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  • FiiO FH5 IEM Reviews Compendium

    The FiiO FH5, with their four drivers and three sound tubes, are an engineering phenom that undermine the legitimacy of IEMs that are double the price. Anyone looking to graduate from the budget-fi world of TIN T2s and Blon BL03s should check these out. But don't take our word for it.
  • Audeze Mobius Reviews Compendium

    Gamers who want to buy a $400 headphone exclusively for gaming are probably in the minority. Chances are that most gamers want a headphone that works for gaming, watching movies, listening to music, and even traveling. If that describes you, then you'll want to check out the Audeze Mobius, the headphone that straddles the divide between audiophiles and gamers.
  • iFi Hip-DAC Portable DAC/Amp Reviews Compendium

    After a long winter of indoors listening, there's nothing like taking your rig on the road, to a park, or on a walk around the neighborhood. With its plug-and-playability, robust battery, MQA, and balanced out, the iFi Hip DAC checks all the boxes and then some.
  • iFi Zen DAC Reviews Compendium

    "This DAC can do MQA, 32-bit decoding, and balanced audio for under $300" isn't a sentence we thought we'd be saying any time soon. But that's the astonishing state of budget-fi audio in 2021. The ifi Zen DAC can do all that and more.
  • AudioQuest Dragonfly Red USB DAC/Amp Reviews Collection

    The Dragonfly Red is a portable DAC/amp that's conveniently packaged in a USB drive. Boasting impressive sound quality and a super-convenient form factor, it's become the answer to portable hi-fi for many audiophiles.
  • Focal Clear Reviews Compendium

    ~$1,000 is a crowded price point for headphones. Halfway up Hi-Fi Mountain, the headphones here are generally clear upgrades over their cheaper counterparts yet still attainable for many serious hobbyists and professionals. With fierce competition from the likes of Sennheiser, Audeze, and HiFiMan, the Focal Clears have a lot to prove. See how they stack up below.
  • Shanling ME700 IEMs & Shanling M8 DAP Now Available on Apos Audio

    We are excited to announce that the Shanling ME700 In-Ear Monitors (IEMs) and Shanling M8 Digital Audio Player (DAP) are now available from Apos Audio. All Shanling products, along with every purchase you make in our store, come with our company guarantees for Free Priority Shipping, Free Returns, an Extended 2-Year Warranty, and a 30-Day Lowest Price Match, which has been extended until the end of this year for the Holiday Season!
  • How to Get a Guaranteed Christmas Delivery from Apos

    For any and all orders that you place with Apos from now until 3pm PST on this Friday, Dec. 18th, we will upgrade those orders to receive expedited shipping for a guaranteed Christmas delivery. Just because we know what it’s like to get those last minute purchases in and we want to thank you for shopping with us. Please check out our collections to see what you can get in time for Christmas!
  • Schiit SYS Volume Control Reviews Compendium

    The Schiit Sys is a handy, inexpensive gadget for anyone looking to run a DAC to powered monitors without having to sacrifice an accessible volume knob. We’ve compiled reviews from across the web for your reference.
  • SMSL SU-9 Balanced MQA DAC Reviews Compendium

    With the release of the highly anticipated SMSL SU-9 Balanced MQA DAC and all the buzz it is generating amongst the audio community, we at Apos thought we would collect the various reviews and curate them in a compendium for you, so have an easy reference. We’ve selected snippets of the most pertinent parts of each review, but all of the sources are linked, so if you want to read the full review as it was originally written you can simply click the hyperlink. We will continue to monitor the interwebs for you and update this list as more reviews come out.
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