Headphone Amps

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 …

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 …

I’d like to thank John Seaber and the folks at JDS Labs for the C5D loaner unit.

NuForce is certainly no stranger to the amplifier market, having released a number of amplifiers and DACs at various price ranges but this, the MMP (Mobile Music Pump), is NuForce’s latest entry into the portable amplifier market. Promising better driving power from mobile devices, the MMP is an interesting device …

First, I’d like to thank the folks at Mingo-HMW for the review sample. In part five of my Amplifier Round Up series, we have the MUSE PD1+, a feature rich portable amplifier and USB DAC and promises high quality amplification for line in or USB digital signals. So, does it …