Head Gear Reviews by dilbertprogrammer

Dekoni x Hifiman Cobalt: A New Kind of Blue Review of the Dekoni x Hifiman Cobalt headphone by @dilbertprogrammer Written June 22, 2023 Table of Contents Preface Introduction Price and Specifications What’s In The Box? Build, Design, Comfort Music Source and Chain Components used for Listening Evaluation Personal Preferences Examples of Listening Evaluation Tracks Sound Comparisons Wrap-Up, Summary and Conclusion 1. Preface This review was written after spending approximately one week with a new Dekoni x Hifiman Cobalt headphone on loan from...

Introduction: I reviewed the ZEN Air Phono over a two-week period during a USA loaner tour of the ZEN Air series products. Many thanks to @Rowan94 for including me in the tour. Product: The ZEN Air Phono is an external turntable preamplifier. The unit reduces hiss, noise and rumble when spinning vinyl. The ZEN Air Phono touts ultra-low noise, support for both Moving Magnet (MM) and Moving Coil (MC) phono cartridges, precise RIAA equalization, subsonic filtering to help with warped records. The front panel has two buttons: power and subsonic...

Introduction: I reviewed the ZEN Air CAN over a two-week period during a USA loaner tour of the ZEN Air series products. Many thanks to @Rowan94 for including me in the tour. Product: The ZEN Air CAN is a high-power headphone amplifier that sells for $99 USD. Headphones are connected via either the 6.3mm single-end output or the 4.4mm "S-Balanced" output on the front of the unit. The rear of the unit has: a 3.5mm "S-Balanced" input, two single-ended RCA inputs, and a DC 5V power input. The front panel has an input selector, gain selector (0...

Introduction: I reviewed the ZEN Air DAC over a two-week period during a USA loaner tour of the ZEN Air series products. Many thanks to @Rowan94 for including me in the tour. Product: The ZEN Air DAC is a high-resolution digital to analog converter (DAC) and headphone amplifier that sells for $99 USD. The DAC supports PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz, full native DSD256, 353/385KHz DXD, and MQA rendering. The kHz LED on the front panel indicates the music format configuration. Headphones are connected via the 6.3mm single-end output on the front of the...