A little background to HOW I ended up buying the xDSD: I've been searching for a capable hybrid mobile-desktop solution for years, already. I've had some success, but was never truly happy with the choices I've had. I've been through a bunch of Fiio products, Qudelix 5k, Audioquest Red and Cobalt, and even the cheaper iFi hip-dac. But now that I've had the xDSD for little over a week, it is indeed (ALMOST) what I've been searching for, and overall the best out of everything else I've had (true, it is the most expensive, but I got it at a discount...

After reading a few impressions, and using Fiio BTR5 for more than half a year (and being so unhappy with it that I relegated it to car use, in the meantime going through some other DACs) - I decided to order the Qudelix 5k and try it - particularly after reading that it was a Sony partner when implementing LDAC (this was interesting to me considering the HORRIBLE LDAC/BT performance on the BTR5) In order to keep this this review concise, I'm going to simply expand each Pro and Con and elaborate: PROS: 1) Best-in-class, refined sound quality and...

I'll mostly present my review as to why I came back to these after almost 2 years, through the lens of the headphones I've owned in the meantime, since this might offer a different perspective, seeing as the internet is abundant of "classic" reviews. I've had the WF-1000XM3 a while back (the first time), namely in mid 2019 when they came out, and I got them with my Xperia 5 smartphone. I had them after owning the WH-1000XM2 (over ear) and the MDR-1AM2 (over ear, wired). At the time, although they didn't really match up to either the WH XM2 or the...

Got this earphones for the sole purpose of working out/biking. Tested out multiple sports headsets (similarly priced), from sennheiser and bose. They tend to sound better, especially than the adidas sennheiser which sound pretty bad for the money. Great bass and clear mids and highs (considering it is bass-centric).    It is not neutral by any stretch, but you have to remember they are made for sports and wokring out mostly, so they are perfectly tuned for dyamic songs, like hip hop and electronic music, which is what most people listen to when...