HIDIZS S8 Pro Robin Review (2nd Opinion) – Same As It Ever Was
There’s theory among Occidentals that the Asian mind is inscrutable and impossible to understand. Pure reprehensible racism, I know, but
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Author: Loomis T. Johnson (Chicago, USA)
SMSL PL100 CD Player Review – New Adventures In Polycarbonate
I am hearing all over that vinyl is fading and CDs are rising, which is no surprise since vinyl rigs
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Creative Aurvana Ace 2 TWS Review (2nd Opinion) – What is Coming is Better Than What is Gone?
Viscerally, these don’t feel like $149 phones (I do see they’re marked down to $80 on Amazon), but ergonomics and
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KZ Xtra TWS ANC IEM Review (2nd Opinion) – With Age Comes Wisdom, But Sometimes Age Comes Alone
Other than the random old guy sporting Air Buds, you rarely see anyone using cheap wired IEMs these days, and
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Sanag S6S Open-Back Clip-On Earbuds Review – Rum, Sodomy And The Lash
Somewhere in the bowels of Reddit I read that these $40-on-Al Sanag S6S buds were an exact clone of the
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FIIO BTR17 Bluetooth DAC Headphone Amplifier Review – The Sooner All the Animals Are Extinct, the Sooner We’ll Be Able to Find Where They’re Hiding Their Money
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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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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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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