I knew practically nothing and had previously been loyal in brand to audio technica which gives good quality and style, but after i loss my IEM, i decided to try another brand.
i went to jaben in singapore, they dun have fischer audio silver bullet or etera v1, so i ask for head-direct re-zero. i take a good faith that these chinese products are the hard work of their research and development, and not stolen technology. HE 0 does really gives u the volume and clarity. i wasn't an audiophine but was given hippo box to try. this causes the fishcer dba-02 to show hissing sounds from a girl singing, and i compare on RE0 with and without amp, i thought the louder voice could be aided by tunining on my ipad directly, looking back i may be wrong, as the amp seem to make the music and singing more distinctly from each other.
i paid S$150 (about US$100) for hifiman RE-0 (china brand, made in china)
but didn't buy the S$140 hippo box.
it is heavy, but isn't that ugly, a little expensive for the design, weight and sound diffrences. i;m wondering what other brands of headphone amplifier is good at this price range (<S$200, or <US$135). i listen most to kpop, with a lot of rap.
thinking of getting amplifier and to know more about portable audio equiopments.









