Two newly reviewed headphone amps prove to be class leaders in their respective fields, entering our buying guides ...

FiiO K17 is a cutting-edge desktop DAC and headphone amplifier designed for audiophiles seeking superior sound quality and powerful output. Packed with advanced features and state-of-the-art ...

Lossless audio via aptX Adaptive LDAC, aptX Adaptive 96kHz/24-bit and aptX Low Latency Desktop mode for hard ... PC powered, Bluetooth DAC/amp, and phone dongle. FiiO is very pleased with the ...

The R7 is FiiO’s first-ever desktop hi-res audio player/streamer and balanced DAC/amplifier. A glance at the specifications issued in a press release suggests that this little device has almost ...

The HiFiMAN SERENADE Wireless DAC/Headphone Amplifier offers lossless streaming over Wi-Fi for $200 less than its predecessor. From Dr. Fang Bian, President and CEO, HIFIMAN Electronics: “The addition ...

With this new imaginatively named Zen DAC 3, the company will be hoping to maintain its position as vendors of the best desktop headphone amp/DAC of choice. Of course, it’s mostly iFi’s own ...

A DAC, or digital-to-analog converter ... This is where the best portable and desktop DACs come in. These specialized devices provide far superior digital-to-analog conversion, handling high ...

When in desktop mode, if you connect the BTR 17 to a phone as a dongle DAC and headphone amplifier you can also choose to connect an external power supply which enables the device to drive power ...

Specs-wise, this little all-aluminum, baby blue and silver gadget — which also comes in a much more serious Midnight Black color — covers everything you could want in a headphone DAC ...

Questyle’s M18i mobile headphone amp, which just debuted at CES 2025, might look like a typical dongle-style DAC/amp — it actually bears a strong resemblance to the company’s M15 DAC/amp ...

And judging by the amount of choice you have when choosing a headphone amp/DAC to try and address that ... its acknowledged expertise to bear in a ‘desktop audio system’ scenario.