Auris Audio is well known for its turntables and headphone DAC/amps, including products from its sister brand, EarMen. Founded in Serbia in 2013, Headonia 300B represents the brand’s 10th-anniversary model. It costs a whopping €11,999. This is a serious headphone amplifier, made for the most discerning of headphone users, so let’s look at what this headphone amp is capable of.
iFi Audio has unveiled the iFi iDSD Valkyrie Portable DAC/Amp, a high-performance portable DAC/Amp designed for audiophiles who want full control over their sound.
Orchard Audio has announced its entry into the headphone amplifier market with the launch of the Orchard Audio Valencia Balanced Headphone Amplifier, a 17-watt-per-channel class AB balanced headphone power amplifier.
TOPPING A50 III HEADPHONE AMP AND D50 III DAC REVIEW
Topping A50 III Headphone Amp and D50 III DAC review by Oscar Stewart for HiFi PiG. In this review, he will look at the latest of Topping’s A50 / D50 products, now in their third iteration, with a range of headphones. The A50 III comes in at £199 whilst the D50 III costs £229 making this sub £500, a potentially versatile headphone AMP/DAC setup.
FiiO has announced three new products at CES 2025: the FiiO K17 headphone amplifier, the FiiO S15 full-size streamer, and the FiiO JM21 portable music player.
Erzetich Audio has introduced two new headphone amplifiers, the Erzetich Bacillus II and Bacillus II+, designed to offer audiophiles “precise sound quality and refined aesthetics”.
Fiio is one of the most well-known DAP (Digital Audio Player) manufacturers on the market. Although they have branched out somewhat over the last couple of years, their DAPs have always been a big part of their core product range. In this review for HiFi PiG, OScar Stewart checks out the FiiO M23 DAP which features the flagship AKM DAC chip alongside THX AAA amplifier modules and costs £649.
FELIKS AUDIO AND HEADPHONE.SHOP UNVEIL THE EXCLUSIVE FELIKS AUDIO ENVY MEISTERWERK AMPLIFIER
Feliks Audio and German retailer Headphone.Shop introduces the Feliks Audio Envy Meisterwerk – a limited version of Feliks’ flagship Envy headphone amplifier.
JDS Labs Atom Amp 2 and Atom DAC 2 cost just $129 per box giving you a fully capable headphone DAC and headphone amp for less than $260. The price is certainly right, but will this stack measure up when it comes to sound quality? Oscar Stewart finds out for HiFi PiG
The Feliks Audio Envy Performance Edition 300B SET Headphone Amp is (in this guise) a headphone amp that costs €8599, a price that places it clearly in the high-end category.
SPARTAN 30 BY MICHAEL FIDLER HIGH IMPEDANCE HEADPHONE AND LINE AMPLIFIER
Hand made in Kent, England using all through-hole technology, the SPARTAN 30 by Michael Fidler headphone and line preamplifier takes “a new look at traditional potentiometer-based preamplifiers”.
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