Weirdly no thread for one of the most youtubed IEMs at the moment. As its highly tunable and moddable with nozzles, filters, mesh, micropore etc, a dedicated thread could be useful to consolidate all the knowledge and impressions. At launch seemed to be Linsoul exclusive, but is now selling...

Anyone know if the new Mytek DAC is using ES9038Q2M, ES9038PRO or something else? Mytek Liberty II DAC Liberty DAC is the Mytek most affordable, yet exeptional, PCM/MQA/DSD USB2 DAC designed for high quality music playback and monitoring of all digital audio formats including all high...

Plan to have a listen soon. Always liked the MF stereo stuff (the big amps) and MF has been creating headphone amps longer than most companies. Hopefully MF adds more detailed info regarding power output on other headphone loads.   ------------------------------------   MX-HPA - Overview...

Heard this DAC/AMP briefly with LCD-2 at the local hifistore. Sounded pretty good and seemed to have enough power. Would be interesting to try it with HE-500. Something in the Atolls character made me think it could be a good match. It looks like a nice build and not crazy expensive either, can...

Denon has joined the portable DAC/AMP club. DSD, gain switch, variable or fixed output and quite macho looks on this one.   • Advanced AL32 Processing • DAC master clock design • PCM1795 - 192kHz/32bit D/A Converter • 192kHz/24bit and DSD (2.8MHz/5.6MHz) files • Asynchronous mode •...

Samsung has launched a 3-way hybrid a few months ago. Not much interest here or in reviews yet. Maybe because of availability. US RRP is $149. Can be found in EU for 92,70€ currently.   Built in mic and remote. But very low impedance and hybrid seems maybe not the easiest IEM to use directly...

Norwegian Hi-Fi manufacturer Hegel has released their first portable DAC/Headphone Amp, the "Hegel Super". I am really eager to try this one. Below 1 ohm output impedance should suit my low impedance headphones and hopefully IEMs aswell. Looks are at least super :-) 399$ 1995NOK 2490SEK  ...

So Cambridge has a new device coming out. A Digital Preamplifier, DAC, Headphone Amp and Bluetooth streaming device called Cambridge Audio Azur 851D. Lots of digital inputs + USB and Bluetooth.   • 2x Analog Devices AD1955 DAC • 24/192 USB input • Upsampling to 24-bit/384kHz resolution •...

I think this is the press release below. V90-DAC will sell for 199£ and seems to be replacing V-DAC II. Available in July 2013.   ----------------   Introduction Everybody knows that high performance, high end components have high prices. We asked ourselves, ‘Why are these pieces of...

New Philips IEMs launched at CES 2013 and looks interesting. S1 Got a nice review in Nordic magazine "Ljud och Bild" Difference seems to be the S2 has copper housing, multi-layered driver, lower resistance and more included tips.   Edit: Innerfidelity Review Ljud och Bild S1 Review...