Audio reviews
Zorloo Ztella review: a small star
“Stella” means “star” in Italian (and possibly other languages?), so when Zorloo decided they were going to create…
Spirit Torino Radiante review: heavy metal
Radiating. That’s what “radiante” means in Italian, and the name was chosen wisely given how the Spirit Torino…
KEF LS50 Wireless review: the future of hi-fi
KEF’s flagship connected active speakers, the KEF LS50 Wireless, were introduced back in 2018. A wireless-enabled and active…
Shanling UP4 review: a matter of balance
Shanling has a growing line-up of Bluetooth products which includes both earphones and amplifiers. One of the latest…
HiFiMAN Jade II review: iridescent
Among things which are stereotypically Chinese to Westerners is certainly jade. In the case of the HiFiMAN Jade…
Edifier H180 review: piercer
When you say “cheap earbuds” most people think of the Monk Plus and that’s for good reason. There…
iFi hip dac review: sound flask
iFi has been shrinking the size of their products lately, but with this loss in size and weight…
Shozy Form 1.4 review: gemstone look
When Shozy announced the Form 1.1 earphones back in November, they were clear about those being part of…
GuideRay GR-i review: form over sound
GuideRay’s GR-i series is made of three earphones: the GR-i18, the GR-i58 and the GR-i68. As far as…
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MrSpeakers AEON has its official introduction at $799
MrSpeakers has recently announced their new closed-back headphones: called MrSpeakers AEON, they are based on the Ether Flow…
Mozilla Firefox 51 and Google Chrome 56 finally support FLAC
Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, respectively first and third most-used browser, were recently updated and included support for…
FLAC 1.3.2 released with compression improvements
The FLAC format is wildly popular among audiophiles for its ability to conjugate lossless compression to a relatively…
Sony introduces Walkman NW-A35 and Chromecast-enabled soundbars
Sony has introduced a few new products at CES. While the focus was on video this year, with…
