Now that pretty much every major streaming music service — except Spotify — offers lossless audio options at CD-quality or better, you may be wondering how you can hear that extra level of sound ...

Even with the widespread availability of lossless quality tracks from most major streaming services (sans Spotify), you still need a pair of wired headphones for those tracks to sound best. However ...

Forte Distribution previews Shanling’s $399 EH2 DAC Headphone Amp for CanJam Attendees The EH2 (SRP: $399) is a sleek, stylish, compact model that is designed to perform well above its price class, ...

Grand Rapids, Mich. – Pangea Audio combined a hybrid tube/solid-state headphone amp with a 192/24 USB DAC to create the $299 HP201, which joins a $199 model. The $299 HP201 and $199 HP101 combine a ...

What for a mobile DAC/headphone amp? The proliferation of truly mobile audio devices (post-Walkman/Discman), starting with the iPod, has made music-on-the-go a new norm, something taken for granted.

A D/A converter and headphone amplifier in one box. In lieu of connecting headphones to the analog audio-out headphone jack found on every computer and mobile device, the DAC/headphone amp provides ...

The product is from Fosi Audio, maker of more traditional iPhone DACs, and it’s called the MD3 MagDac. You know, because it’s a portable magnetic DAC/headphone amplifier. Naturally, it sports a ...

In my coverage of under-$100 headphones for Macworld, I’ve been consistently impressed by the sound quality today’s models are capable of when paired with an iPod, iPhone, iPad, or Mac. But there’s a ...

You can ruin your sound by setting the gain too high, but you shouldn't ignore it altogether.

If you’re wondering if a headphone amp can make your cheap wired earbuds, like Apple’s EarPods ($19), sound better — the answer is: probably not. Let’s explain. The job of a headphone amplifier is to ...

Which DACs, headphone amps and DAPs stole the show at CanJam London 2026? We pick the best electronics across every price point.

I have a pair of AKG K 240 (mk 2) which are plugged into the headphone jack on my laptop. Sounds fine to me, but there's always the lure of "better sound"... The consensus on various audiophile forums ...