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16 Reasons Audiophiles Love the TOPPING E30 DAC

You can check out our reviews compendium, review, or comparison chart for experts' opinions on the TOPPING E30. But what do normal, everyday audiophiles think about it? We've rounded up some top co...

"Too Good" DAC/Amp: Zeos on Matrix Element X

We sent Zeos the Matrix Element X to get his thoughts.  “This thing shouldn’t appeal to me because I hate expensive stuff,” he responded on his YouTube channel. “But the problem with this thing is ...

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...

Apple Music is Getting 24-bit/192kHz. Here’s How to Play It. 

Apple announced this week that Apple Music will begin supporting HiFi lossless streaming next month at no extra cost. This is awesome news for Apple fans who want to jump into lossless streaming wi...

All the HiFi Streaming Services at a Glance

When Spotify announced in February that they’d be rolling out HiFi quality streaming to select markets this year, we didn’t quite predict the chain reaction it would cause. Amazon HD has slashed pr...

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 ...

DAC/Amp Combo "Melted" Steve Guttenberg's Ears

Audiophile reviewer Steve Guttenberg offered his thoughts on the TOPPING A30 Pro and D30 Pro DAC/amp combo over on his YouTube channel. Watch his video below or scroll on for our lightly edited tra...

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...

Soul and Joy: Sandu Vitalie's Review of the TOPPING D30 Pro

Alright folks, I might not get too excited seeing another AKM or ESS Sabre based DAC been released in such a crowded landscape that digital audio has become, I’ve covered plenty of those already…bu...

Lime Ears IEMs Comparison Chart

Lime Ears (the company) is known for outfitting its IEMs with technology galore: switchable subwoofers, resonator bores, sound filters, and more. It can be hard to keep it all straight. We've creat...