Audio purists insist that multi-function devices are inherently inferior and that more boxes are better—i.e a separate preamp with power
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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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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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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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I got the Tozo Open EarRing True Open Ear headphones for this review. Bought ‘em; will keep ‘em. A lot
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My only experience with Westone dates back ten years or so to the ($500) W40, which I recall as sounding
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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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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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The $50 QCY Crossky C30 were supplied by the company for my review and I thank them for that. I
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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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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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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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Nicely machined and very pretty to behold, the nominally $329 ($279 intro) Team 1 is not without its design quirks.
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