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New Product Announcements

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

New Product Announcements

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 ...

Audio Product Reviews

Moondrop Aria vs. Starfield: Budget IEM Rivalry

Over on his YouTube channel, No Theme Reviews compared the Moondrop Aria to the Starfield and concluded that there's no reason to choose the more e...

Audio Product Reviews

Josh Valour Crafts Perfect Audio Rig for Badseed Tech's Brian

Over on his YouTube channel, Josh Valour made Brian of Badseed Tech a complete audiophile rig. Watch the video below or scroll on for an edited tra...

Audio Product Reviews

Power Overwhelming! - Sandu Vitalie on the SMSL SA400

The golden trinity of the East might be competing for the best D/A converters and headphone amplifiers at less than one grand, but when it comes to...

The SMSL VMV A2 Power Amp is now on Apos Audio

SMSL VMV A2 Power Amplifier: 200Wx2 of Pure Power Now on Apos

For those about to rock, we suggest the SMSL VMV A2 Power Amplifier. With 200Wx2 of output power, it can easily drive desktop monitors, bookshelf ...

Audio Product Reviews

The Value King: SoundNews' Review of the FiiO FH5s

I have long relationship with FiiO, way before this website came into existence. You see, portable audio took a big portion of my life. My journey ...

New Product Announcements

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 c...

New Product Announcements

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--liste...

D90SE vs D70s vs M400: TOPPING & SMSL DAC Comparison

The D90SE is here, and as soon as the confetti clears we can get on with the fun part: ruthless comparison. Time to throw it in the ring with the S...

Audio Product Reviews

TOPPING D90LE vs D90SE vs D90 Comparison Chart

HiFi audio is an industry known for constant innovation, and the same is true of TOPPING, one of the most popular manufacturers of DACs and amps. T...

New Product Announcements

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 m...

Audio Product Reviews

TOPPING D50s: $250 DAC Outperforms $5,500 McIntosh - Mark On HiFi

All right, let’s talk about how the D50s sounds. Now, I’m gonna cut straight to the chase. I spent four days listening to this DAC basically non-st...

Apos Updates

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. T...