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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Author: Loomis T. Johnson (Chicago, USA)
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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Colorfly CDA-M1P DAC Review (2) – Bringing The Bass
The Colorfly CDA-M1P is well-built and well-featured, with a very powerful balanced out, but a bit too large and heavy
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Marshall Major IV On-Ear Bluetooth Headphones – First Do No Harm
My $40-on-Ebay Jabra 45H are nobody’s idea of a great sounding headphone, but they’re supremely comfortable and reliable, so I
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Very Short Takes On (Mostly) Very Long Movies
In a concerted effort to wean myself from CNN and the endless stream of apocalyptic news, I’ve been bingeing on
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Fosi Audio V3 Amplifier Review (2) – Second Opinion
I like the simplicity of this tiny Class D integrated, which sports only a single volume control, an RCA in
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Hidizs S9 Pro Plus Martha Balanced & Single-ended Dac/Amp Review – Metal Machine Music, Vol 2
Hidizs sent me the S9 Pro Plus at the same time as its SD2 (review here), which like Hidizs’s prior
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Hidizs SD2 Hifi Type-C to 3.5mm Dongle DAC Review – Of Gods, Generals And Agave
It’s not like I needed more bad habits, but in anticipation of democracy ending this year, I’ve recently gotten into
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OneOdio OpenRock Pro Open-Ear Air Conduction Headphones Review – On the Rocky Road To Enlightenment
Like Hyundais of yore, OneOdio and its sub-brands like SuperEq burst onto the scene with a bevy of cheap, cheerful
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Nank (Naenka) Runner Pro2 Bone Conduction Headphones Review – A Pilgrim’s Progress
The Naenka Runner Pro is a niche product designed for swimmers…
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Truthear Shio, Shanling UA2 Plus and Hidizs XO Dongle Shootout – ‘Cos You Can Never Have Enough Portable Audio Gear
A critical review of the Truthear Ship, Shanling UA2 Plus, and Hidizs XO dongle DACs. $70 seems to be the
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Moondrop Starfield II Review (2) – Another Time Around
The original Moondrop Starfield (my review here) was one of the best $100 IEMs I’ve heard—rich-sounding, smooth and immersive—and I
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HIDIZS MS3 And MP145 Review (2) – Fun Fun Fun Till Her Daddy Takes The Crackpipe Away
Hidizs MS3 Very V-shaped, hard-rockin ear cannons from DAP/dongle specialist Hidizs. Build and aesthetics are commensurate with the MSRP and
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