Intro TinHifi is a company that needs no introduction in the Chi-Fi space.Whenever anybody mentioned T2 Plus,they are well aware that TinHifi is the company that produces them.When it comes to Planar,they do have several offering as well,i have not had the chance to try them out previously,namely the P1,P1 Plus,both which receive quite positive feedback from the reviewers,albeit with some cons such as hard to drive. However, I have tried and reviewed the OG P1 Max and they are very good with some minor con. Today I have the P1 Max II, with me,with a...

General Information (Build/Packaging/Comfort) Xuan Nv is a collaboration between Tangzu and HBB if you don’t already know. It is a dual dynamic driver config where the 10mm dynamic driver and 8mm driver Xuan Nv got a very beautiful faceplate. It's 3D printed and the unit is very light and I don't feel the weight on me when I'm wearing them. The packaging is the usual Tangzu’s styled packaging. Within the box, you have the IEM itself, two types of Tangzu’s eartips, the balanced and the wide, i personally preferred the wide tips with Xuan Nv, we will...

General/Packaging/Build Kiwi Ears is known for its IEMs line up. The Allegro is the brand’s first venture into the dongle dac/amp market. The build quality is very solid, featuring a retro-ish design which should be familiar to gamers. The buttons on the dongle are purely for aesthetics and the buttons are dummy rather than an actual functioning button. There’s a LED light on the back of the dongle. The packaging is very minimal, and inside the box, you have the dongle itself, a type c to c cable. Let’s take a look at the specifications below...

General/Packaging/Comfort/Build Kiwi Ears is no stranger within the community, names like Orchestra Lite, Cadenza, Melody and Forteza should be very familiar to most within the community. This time around, they have decided to have a collaboration with Crinacle , known as Singolo. The driver is a 11mm dynamic driver with KARS. What is KARS? It stands for Kiwi Acoustic Resonance System. I will not explain how this works, in short, it works as a filter to manipulate airflow to the driver to control the low frequency output. You may find out more info...

Gears Used for Testing Aune AR5000 Hifiman Ananda Nano Hifiman Sundara Open Backed Specifications Material Secondary Refined Furukawa Monocrystalline Copper Core Count 21AWG 4 Strands, 560 wires Structure Coaxial Braided Cable Length 1.5M Connectors/Plugs Dual 3.5mm with Swappable Plugs (3.5mm/4.4) Build Quality The cable itself is very well built, it is very soft and doesn’t retain cable memory, hence making it easy to store and bring out from storage. The dual 3.5mm jack as well as the modular plug is very solid, the plug has good...

General/Build/Packaging Fiio needs no further introduction. I have tested and reviewed several products from the brand and I have good experience with their products in general. I have their desktop dac/amp with me today, the Fiio K9 AKM which houses AK’s flagship DAC, the 4191+4499EX as well as a plethora of components within the unit itself. The build quality is very solid and premium looking, no sharp edges and the necessary functions/buttons are located on the front panel, output selector, gain switch, input selector, standby/mute switch are all...

General/Packaging/Comfort/Build ZiiGat is a relatively new brand which is sold by Linsoul exclusively. The brand has released several IEMs, namely the Cinno and Nuo,and also the Doscinco, which I have also tested and reviewed previously and found to be really good for the asking price. I have the Cincotres with me today which has the same configuration: 2DD+3BA as Doscinco, in which the two DDs are arranged in isobaric configuration. Build quality is very solid and features beautiful faceplate as well, metal nozzle, it is neither short nor long for...

General/Packaging/Comfort/Build ZiiGat is a relatively new brand which is sold by Linsoul exclusively. The brand has released several IEMs, namely the Cinno and Nuo, which i have also tested and reviewed previously and found them to be really good for the asking price. I have the Doscinco with me today which has the following configuration: 2DD+3BA, in which the two DDs are arranged in isobaric configuration. Build quality is very solid and features beautiful faceplate as well, metal nozzle, it is neither short nor long for my ear anatomy. Packaging...

General/Packaging/Build Hidizs is well known for their source and recently they released a banger which is very well received within the community, namely the MP145, i personally have tested and reviewed the MP145 and i definitely agree with the community. I have with me today the latest dongle from Hidizs, which is targeted at those who are new to the hobby, or audiophiles who are looking for a dongle that will take up a very small footprint. Packaging is the usual Hidizs style of packaging, comes with a type C to A adapter, C to lightning adapter...

General/Build/Comfort/Packaging I have reviewed the Svanar Wireless previously and I have the Wireless LE with me today. Most of the features are similar to the Svanar Wireless except for some changes, first will be the colour of the case, it is brown in colour instead of black, build quality is more or less similar except they have removed the carbon fibre from the earpiece and went with full plastic, the purpose of this is to lower down the price, also, LDAC support is removed and the only available bluetooth codec is AAC and SBC, also not present...

General/Build/Comfort/Packaging I don’t think anybody needs an introduction for Hifiman. They’re well known for their line up of planar magnetic headphones, and recently their in house R2R DAC. I have the opportunity to test out the Svanar Wireless JR, which is based on their flagship single DD IEM that shares the same driver configuration, namely the topology diaphragm. You may check out this link for more information about the coating. The build quality of Svanar wireless JR, although it's plastic, it definitely doesn’t look cheap, with an...

General/Build/Comfort/Packaging Aune is well known for their dac/amp products, they produce desktop dac/amp as well as portable source which are quite well received. I have owned their older DAP with Class A Amp, the M2, a very musical sounding device but fall short on battery life, i have also tested the X1s GT and remember myself quite liking the sound signature. Today I have the AR5000 headphone with me, Aune’s entry into the headphone space. I must say, the outlook, build quality, as well as packaging are very impressive. Let’s talk about the...

General/Build/Packaging Fiio needs no further introduction. I have tested and reviewed several products from the brand and I have good experience with their products in general. I have their latest portable dac/amp with me today, the Fiio Q15 which houses AK’s flagship DAC, the 4191+4499EX as well as a plethora of components within the Q15. The build quality is very solid and premium looking, front and back glasses, good thing it came with a protector pre-applied, the rear glass is in matte finishing and it looks very good. The buttons and the volume...

General/Packaging/Build Fiio is currently refreshing its line up of products, the KA7 which was announced early last year has come to fruition now, and it has been renamed to the KA17, and it sports quite a powerful specification which I have also listed out below. The build quality is very solid, front sporting an OLED screen which shows the sampling rate, and various other information on it. The side of the dongle itself also sports a type c port for power supply when desktop mode is enabled. The packaging is good and quite premium, and inside the...

General Info (Packaging/Build/Comfort) TinHifi has been in the dark for quite some time, their recent release which is a budget model, the C0, which i have tested and the sonic performance actually kind of took me by surprise as well. Let’s see how the T2 MKII performs in terms of sonic performance. The packaging is similar across the T2 series, nothing has changed, this time around they omitted the storage pouch, foam tips, narrow, and wide bore eartips are included, as well as the stock cable and the IEM itself. This time, the T2 MKII sports a dual...

General/Build/Comfort/Packaging This is my 5th Kiwi Ears and so far i liked most of them. Let’s see how Melody stack up against others. Most should be quite familiar with Kiwi Ears now. Melody sports a 12mm planar driver within it. Overall build quality is alright in my opinion, my unit doesn’t seem to have a very good finish, the shell is matte and looks classy and premium (personal opinion and its subjective). The packaging is in fact rather similar across most Kiwi Ears products, the IEM itself, a storage case, cable and 6 pairs of silicone...

General/Packaging/Build There are several portable bluetooth dongle/dac amps in the market from several manufacturers. I have the Fiio’s BTR7 with me today and this is the 2nd product from Fiio that I will be testing and reviewing. BTR7 is packed with features, not to mention a solid build quality as well. The front and back sports a glass panel and the body of the unit itself is made out of aluminium alloy which makes the whole unit look and feel premium. The packaging itself is quite good, within the box it contains a leather case, the BTR7 itself...

General/Packaging/Build Fiio is a brand that needs no introduction to fellow audiophiles, they are well established and they have positioned themselves among the top few famous chi-fi brands. My first encounter with Fiio’s product was a classic portable amp E6, probably 10+ years back when I first got into the hobby. Fast forward today, I have the Fiio K11 desktop dac/amp with me which boosts some serious power output figures for the asking price. The packaging is quite good for the asking price, it contains a power supply unit, USB cable and the K11...

Gears Used for Testing Simgot EA1000 Spirit Torino Twin Pulse IEM Letshuoer S15 7Hz Legato Specifications Material High purity oxygen free copper & silver plated wire hybrid Core Count Single 18AWG, 732 cores in 2 strands Structure Coaxial Litz structure weave Cable Length Approximately 120cm (excluding plugs) Jacket Customised transparent PVC Connectors Standard 0.78mm 2 Pin Audio Plugs Standard 3.5mm single-ended / 4.4mm balanced gold plated interchangeable plugs Build Quality The cable itself is very well built, it is very soft and...

General/Packaging/Build/Comfort The Aria was released in the year 2021,can’t recall which month it was exactly, they were good,technicalities and everything else,but the tuning was just too “safe” to many other people including me. Fast forward to 2023 ,Aria has a successor now with some changes to it. The driver has been replaced with ceramic coated spherical dome composite diaphragm ,cosmetic changes,and also some changes in terms of tuning. Safe to say I personally prefer this tuning over the og Aria. The packaging is the usual Moondrop styled...