This time, I am testing Yulong DA-ART Aquila II, newborn DAC of the DA-ART line, the collaboration between Yulong and a team of musicians, offering natural sounding products at a competitive price. The Aquila II uses ES9038Pro DAC chipset, which is a change of pace compared to the former latest Yulong DAC’s, where AKM AK4497… » Read the full article
The Hifiman HE6SE are a much awaited (perhaps, even much needed) follow-up to the former HE6, orthodynamic darling that was in production some years ago and which, along with the first Aude’ze models, marked the renaissance of orthodynamic headphones in the commercial audio production. The HE6 had great qualities, coming from a very large, powerful… » Read the full article
I have been sent the HifiMan Jade 2 system (headphone and amp) within a “world tour” (which means each “tour” partecipant send the system to the next reviewer after publishing their own impressions). The Jade 2 are electrostatic headphones made by HifiMan, which follow the first “HE-Audio” Jade, come out years ago, before the… » Read the full article
The TWS600 are the first true wireless in-ear monitors designed by Hifiman. The meaning of “true wireless” is that, while normally a Bluetooth earphone has wire connecting the left and right channels (and, frequently, the segment housing the wire also contains the BT receiver), the TWS600 have no wire and they can be connected independently… » Read the full article
This is the review of two Dynamique Audio cables, the Shadow 2 interconnects and Shadow 2 power cord. I came across this company (based in UK) and I strongly appreciate the details they provide regarding their design choices. Rather than selling “voodoo” or marketing obscure secrets to audiophiles, everything is explained from an engineering point… » Read the full article
The Ananda BT is the first attempt to make a Bluetooth version of a high-end headphone. I have already reviewed the “wired” Ananda, and consider it the best non-electrostatic headphone under 1000$: tonally right out of the box, rich of details, easy to amp, and absolutely deserving its price tag. Selecting the Ananda as a… » Read the full article
The HifiMan Arya are a new line that could be described as “budget HE1000”. They use a driver based on the HE1000 V2, while swapping the wooden frame for a black plastic frame and improved cable. The price is slashed by almost half. All the selling points coming from the HE1000 are applicable to the… » Read the full article
This is my take on Yulong’s last offering, the DA10 DAC / headphone amplifier. The DA10 is the evolution of DA9, basing itself on the same chip and D/A circuitry. Both use the AK4497, which is the top of the line of AKM dac chips, specifically designed for music, and has a very neutral, fluid… » Read the full article
The Hifiman RE800 Silver and RE2000 Silver are re-edition of the limited, “Gold Edition” RE2000 and RE800 that Hifiman produced one year and half years ago, and are their flagship models up to this day. The new versions differ from the former revisions in that they have, accordingly to their name, silver housing and they… » Read the full article
Revelation Audio Labs have been in the market for several years, known for making very high quality cables with solid silver, and at some point, a few years ago, several users reported non-delivered goods and total lack of communications. The same happened to me: five years ago, I bought and reviewed a Revelation Audio Labs… » Read the full article
