FiiO Snowsky Echo Mini
Cassette-style DAP with 4.4 mm balanced output, USB DAC function and Hi-Res Audio – affordable but with caveats.
Cassette-style DAP with 4.4 mm balanced output, USB DAC function and Hi-Res Audio – affordable but with caveats.
The Twelve  South AirFly Pro 2 impresses as a versatile Bluetooth adapter with both transmit and receive modes, good sound quality, and long battery life.
The FiiO DM13 BT is a CD player for true fans of physical media: well-built, great-sounding, and versatile enough for use on the go or at your desk.
The FiiO x Jade Audio KB3 HiFi Edition is an innovative product for technology and music lovers alike. If you're looking for a minimalist setup and are ready to embrace a new operating concept, you won't want to miss out on the KB3's pleasing typing experience and hi-fi audio quality.
The Sennheiser SoundProtex Plus are hearing protection earplugs that can be flexibly adapted to different noise settings thanks to interchangeable filters.
Music today is increasingly consumed through headphones, but usually produced on and for loudspeakers. While playback on headphones can seem impressive and wide-ranging, it has little to do with the stereo image of well-positioned stereo speakers. The reasons for this lie in our perception of time differences, filtering and reverberation by our hearing and the corresponding evaluation by our brain. For a more natural reproduction of stereo and surround sound on headphones, a different solution is needed. Binaural stereophony has proven to be a suitable answer and is used by Waves NX, tested here in combination with the optional Headtracker.
Riga-based software company Sonarworks has already made a name for itself in the field of music production with Reference 4, calibration software for studio monitors and headphones. The SoundID Listen, on the other hand, is aimed at music lovers who want to optimise their listening experience with their headphones.
Apple’s AirPods are among the best-selling headphones and they are worn by millions every day. However, there are still disagreements about their shape and form: ear-buds are not stuck in the ear canal like in-ears, but sit in front of them. This means that for some they fit like a glove, but for others, they hang so loosely in the ear that they sometimes fall out.