At $600, SPARTAN 30 promises low distortion volume control for use with active speakers or headphones. Volume Control: An active volume control circuit with a balanced output eliminates the need for ...

FiiO expands its line-up with K17 Headphone Amp, which provides a lot of features and connectivity that raise the price, but should please any headphone fan. 2024 was a very busy year for the ...

There’s a hidden gem on eBay and Amazon: the Yuanjing 6N11 headphone amplifier. Out of the box it’s OK, maybe even above average. With a few modifications, it becomes a really great-sounding headphone ...

The engineers at FiiO don’t appear to sleep. Hardly a day goes by without another product launch being announced by the audio brand. The latest is the FiiO K11 R2R – a desktop DAC and headphone ...

Once a discarded relic, over the years the humble vacuum tube has been rehabilitated in the arena of specialist audio. There are plenty of tube amplifiers now being manufactured, with a popular choice ...

While gaming is often the primary motivator, people build or buy PCs because of the versatility they offer. Unlike dedicated consoles, gaming PCs also function as top notch web browsers, content ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

The FiiO K11 desktop headphone amplifier and DAC is an easy way to get audiophile quality from almost any computer, smartphone or tablet. Do you listen to music while you’re working away at your desk?

Firstly, I’d like to stress that the intended use of this circuit is only one of many possible applications. Apart from the obvious usage as a headphone amplifier, the circuit can be used for a range ...

At the extreme budget end of tube audio lie single-tube amplifiers usually using very cheap small-signal pentodes. They’ve appeared here before in various guises, and a fitting addition to those ...

Now that pretty much every major streaming music service — except Spotify — offers lossless audio options at CD-quality or better, you may be wondering how you can hear that extra level of sound ...