Cypher Labs AlgoRhythm Picollo DAC: Tiny Wonder
As our mobile devices cram ever more into a smaller area, compromises have to be made. Whether it’s your new iPhone 6 bending in your pocket, or the battery life of new phones seeming to shrink...
View ArticlePlusSound’s Cloud Nine Portable Amp, Simple And Efficient
There are so many great headphones out there these days- you can practically throw a dart and hit another quality pair. They are plenty, from those being 3D printed, hand-tuned in Brooklyn, assembled...
View ArticleGriffin Twenty: A Gorgeous Bluetooth Amplifier
If you already have decent speakers, you probably have quite a few sources of audio as well- a turntable, perhaps, or a home theater system with a media streamer, console, Blu-ray player run through an...
View ArticleFostex HP-V1: A Portable… Tube Amplifier?!
Portable audio has plenty of advantages, and it’s improved drastically over the years. We’ve moved from analog formats like cassette tapes to digital ones like compact discs and now onto MP3s and other...
View ArticleOppo HA-2 Portable Amp/DAC: Better Music, Great Price
Have a mobile device? Or a computer? Play music through either device, on the go? If you’re using anything better than stock earbuds, then you should probably be using an amplifier or a...
View ArticleThe Inexpensive, Impressive Little Dot 1+ Tube Amp
Tube amplifiers might seem like a niche piece of gear- the sort of thing only a select group of people might want. But the fact is that if you’ve already invested more than a hundred dollars into your...
View ArticlePangea Audio HP 201 Tube Amp: A Musical Story
Many headphone amplifiers offer a USB input, as in a combination DAC. And some tube amplifiers are reasonably priced and fairly compact. But very few amps combine all of the above, taking your digital...
View ArticleCypher Labs AlgoRhythm Trio: Tubes On The Tube
A portable, battery-powered amplifier is a fairly niche item- after all, many folks want their devices to be as small as possible, compact and all-in-one preferably. Your smartphone or tablet might not...
View ArticlePeachtree Nova65SE: Everything You Want In An Amp/DAC
I remember my father’s enormous speakers- several feet tall, perfect for playing Dylan or Heart. And I can’t forget the mysterious giant black box that no one was supposed to touch, that helped connect...
View ArticleMake A Statement With Lehmann Audio’s Black Cube
Today, we’re looking at a product that you probably don’t need, from a company that you’ve probably never heard of. But it’s a chance to learn, and we promise some cool details, no matter your level of...
View ArticlePortable Audio Prescription: ALO’s Rx Pocket Amplifier
Once you have a good set of headphones, you quickly realize the limitations of your music files and the rest of your equipment. If you’re a serious audiophile, then you probably have a set of IEMs that...
View ArticlePeachtree Shift: A Classier Portable DAC/Amp
It’s less than a month until one our biggest holidays- and we’re not talking about Christmas or even New Year’s Eve. The annual Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, hits Las Vegas like a hurricane,...
View ArticleMatrix’s HPA-2C: A Classic Desktop Amp/DAC
There’s so much great music in the world, and it’s a shame that it often ends up being played back through tiny earbuds, wonky speakers, via compressed streams, using small and underpowered devices....
View ArticleErzetich Bacillus Tilia: A Stunning Handcrafted Headphone Amp
Chances are, you’ve probably never been to Slovenia. And most likely, you don’t even have an item in your house or apartment that you could point to and say with confidence that it is from the country....
View ArticleEmotiva BasX TA-100: An Amplified Audiophile Intro
Many people rely on speakers built into their television sets- and those folks are missing out on a wide range of sound, that the tinny, tiny speakers can’t reproduce. Explosions sound muffled, with...
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