open-ear buds are rapidly getting better, but $150-300
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FiiO Jade JT1 Closed Dynamic Over-Ear Headphones and JDS Objective2 Headphone Amplifier – Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Seduced by the convenience (though not the fidelity) of TWS, I haven’t done much listening of late to traditional wired
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QCY Crossky C30 Open-Ear TWS Earbuds Review – Darkly Through The Looking Glass
The $50 QCY Crossky C30 were supplied by the company for my review and I thank them for that. I
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Baseus Eli Sport 1 Open-Ear TWS Earbuds Review (1) – Real Men Don’t Wear Eyeshadow
Once an embryonic novelty, open-ear buds are suddenly The Next Big thing, with mainstream players like Bose and Beyerdynamic hawking
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Sony WH-CH720N Review Over-Ear Headphones Review – View From The Cheap Seats
Bose may have marginally better ANC and the Sennheiser Momentum 4 perhaps sounds a little better, but the Sony WH-1000XM4
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SMSL PS200 DAC Review – And The Hits Just Keep On Coming
I still struggle to comprehend SMSL’s rational for continuing to develop and promote its torrent of barely differentiated budget DACs
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Audirect Team 1 ES9281AC Portable USB DAC/AMP – Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
Nicely machined and very pretty to behold, the nominally $329 ($279 intro) Team 1 is not without its design quirks.
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Audirect Atom 3 3.5mm Portable DAC Headphone Amp Review – Tiny Dancer In My Cranium
Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of DAC/dongles—those that aspire to present the source faithfully and those that impart their
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