First, I’d like to thank the folks at Cayin for sending me a sample of their C5 portable amplifier for review. Portable amplifiers, at least outside of the audiophile community, haven’t yet reached that level of ubiquity that higher end (or at least, expensive) headphones have, spurred on by the …
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First, I’d like to thank Audrey and the folks at Brainwavz and MP4 Nation for providing a sample of the S5 for review. It was late last month when I received a message from the folks at Brainwavz on Head-Fi, asking if I’d like to review their latest earphone, the …
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It seems like every time I turn around, there’s a new company vying for audiophile dollars. So, when I heard of the AP100 audiophile portable player, produced by a company called Hidizs, I was curious. Because there are so many companies invested in the audiophile player business such as HiFiMan, …
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I was fortunate enough to be picked for the review tour for HiFiMan’s latest planar magnetic headphone, the HE-400i, billed as an improvement over the outgoing HE-400 model, and slotting in at $500, $100 more than the HE-400. The HE-400i arrived in sizeable, leather appointed box, much improved from the …
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First, I’d like to thank the folks at Bravo Audio for providing samples of the S1 and V3 to review. Bravo Audio is no stranger to me. One of the first amplifier reviews I wrote on this site was of their V2 hybrid tube amplifier. It was my first tube …
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