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Review: Hidizs H2 Lossless DAC/Amp – A Mouse to Frighten Elephants

  • 7 minute read
  • by Trav Wilson
The Hidizs H2 is barely bigger than a laptop key.
Big on features and flexibility, but with small size comes low power. The Hidizs H2 is one of those products that cause you to think of a few things when…
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Review: HiliDAC Audirect Beam 2SE Headphone Amplifier – a Miniature Marvel

  • by Simon Tompson
No headphone jack? No problem. This awesome little DAC/amp has you covered. Back in the middle of the last decade, big tech manufacturers started removing the tried and trusted headphone…
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The diminutive powerhouse SMSL SP200.
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  • 9 minute read
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Review: SMSL SP200 THX AAA 888 Amplifier – A Slightly Canted Approach to Affordable Amplification

  • by Trav Wilson
Do perfect measurements equate with perfect sound? Well. I know what you are thinking. It’s about time that Headphonesty reviewed a THX amplifier. After all, 2019 saw the release of…
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Feeling like a freak on a leash?
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Review: Cozoy Takt-C – Intravenous Intellect

  • by Lau
If the cellphone isn’t giving you the eargasm you deserve, show him who’s boss by introducing a dongle to your audio setup. Cozoy’s no-nonsense Takt-C provides premium sound in a…
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Complete unit, plugged in and playing
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Build Your Own Headphone Amplifier For Under $30 – The Kuosch NS-01

  • by Kai
A step-by-step guide to assembling a high-performance amplifier in an afternoon for under $50. What is NS-01? The NS-01 is a small DIY headphone amplifier. It is not the simplest…
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The T+A Solitaire P headphones are hand-built in Germany (From: T+A)
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Theory + Application Unveils Solitaire P Headphones along with Headphones Amp (Worth almost $15,000)

  • by Marvin Velasco
The company’s first matching headphones and amplifier go all out. Theory + Application (T+A) has launched its first pair of headphones, and it goes for an astounding price. The German…
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Header image. The xDuoo XD05 Plus spotted in its natural northern habitat.
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Review: xDuoo XD05 Plus Headphone DAC/AMP

  • by Trav Wilson
With great power comes great responsibility. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – William Shakespeare In Romeo and…
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Behold, the UP2 resting on its laurels!
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Review: Shanling UP2 – A Bolt from the Blue

  • by Lau
Mobile phones make you choose between Type-C, Lightning or the fast-fading 3.5mm jack to enjoy your music. Why not be free? Take a dive into wireless with the UP2, a…
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The Mojo nestled in fall leaves.
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  • 16 minute read
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Review: Chord Mojo Portable DAC / Amp

  • by Trav Wilson
Groovy baby. Yeah! How portable audio got its mojo back. With reportedly more than 70,000 units sold since its October 2015 release, Chord’s Mo(bile) Jo(y) has become a personal Hi-Fi…
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Completed Starving Student II.
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Building the Starving Student II Hybrid Headphone Amplifier

  • by Trav Wilson
The popular DIY budget amp has graduated and fully realized its potential. The first Starving Student hybrid headphone amplifier originally debuted in 2008 on Pete Millett’s DIY Audio Pages. Pete…
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The slightly menacing Studio
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10 Jaw-Dropping Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifiers

  • by Timothy Cose
Vacuum tubes are as much about the sonics as they are about the aesthetics; celebrate great visual design in tube amplification with this list of our favorites! With the relatively…
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  • 14 minute read
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Review: Hagerman Audio Labs Tuba Headphone Amplifier

  • by Trav Wilson
Quality over Quantity. Hagerman Audio Labs is a one-man company, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and dedicated to the design and creation of high-quality audio products. It is the brainchild and…
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An Amplifier Primer: Technical Terms for Beginners

  • by Timothy Cose
Want to better understand the tech-speak you find in marketing materials and equipment reviews? Here’s your crash-course in amplifier terminology and how it should impact your purchasing decisions. Have you…
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  • 22 minute read
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Building the Millett NuHybrid Headphone Amplifier

  • by Trav Wilson
How a Fluorescent Display became a Triode Vacuum Tube for Audio The NuHybrid is (as you may have guessed from the name) a new type of hybrid tube headphone amplifier.…
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Review: Douk Audio Little Bear B4-X

  • by Trav Wilson
A Curiosity full of Tubes and Compromises Douk Audio (also known as Nobsound), a subsidiary of Shenzhen Cavins Technology Co., Ltd., was founded in 2013 in Shenzhen China. The company…
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