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NEW FROM FIIO: DM15 R2R CD PLAYER
The FiiO DM15R2R is a portable CD player built around a discrete R2R ladder DAC, a high-voltage lithium battery, and both single-ended and balanced outputs. It functions as a standalone disc player...
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New: FiiO M27 Digital Audio Player
The FiiO M27 is a portable digital audio player designed for listeners who want desktop-class performance in a travel-ready format. It uses Qualcomm’s QCS6490 processor, dual ESS ES9039SPRO DACs, a...
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NEW: SJY ZEPH OPEN-BACK PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONES
The SJY Zeph is an open-back planar magnetic headphone built around a single-piece CNC-machined aluminum structure that houses the driver, chassis, and ear cup as one unit. This design reduces vibr...
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New From TOPPING: E50 II Desktop DAC
The Topping E50 II is a compact balanced desktop DAC built around AKM’s AK4497S stereo converter, an XU316 USB interface, and a flexible digital input stage that supports both S/PDIF and ADAT. Its ...
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New From Meze: Elite Tungsten Premium Package
The Elite Tungsten is an open-back planar headphone built around Rinaro’s Isodynamic Hybrid Array driver, a low-distortion platform engineered for wide bandwidth, stable impedance, and consistent l...
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Apos 2025 Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals List
The story goes that on the evening of Thanksgiving, many years ago, people woke from their food comas and immediately touched their radio tubes with hands still slick from turkey drippings. The tub...
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New on Apos: Sound Solver Modular Desktop Audio Infrastructure
Sound Solver is a new line of modular audio furniture built for listeners who take cable routing, component spacing, and mechanical stability as seriously as the electronics themselves. The line in...
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New from FiiO: WARMER R2R Tube Buffer DAC
The FIIO WARMER R2R is a desktop R2R DAC with a tube buffer designed for listeners who want digital playback with a warmer tonal character. It combines a fully-differential 24-bit resistor-array DA...
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Electrostatic headphones are a small, dedicated corner of the audio world. ES Lab is one of the few companies still building these systems with an obsessive, parts-level focus, and today we’re addi...
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Tom at Apos here. The leaves are falling, the sun is setting at 4PM, and we’re knocking the dust off our SAD lamps. It’s fall, folks. Love it or hate it, it’s a wonderful time to cozy up to some mu...
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New from Gustard: U26 Digital Interface
The Gustard U26 is a professional-grade USB digital interface designed to bridge computers and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with near-zero jitter and exceptional electrical isolation. Co-dev...
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NEW: XDUOO DP-10 DIGITAL MUSIC TRANSPORT
The DP-10 is a pure digital music transport designed for modern listeners who mix local archives, streaming services, and network storage. Built on a quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 processor and running ...
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