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IBASSO IT00 REVIEW
The IT00s renders a very coherent tuning from top to bottom with good air on top, a clear, engaging midrange. and a taunt, impactful bass. There is a warmth that wells up from the bass the nicely textures the midrange and vocals without smearing or obscuring detail.
IBASSO AM05 REVIEW
The AM05 renders an extended, clear, sweet voicing with quite good resolution, tone and timbre. And it does this in a very musically engaging and transparent way. It should definitely be noted that in single-ended mode the AM05 is imbued with a dollop of warmth.
IBASSO DX220/AMP1 MK II REVIEW
We were initially going to review only the iBASSO DX220 as aligned to the AMP9—a tubed module wherein there was great consensus that it would fall within our “sound niche.” But then we took a cursory listen to the iBASSO DX220 with the prix fixe AMP1 Mk II card with several headphones/IEMs, well, ‘it was on!’
ELETECH ILIAD - REVIEW
The Plato’ soundstage is quite deep, nicely wide, and with good height. Transparency—resolution, microdynamics, layering, positioning—is also quite good and there is a decidedly lower noise level, which facilitates a black-quiet background from which notes arise quite nicely.
ELETECH PLATO - REVIEW
The Plato’ soundstage is quite deep, nicely wide, and with good height. Transparency—resolution, microdynamics, layering, positioning—is also quite good and there is a decidedly lower noise level, which facilitates a black-quiet background from which notes arise quite nicely.
ELETECH SOCRATES - REVIEW
In terms of tonality the Eletech Socrates offers the proverbial copper sound—good body, detail, warmth across the midrange, good weight along the bottom end—while also providing fairly good resolution, extended treble, sparkle and air, for a decidedly nice balance.
ROSSON AUDIO DESIGN RAD-0 REVIEW
The Rosson Audio RAD-0 once removed from its hardened-plastic, flight container, dis-embedded from its tightly sculpted, foam sheath, its single-ended cables affixed, and then allied to the iFi Pro iDSD was nothing short of phenomenal! Had they even been broken in?!