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Finalizing the Chain: Part 2

A continuing long read about my long journey and long search to find long term audio happiness…

Cables, Tubes, n' Tweaks General Discussions Headphones Music Source Gear

Finalizing the Chain: Part 1

SoulDriver April 1, 2025 General Discussions Headphone Amp Headphones Music Source Gear

A long read about my long journey and long search to find long term audio happiness…

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Network Acoustics tempus ethernet switch

keithc July 23, 2024

Tempus is an audiophile ethernet switch made by Network Acoustics, a U.K.-based company known for their well-regarded passive ethernet filters and digital cables. Do switches actually impact streaming audio?

Headphones Source Gear

RE・LEAF E5 studio: Current Drive Endgame?

Alb July 22, 2024 Headphone Amp Headphones

Spoiler: probably yes.

Source Gear

Lampizator Horizon

keithc March 5, 2024 DAC Horizon Lampizator

Lampizator embarked on a 3 year project to start from scratch and create their best possible DAC with no holds barred optimization of every last detail — and the result is the flagship Horizon DAC. How does it compare with their other offerings?

Source Gear

Mojo Audio Mystique X Series: An Overview

SoulDriver February 13, 2024 DAC Mojo Audio Mystique R2R X

Is X Gonna’ Give It To Ya’?!?

Cables, Tubes, n' Tweaks Headphones IEMs & In-Ears

Brise Audio Headphone Cables: Japan’s Finest!

hifiDJ January 6, 2024 Cable Headphones IEMs

One of Japan’s best-kept audio secrets is gradually gaining traction in the West!

Source Gear

Lucas Domansky Music Server (LDMS)

keithc December 11, 2023 LDMS server streamer

A small Polish company seeks to create the ultimate bespoked music server, each one custom built, and provide the world’s best customer service to match.

Cables, Tubes, n' Tweaks

Review: QSA-Lanedri ‘Spectra Prince’ and ‘Gamma Infinity’ power cords

keithc December 2, 2023 Cable Power

QSA-Lanedri, a new company in a crowded cable market, claims their product achieves “unmatched musical experience.” We compared their power cables against well-established Shunyata to see which brings more holiday audio joy!

Source Gear

MSB Premier DAC Review

tdx4 November 12, 2023 DACs Headphone Amp Headphones Speakers Streamers/Servers

MSB’s DACs are the best kept secret in the audio scene. Here’s why I’ve become a believer!

Headphones

Yamaha YH-5000SE: A Stunning Re-Entry!

hifiDJ June 12, 2023 Headphone Amp Headphones

The venerable Yamaha re-enters the scene with a new flagship orthodynamic headphone, the YH-5000!

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M0N’s Shit LIST

M0N May 1, 2023

You’ve heard of the Shit Scale™, but what about the Shit LIST?

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TotalDAC D1 Unity

Polygonhell February 27, 2023 DACs Streamers/Servers

TotalDAC’s new unity

Cables, Tubes, n' Tweaks Source Gear

Custom Boutique Amplifier: Radu Tarta, Shiny Eyes- “End Game DHT” Headphone Amplifier

NickMimi January 8, 2023 Headphone Amp Speaker Amp

The sweet sound of DHT tubes.

Headphones

Focal Utopia 2022

Rhodey October 31, 2022 Headphones

The Focal Utopia 2022 has an updated look and a few internal adjustments. Is this a step in the right direction? In my opinion, yes!

Source Gear

Yeah, Baby! A Review of Chord Electronics’ Mojo2

ValentineLuke October 29, 2022 DACs Headphone Amp Headphones Portable

What initially stood out from my first listen was the tightened speed of things. Leading edges of notes seemed to strike with greater immediacy.

Source Gear

Short High End DAC Comparison PT3: The Final Frontier (for me)

M0N September 6, 2022 DACs Headphone Amp Headphones Preamp Speaker Amp Speakers Streamers/Servers

What now?

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Wadia 25 : The power of the 90s

Jun_Seba August 27, 2022Image DACs

Wadia 25 – A bass head’s dream DAC!

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Lampizator Pacific DAC

Polygonhell July 11, 2022 DACs

How much DAC is too much?

Source Gear

Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE「きつね」: Easy like Sunday morning!

hifiDJ July 3, 2022 DACs Headphone Amp Headphones

An easy DAC to like, but it’s just as easy to leave behind…

Headphones

The ZMF Atrium: Old World Acoustics, New World Sound

SoulDriver June 3, 2022 Atrium Biocellulose Bubinga Headphones LTD ZMF

Chambers of wood and steel resonate with magnificence and grandeur.

Source Gear

Impressions About the Bakoon HPA-01M

Alb May 7, 2022 Headphone Amp Headphones

A comparison between the Bakoon HPA-01M and the Pathos Aurium.

IEMs & In-Ears

Sennheiser IE 900: Fun and Technical!

hifiDJ April 6, 2022 Cable DACs Headphone Amp IEMs

Sennheiser’s latest TOTL IEM is a decabrid with new brain conduction technology coupled with electromagneostatic transformerless drivers…just kidding. This one has a single DD!