A dongle DAC and headphone amplifier with desktop-level performance? That appears to be the proposition of FiiO’s QX13.

Pro-Ject has announced the Head Box E: a compact (103 x 37 x 120 mm) and lightweight (390g) headphone amplifier for those seeking more than their integrated amplifier’s (or MacBook’s!) headphone ...

It’s not new, but it’s new to me: Hiby’s UC10 is a USB-S/PDIF converter for a smartphone or tablet (or PC/Mac). The tiny metal-wrapped dongle acts not as a DAC but as a DDC — a digital audio ...

Yesterday, I published a video comparing the Apple AirPods Pro 2 with two similarly priced wired IEMs: the Sennheiser IE 300 ...

Darko.Audio is an Amazon Associates Program member, an Audio Advice Program member and a Howl Program member.

So, in this podcast episode, Michael Lavorgna and I present 12 lesser-known albums that would work well in a hi-fi demo ...

Why haven’t those same commenters explicitly named the amplifiers under test? Are they also hiding behind a feel-good ...

The WiiM’s touchscreen – like that found on the Ultra DAC – shows cover art and metadata in a choice of layouts. Or we might ...

I lowered my aim to land on the Michi Q5 from Rotel. Its top-loading CD mechanism lights up from within when the cover/puck ...

When we reviewed Marantz’s Model M1 last year (here and here), we noted its instant Future-Fi pedigree: a small HEOS streaming integrated, made in Japan with a woven top grille for heat dissipation, ...

Orbital’s (second) Brown album is getting the super deluxe reissue treatment via London Records in the form of a 4LP boxset, a 4CD boxset, a 2LP (in various colours), a 2CD edition, a cassette and a ...