disclaimer: I was sent the BLON BL-05 by Linsoul Audio for review. I have no financial interest in BLON or Linsoul. For more information or to purchase the BL-05, see Linsoul’s website. Unboxing / Packaging: The package has the earpieces in a plastic tray at top and a box
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Smabat ST10
Disclaimer: I purchased the Smabat ST10 from NiceHCK at a drastically reduced price for review. Having reviewed the EB2 and EBX I was interested to see where the ST10 fits in the line of earbuds carried by NiceHCK. If you have an interest in purchasing the Smabat ST10, it can
SparkOS Discrete Opamps
Disclaimer: I purchased the SparkOS Opamps at a reduced rate after speaking with Andrew about doing a comparison of the SparkOS vs the Burson v5i and V6 Classic and Vivid as well as several solid state Op-amps in my collection. If you have an interest in purchasing these, I
Introduction to OpAmps
Understanding Op-amps: In order to set expectations for my op-amp posts, I’m going to give a little background on op-amps. These are things I’ve learned along the way and please understand up front, I am not an electronics engineer so some of this may be over simplifications but it serves
Xduoo Xp-2 Bluetooth DAC/Amplifier
(review edited due to content error). Bluetooth is inbound only – had headphone paired to source not amp. My apologies for the error. I was recently asked by Steve at Xtenik to review the Xduoo XP-2 DAC/Amp because he thought after my recent reviews of the XCan that I would
Yinyoo BK2 Earbud
Disclaimer: I purchased the Yinyoo BK2 as the Black Friday lucky bag special from Wooeasy Earphone’s Ali Store. It was recommended to me by the rep having recently reviewed a string of earbuds. I was told it was an earbud, but was given no additional details prior to its arrival.
ifi xCAN headphone Amplifier
Some will remember, that while reviewing the Ifi xDSD I lamented the lack of an analog input so I could use the amp section with my Opus and A&K players without having to use the DAC in the xDSD. Ifi did little to tip their hand at the time
TTJV – USB Disruptor
And now for something totally different. This review caused me some consternation with deciding into which category to place it. The USB Disruptor is a an example of USB clean-up tools that are increasing common as people learn of the issues that commonly plague USB audio and look for solutions
Dekoni Audio HD700 Pads
Dekoni released pads for the HD600 types (600, 6xx, 650, 58x,660) and the HD800 types about a year ago but didn’t release pads for the HD700. While speaking with a representative of Dekoni, I lamented the fact that I was one of those that really liked the HD700 and kept checking Dekoni’s