Category: Audio
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Unboxing the Schiit Magni
Look what just arrived at the office! The Schiit Magni will be part of my work audio setup as it’s the perfect size and powerful enough to drive just about any dynamic headphone. It will work perfectly with my AKG K550. I had been using my Grado RA-1 for the past year at work but…
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I’m back
Boy, has it been a long time. As you’ve probably noticed, the last update I’ve had on this blog was almost 10 months ago! Why? Well, starting a new job is pretty stressful, plus, I’ve been preoccupied with building a PC for the past couple of months. Plus, being a tech editor makes you burnt…
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Record Store Day 2012
Don’t forget that tomorrow is Record Store Day! Come out to participating record stores and pick up exclusive releases from many different artists. There’s even an app for iPhone and Android for the event. Keep vinyl alive and support your favorite artists!
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Review: BTG-Audio AKG K702 cable
Brian Goto of BTG-Audio was kind enough to approach me about reviewing one of his cables. He offered to recable any of my headphones so I chose my pair of AKG K702 to receive the upgrade as swapping out cables is dead simple. It took no time for Brian to make the cable and ship…
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Interview with Brian Goto of BTG-Audio
In the beginning of March, I was contacted by Brian Goto of BTG-Audio to see if I would be interested in writing a review on his cables. At first I was a bit skeptical because I had never heard of BTG-Audio but I was intrigued as he was located locally and his website showed some very…
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Headphone lust: Sennheiser HD 700
Image source: Sennheiser USA Sennheiser announced their new audiophile headphone, the HD 700 at CES today. This headphone will fill the gap between the $1,500 HD 800 flagship and the now dated HD 650 headphones. They feature 40mm dynamic drivers with a “Duoflo transducer.” It also has a very impressive 10 to 42,000 Hz frequency…
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Review: iBasso D-Zero portable DAC and amp
Based in Shenzhen, China, iBasso has quickly become an audio company to watch out for. Their fast iteration of products has shown that iBasso has the engineering talent to pump out new products every few months while keeping their prices insanely low. While the original iBasso products were nothing to write home about, they were loved…
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It’s not called the iTouch!
I don’t know why but it really irks me when people call it the iPod Touch the iTouch. That’s not what the product is called! I just read an article on Gizmodo that referred to the iPod Touch as the iTouch and it irked me enough to blog about it. I’m usually pretty irked if…