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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 started with portable cassette players in the 90-t...

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...

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 SMSL M400 and TOPPING D70s DAC to see how it stacks...

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. They've iterated their flagship D90 DAC three times...

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 ...

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-stop and comparing it to the McIntosh MA5300. I was ...

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 New SMSL SU-8s Uncomplicates the DAC Game

The SU-8s is the refreshingly straightforward new DAC from SMSL. Who’s it for? The research-weary. The comparison-chart-chafed. The do-I-look-like-I-know-what-a-PCM-filter-is. It’s a DAC that remem...

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...

Sandu Vitalie: Singxer SA-1 Review - Imaging & Speed

Singxer Electronic Co Ltd. is a mysterious audio manufacturer for me, they have done ODM and OEM work for third party companies for more than a decade now. They started slow and small, but they lea...

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.