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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...

xDuoo MT-604 Balanced Tube Amp Now Available at Apos Audio

Back in January, xDuoo released the MT-602, a twin tube amp that blew us away with its powerful output, rakish good looks, and forward-thinking feature set. It doubled the power output of its prede...

Lime Ears IEMs Now Available on Apos Audio

Why aren’t IEMs taken as seriously as full-sized headphones? Perhaps it’s the association to iPod earbuds, those ultra-leaky, dirt magnets of the early 2000s. They, after all, were many peoples’ in...

Moondrop Aria Now Available on Apos Audio

Since 2015, Moondrop has developed an IEM lineup that encompasses every budget. The Blessing 2 and Starfield are rock stars at their respective price points, having commanded the attention of taste...

SMSL DA9 Amplifier Now Available on Apos Audio

On first blush, the SMSL DA9 looks pretty much like the rest of the SMSL lineup: bright-screened, modestly-sized, wagging its little dog tail of a Bluetooth antenna. Unpretentious as a Labrador.

SMSL VMV A1 Now Available on Apos Audio

First impressions are everything. The first thing you probably noticed about the VMV A1 is its spear-ended feet. They evoke the menacing shape of vampire fangs, the ferocity of Black Panther’s claw...