Urbanfun YBF-ISS014 Review – Urban Legends: Life Is Like A Box Of Urbanfuns
My Mom Always Said Life Was Like A Box Of Urbanfuns. You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get.
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Earphones
NiceHCK M5 Review – Ordinary Life
The NiceHCK M5 are technically good but both sonically and optically somewhat unimaginative earphones with 3 different tuning options that fail to stick out of the sea of competitors in any way.
DAC/AMP
Questyle M15 Review – Stellar By Starlight
The very versatile Questyle M15 dongle is as good as it gets in its category…
Headphones
Koss KPH7 Review – Kinder Surprise
It is…a headphone.
DAPs
Hidizs AP80 Pro-X Review – Back In the ESS R
The Hidizs AP80 Pro X is a versatile and competent <$200 dap...
Bluetooth
Gravastar Sirius Pro TWS Review – Wonderfully Industrial
With all the above in mind, looking at their asked price Gravastar Sirius Pro TWS are a wonderful piece of industrial design…
NiceHCK Litz 4N Pure Silver Cable Review – Well Well Well
The main characteristic of this $20 cable is its pure silver conductive material at a relatively low price. Pure silver may have – but not always – favourable sonic effects on certain earphones. It is therefore good to have a pure silver cable in the toolbox, along with pure copper, occ copper, and silver-plated copper.
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NiceHCK Blocc 5N UPOCC Copper Litz Cable Review – Die Form Folgt Der Funktion…
…is German and translates to “the shape should reflect the functionality”. It is an homage of the cable design to the Bauhaus school of design.
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CCA CA16 Review (1) – Land Of Confusion
BEGINNINGS This was my first CCA endeavor although I have plenty of experience with the sister company KZ. Other CA
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TRN-STM Review (1) – The Devil Wears Lucite
Finding absurdly cheap models like the TRN-STM are precisely what makes this obsession enjoyable—they’re colored as hell and purists may shudder, but give me that caffeine buzz are recommended nonetheless.
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Photographed (And FR Graphed): TRN-STM Earphone
Technical photography and frequency responses of the TRN-STM earphone.
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BQEYZ Spring 2 Review (1) – Putting The Band Back Together
The simplest way for me to describe the BQEYZ Spring 2 is a live sounding nearfield IEM. If you liked the more intimate studio sound wine sipping Spring 1, the Spring 2 is going to have you pulling out your live albums to give them a good listen.
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SMABAT M2 Pro Review (1) – Mercurial Chameleon
The SMABAT M2 Pro is midfi earbud in terms of sound quality with good technicalities and timbre, but the real selling point is that the SMABAT M2 Pro is a mercurial chameleon, giving one many options in tuning the sound signature of your choice via a modular design. There are different permutations in driver type, tuning module type and foam cover type.
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FiiO FD1 Review – Faster Pussycat
The FiiO FD1 is a fast, energetic dynamic-driver earphone with a strong sub-bass, a forward upper midrange, and a well resolving treble. It excels through a huge headroom but cold be a bit more organic sounding and less dynamic.
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BLON BL-05 Review MK1 (2) – A Giant Step Sideways
I can’t categorically state that the BL-05 is an upgrade from the more accurate BL-03. That said, the BL-05 is brawnier, rocks harder and is much better suited for on-the-go use with my mobile.
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Photographed: FiiO FD1
Technical Photography of the FiiO FD1 earphone.
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iBasso IT00 Review – White Knight
The IBasso IT00 has superb price to performance ratio, featuring a very coherent tonality, a fast and accurate bass without bass bloat, transparent mids, excellent vocals, with an airy treble that is not fatiguing or sibilant.
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How To Clean Headphones Using Simple Household Items
A simple “How To” guide.
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