MST FiQuest headphone amplifier and Cio MB DAC in Review
Two years ago, boutique manufacturer MST rocked headfi by teaming up with iBasso to create what was arguably the highest quality portable amplifier on the market. Getting one required some patience as...
View ArticleHeir Audio 3.Ai and 4.Ai in Review
Heir Audio’s youngest children have been thrust into the thick of a do-or-die competition. Custom earphone manufacturers are pounding with exceeding energy toward the lucrative – and showy – universal...
View ArticleFitEar ToGo! 111 – This is Trance
Yesterday, I was asked by Musica Acoustics to shoot a new earphone, the FitEar ToGo! 111. The 111 is the ToGo! 334′s younger sibling. It was released sometime in the summer in Japan and has had very...
View ArticleReview: OneSafe – Secure password manager and data vault
A couple of years ago apps that remembered your business cards and scanned your papers were the rage. It’s not so much that time has changed, it’s that the smartphone really is a computer replacement....
View ArticleiBasso DX100 Reference DAP in Review – Android to the rescue!
Truly audiophiling an iPod touch is no mean feat. It takes no less than a Cypher Labs AlgoRhthym Solo DAC, and a Vorzüge or ALO Rx class headphone amp. Throw in some shielded interconnects and your’re...
View ArticleTralucent T1 portable headphone amp in review
Tralucent Audio came out of nowhere. Their unique 1Plus2 earphone began stirring up Headfi a few months ago; other audio forums have followed suit. Startlingly less uproarious is their excellent T1...
View ArticleTriad Audio L3 Headphone Amplifier in Review
Triad Audio’s L3 is one of the biggest battery-powered carry-around headphone amps that TMA has gone over. The other, MST’s FiQuest, is a champion of customisation and performance. While not nearly as...
View Article音茶楽 Flat4-楓 Ocharaku Flat4-KAEDE earphone in review
I have a hunch that Mr. Yamagishi, the former Sony headphone and speaker designer behind Ocharaku was drinking tea before he ever sipped into the idea of the Tornado Equaliser. That singular...
View ArticleALO Audio’s The International headphone amp/USB DAC in review
It’s off to the races again. This time, ALO have suited up their youngest and most exciting audiophile offspring, The International. This amp features at 24/96kHz USB DAC, discrete analogue/digital...
View ArticleForza Audio Works Cables – An Introduction
Forza Audio Works is an up and coming cable manufacturer whose hardware is second to none. Forza has workmanship and quality control licked. Matthew, the man behind the brand is hard at work making...
View ArticleEarsonics SM64 reviewed at ohm-image
While the bulk of shiggy’s headphone and earphone reviews have moved to ohm-image, expect a few good reviews to come to TMA. Shiggy’s most recent review is of Earsonic’s SM64. Earsonics are a...
View ArticleSleek Audio SA7 inner earphones in Review
This review is verbatim the one at Ω image. In case you are confused by all the ohmages and porridges, head to Ω’s about page. It’ll get better. Back when Cube, was rolling with Lorenzo in a Benzo,...
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