TOPPING A50 III HEADPHONE AMP AND D50 III DAC REVIEW
Topping A50 III Headphone Amp and D50 III DAC review by Oscar Stewart for HiFi PiG. In this review, he will look at the latest of Topping’s A50 / D50 products, now in their third iteration, with a range of headphones. The A50 III comes in at £199 whilst the D50 III costs £229 making this sub £500, a potentially versatile headphone AMP/DAC setup.
JDS Labs Atom Amp 2 and Atom DAC 2 cost just $129 per box giving you a fully capable headphone DAC and headphone amp for less than $260. The price is certainly right, but will this stack measure up when it comes to sound quality? Oscar Stewart finds out for HiFi PiG
The Feliks Audio Envy Performance Edition 300B SET Headphone Amp is (in this guise) a headphone amp that costs €8599, a price that places it clearly in the high-end category.
Miltra OTL-8XT Headphone Amplifier is made in Poland, uses an interesting OTL (Output TransformerLess) design and costs €1300. Oscar Stewart warms it up for HiFi PiG.
ifi Audio iCAN Phantom is a £3749 and is touted by iFi as being the only headphone amplifier you will ever need. Oscar Stewart takes a listen to see if this is really the case.
SPARKOS LABS ARIES PREAMP AND HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW
SparkoS Labs Inc. claim to be a company with a canine CEO. John Scott finds out if their Aries preamp/headphone amplifier at £2995 provides paws for thought.
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