It’s common knowledge to everyone that the “i” in iPhone stands for Internet which is perfect for its brand which allows its users to interact seamlessly with the Internet. I then found myself interacting and checking out iFi Audio, a UK-based electronics company launched in 2012 with a vision of improving sound quality and eradicating distortion, noise and hiss from different audio equipment. iFi Audio has since been a staple in audio setups, thanks to their line of DACs, AMPs, AC and DC purifiers and a lot more, all designed to give an “improved”...

Zishan DSD pro and Periodic Audio Beryllium. Customization and personalization is always a deal-breaker when it comes to mass produced products which is why several industries are striving to cater to these specific type of exclusivity oriented businesses. This particular approach might not have been the foremost vision of Zishan when they crafted their line of audiophile yet economical set of music players, digital audio converters and amplifiers. Zishan has gathered a lot of loyal fan base all over the world with products such as the Zishan Z1, Z2...

It’s quite apt to associate premium price tags to superior quality. There's a great deal of instances that these rationale are exhibited in different consumer products and are indeed exemplified when the actual purpose has been served, however, there are also instances where this rationale can also be doubted yet in the audiophile world, there’s a high chance that these lower-tiered products are shrugged off and over-looked. One such product is the BLON BossHifi B8 headphone which features real walnut wood ear cups (or so they say), protein leather...

The Greeks say great minds think alike and with that quote in mind I’d like to believe that great looks sound alike when it comes to a particular brand of IEM’s. Don’t stress your mind, I’m talking about Magaosi. Try to check out their X3, K5, K5 Pro, K6 and MGS-401 IEMs and you’d be thinking that they are one model except the customization offers for the shells and faceplates. One of Magaosi’s dead ringer IEMs came to my possession and finally allowed me to see if this is just really a mirror image for a set of IEMs designed to either confuse...

Leaving nothing to chance and striking while the iron is hot, Tin HIFI is back with a great measure of public buildup to further recreate and refine what was an already great package of sound and price to performance ratio with their T2 and T2 Pro IEMs. The ensuing outcome of Tin HIFI’s efforts is their newest audiophile offering, the Tin HIFI T3, which I was glad to receive ahead of the launch date to get in-depth and see if it’s worth the jump from its predecessors. The Tin HIFI T3 diverges from the T2 and T2 Pro right off the bat with its driver...

With portability being a premium feature now more than ever that even audiophile-sound capable devices are banking on, it comes to no surprise to see a constant flow of gadgets offering the best of both worlds, portability and sound quality. One notable portable DAC/AMP that has been going around the audiophile community is the Beam, made by Audirect, makers of the Whistle and uPod. Their recent offering, the Audirect Beam, their homebrew pinnacle product after 5 years of experience in the DAC business. Priced at $99 which you can grab off Linsoul...

Longevity or Popularity? It would have been a great if we had both in almost all of our preferred brand. Lately, it’s likely one of the two to which you’d attach you’re preferred brand to. I’ve 1st heard of Custom In Ear Monitors way back 2014 from the likes of Vision Ears, Rhines and Advanced AcousticWerkes which paved the way for me to discover so much more brands in the CIEM game. I wasn’t able to pick up a personal CIEM unit however tried most of the UIEM demo units from the said brands and right around the corner is Hisenior, not praised enough...

A subtle and sleek looking KZ IEM: The AS06 It’s that phase again when a familiar brand surfaces and releases yet another model, like clockwork, always steady and predictable, Knowledge just doesn’t reach its Zenith just yet. Yeah, it’s KZ ladies and gentlemen and this time, the KZ AS06 is the company’s poster child. The KZ AS06 is Triple BA (No.31005-Mids/High, No.29689-Mids, No.22955-Bass) IEM with a 3D-printed internal vocal cavity and a black plastic shell and faceplate which comes in 2 color options, cyan and clear which beats me why they...

I’ve heard about Whizzer not long ago with their A15 and A15 Pro IEM offerings and was intrigued since the metallic look and its aggressive thunder-like logo easily calls attention yet that was all I got to with the Whizzer brand, aesthetic peeks. The aesthetic peeks came to an end when Whizzer’s current audiophile offering came knocking on my door, the Kylin A-HE03, a single dynamic (PEK composite diaphragm, I’ve seen it being said to have Beryllium yet I’m skeptical at its price point) and dual BA (TWFK-30017-000) driver hybrid IEM encased in an...

UFOEAR is another new player in the upper tier earphone market from China’s Dongguan City Huaxian Industry Co. Ltd managed by its Dongguan City Broad 3D Technology Co., Ltd branch which specializes in 3D printing. The UFOEAR brand, as the name suggests already, draws inspiration from the astronomical fields and schemes for its overall company direction although naming patterns has already been done before from IEM models such as the Andromeda. This approach makes their entire UFOEAR line showcase what the space exploration silhouettes are capable of...

Schmitt Acoustics Limited is a fairly unheard of brand for most based off Hong Kong which offers, for now, a trio of earphones reminisce of the good old days when Westone-styled earphones dominated the market. Their audiophile offerings comes in 3 distinct earphones namely the Schmitt S10, S20 and the Schmitt S30. All the 3 of their earphones utilizes Knowles Balanced Armature drivers although I didn’t have any luck checking the actual Knowles drivers they have specifically used for the trio. The pricing of the Schmitt Trio of earphones was largely...

Brainwavz Audio is back at it again with their never ending search for the ultimate earpads or rather the ultimate set of earpads, they’ve already made a great set of ear pads made of Protein Leather, Velour and Sheepskin which also comes in a variety of size options. Brainwavz has exceeded its own by offering another material option in the form of Micro Suede, it’s great to see that an established earpads company finds improvement from within its ranks so I was glad to have been chosen to realview their new line of XL Round earpads made of Micro...

Brainwavz has always prided themselves as being the alpha male when it comes to 3rd party earpads since most would think that when you say Brainwavz, it’s automatically, Earpads. So when they offered me to realview a divergence from the usual line that I realview from them, then and there I agreed. That divergence came in the form of a Bluetooth earphones, the Brainwavz BLU-300. The Brainwavz BLU-300 is a wireless Bluetooth sports earphone designed and made as the perfect exercise partner. It features Bluetooth 4.1, 10mm Dynamic driver, IPX7 water...

TENHZ previously Audbos is another newcomer brand which I bet you can already guess where they have risen from, and ready to slug it out with the Magaosi’s, Shozy’s and the Kinera’s with their overall similar build silhouettes and pricing schemes. The TENHZ debut wasn’t shy and right off released 2 offerings, the TENHZ K5 and the P4Pro which was sent to by Linsoul and DD Audio in exchange of an honest review,you can check it out or grab a pair from the Linsoul Amazon site and DD Audio AliExpress site. The TENHZ P4 Pro is spec’d out with 4 Balanced...

Milestones are always a fun way of noting how progress in one’s passion is taking shape and it is with great glee that Audio Realviews has another 1st in the site. The 1st that we are referring to is an earbud realview. You might have heard of BGVP from its highly known siblings, the DMG and the DM6’s. What we have now to realview though is Audio Realviews 2nd BGVP product and 1st earbuds, the DX3s. Priced at $54 yet on sale now for only $48, which can go down much more since we have Black Friday and Cyber Monday just around the corner. You can snag...

Three full months shy from the site’s 1st music player realview, we are finally seeing another finally gracing our site. This time by xDuoo, a company whose mantra is “Confident, Responsible, Stable and humble” which leaves me guessing if they’re talking about their products or their employees. xDuoo first gained traction in the audiophile market with their widely used xDuoo x3 entry level DAP which if placed next to an iPod shuffle and Nano at the time, blows competition away and a makes Sansa clip and fuse owners want to upgrade. It was so hot...

Here we are again and those that got to reading this realview is either an owner of the Knowledge Zenith ZSN or waiting for it to arrive or seriously considering getting one. There is already no way of finding out the naming scheme KZ uses and finding it out probably won’t give any information as to how a particular model sounds, like how could you do that when you’re a company that just won’t stop pumping out products. We all have our own 1st impressions when seeing a newly released product and when I saw the ZSN, I noticed how nice the clear...

I have always found it alluring to do things in simplicity, especially in a hobby such as audio where extravagance and lavishness seems to have taken over if not for the most part for the current trend, little did I know that there are some there who’d choose to take the path less taken, which was why I was delighted to have stumbled upon Periodic Audio. Periodic Audio started way back 2016 with a “Portable Audio Excellence” vision banking on all the basic necessities portable audio needs; portability, comfort and sound quality. They presently...

I first caught wind of Shozy way back 2014 with their Alien DAP which gained a significant amount of advocates and it was such a good time for Shozy that they made a Gold Edition for the Alien. Fast forward to 2018 and Shozy is still rocking but now they have AAW (Advanced AcousticWerkes) in tow, 1st with the original Hibiki and now the Hibiki Mk2 which we would be realviewing. Priced at $67, it offers what a blend of 2 audiophile companies can come up after working together, as they say, it’s sweeter the 2nd time around. Thanks to DDAudio/Linsoul...

I have always found it alluring to do things in simplicity, especially in a hobby such as audio where extravagance and lavishness seems to have taken over if not for the most part for the current trend, little did I know that there are some there who’d choose to take the path less taken, which was why I was delighted to have stumbled upon Periodic Audio. Periodic Audio started way back 2016 with a “Portable Audio Excellence” vision banking on all the basic necessities portable audio needs; portability, comfort and sound quality. They presently...