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IFI PRO IDSD HEADPHONE AMP/DAC/STREAMER REVIEW
The time spent with the Pro iDSD was time well spent, in that it offered, as listed above, a plethora of options, wonderful musicality and quite good transparency across all of its options, and it played well with many partners ranging from headphones (dynamic, planar) to In-Ear-Monitors (IEMs) all of which it drove beautifully.
MMR THUMMIN REVIEW
The Thummin design is, decidedly, avant-garde—experimental, radical, or unorthodox—as it embraces elements of Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller’s geodesic dome, a cutting-edge design for, perhaps, an Antarctic research facility, in miniature, or, as its name indicates, an ancient religious artifact imbued with magical powers. Needless to say, our curiosity was peaked with regard to just how this uniquely designed IEM might actually sound.
CAYIN N6ii/E01 REVIEW
In the E01 module Cayin has embraced a duality, that sees a “Warm/Transparent” tuning, reminiscent of EL34’s, “shacking up,” so to speak, with a “Reference (like)/Transparent” tuning. Said duality is, by the way, available on-the-fly—touch screen enabled. Sweet!
BURSON AUDIO CONDUCTOR-3XP HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW
The Burson Audio Conductor 3XP embraces iOS, Android, Mac, and PC alike and to them it will deliver a powerful, yet delicate, musical, and transparent experience.
OBRAVO EAMT-2C REVIEW
Upon first listen (straight out of the box!), the resident cynic in me had to ‘figuratively’ lift his lower jaw from the floor. How can this be, I asked? Here was an IEM that had audacity to act as if it were an “Over-the-Ear,” planar-magnetic headphone of truly exceptional capability, right out of the box!
MEZE EMPYREAN REVIEW
Rare is the piece of audio equipment, that can remove itself as intermediary to the music, and reveal performers, venue, emotion, truth of timbre and tone as a genuine, heartfelt experience. The Meze Empyrean embodies that rarity for what it does in the service of the music…
CAYIN N6ii/A01 REVIEW
The Cayin N6ii’s/A01 ($1,119) sound is reminiscent of some of the best, classic analog—Thorens TD-125 MK II, Linn LP12, Garrard 301/401—as married to the best in today’s high-end digital offerings…