Intro: I recently had the opportunity to audition the Aune B1s amp. Thanks to a tour that @MSheney put together. I had the Aune along with a number of other amps over the Easter holiday. I plan to write up a whole Easter Amp Shootout thread, but for now, I’m just going to discuss the Aune B1s. Equipment and Methodology: Let me talk a little bit about the usual suspects, and my methodology. I used a Shanling M2s in Line Out mode. The Aune B1s in Class A – High gain mode. My music is FLAC L5 16/44 accurate rip from my own CDs. The headphones...

Shanling M2s: Easy, Peasy, Sweet, and Breezy. And Sounds great too! I opened the box, grabbed the M2s, checked to see that it was charged, and slapped in a card and my 99Neo headphones, and hit play. Easy, peasy, sweet, and breezy… Mother of all machines! Does this thing sound great! Let me back up a bit. Introduction: I was selected to be a part of the Shanling Hi-Res Portable Players Review Tour. Shanling provided a travelling kit of M1/M2s/M3s Hi-Res DAPs as short term loaners for the purpose of evaluation and review. With 10 days to play...

Meze 99 Neo by Howlin’ Fester Everything you want. Introduction: When Meze launched the 99 Classics, I remember seeing the banner on Head-Fi. The beautiful wood cups and closed back immediately caught my eye. I wanted to check out and see who was producing those beautiful headphones. I’ve been following Meze since that first banner flash, and now I finally get to try out one of the Meze products. I am lucky enough to be selected as part of the Meze Neo tour. It has been a long time coming, but I finally received the 99 Neo from @Jinxy245 the...

Cayin N3. Introduction: Cayin was kind enough to let me be part of the N3 review tour. I received the N3 from MShenay. He drove 3 hours to bring it to me. While he was here, we had a mini meet for about 4 hours. We had a great time visiting and listening to a bunch of different equipment. About Me: I listen to all forms of Rock and Roll. Rock, Classic Rock, Hair Metal, Heavy Metal, acoustic rock, Blues, and a small amount of reggae. Just about everything related to rock. Not really going to touch on any Jazz, Classical, electronic, pop. All...