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Embrace Analog: xDuoo TA-26 Tube Amp Now at Apos

Go all-analog with the xDuoo TA-26. This 500mW tube amplifier goes minimal where other amps get fussy. Simple RCA ins and outs, a volume knob, and a single-ended output are all you need to experien...

Moondrop Variations Tribrid: New IEM Frontier at Apos

The Moondrop Variations is an all-new tribrid IEM combining one dynamic driver, two balanced armature drivers, and two electrostatic drivers. The combined efforts of these various approaches makes ...

SMSL SD-9 Network Music Player on Apos Audio

If you’re the kind of listener whose library is spread out across multiple sources--hard disks, streaming services, SD cards, NASs, etc, etc--listen up. The SMSL SD-9 HiFi Network Music Player help...

The TOPPING D90SE DAC Is For Sale at Apos Audio

Ever since a fire shut down the manufacturing facility that supplied its D/A chip, the TOPPING D90 has sold out in stores across the web, leaving many to wonder if and when it would return. Global ...

Meet the Apos SMSL-8s Ensemble 

The SMSL SH-8s and SU-8s are the radically simple new headphone amp and DAC from SMSL. Their feature sets are slim, their user interfaces simple. They shine most brightly where the light doesn’t: i...

The Radically Simple (Radically Affordable) SMSL SH-8s

The SH-8s is the radically simple new headphone amp from SMSL. Its feature set is slim, its user interface simple. Boasting nothing more than a few toggles and a volume knob, it shines most brightl...

Coming in June 2021: TOPPING D90SE DAC on Apos Audio

We’re excited to announce that TOPPING will release a special edition TOPPING D90SE in June. This flagship DAC will be sold on Apos Audio and will feature an ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip.

The Final Run of a Legendary AKM DAC Chip

We’re now selling the FiiO M11 Plus--a portable music player that uses two AKM AK4497EQ DAC chips. These highly sought-after chips are out-of-print due to the AKM facility fire. There’s no indicati...

16x Less Distortion Than Monoprice: The SMSL SA400

There’s nothing better than coming home at the end of a long day, collapsing on the couch, and playing a favorite album on a home good home theater system. Unfortunately, subpar equipment can creat...

Best In Iconoclast: The All-New FiiO FH5s Semi-Open IEMs 

  The FiiO FH5s breaks with tradition for an all-new IEM experience. Where most IEMs are closed-back, the FH5s is semi-open. Where most IEMs confine you to one tuning signature, the FH5s gives you ...

Hit Rock Bottom with the SMSL VMV D1se DAC

We all want to dig deeper with our music, engage it on deeper levels of clarity, detail, and fidelity. If DACs are the shovels used to get us there, the SMSL D1se is going to take us straight to ro...

Fun-Fi: Introducing the Moondrop Sparks Bluetooth 5.2 IEMs

Introducing fun-fi. Despite what you may have heard, listening to hi-fi audio and having a good time are not mutually exclusive activities. Meet the Moondrop Sparks. Yes, they’re cute. Yes, their d...