FA9 is an all balanced armature driver flagship from Fiio. It’s priced at 499 USD, and it promises to deliver top tier sound quality with 4 different sound signatures. Packaging Unboxing of flagship Fiio products is always a treat, and it’s not different this time. The box has this intriguing, shimmering effect which looks very colorful in a decent light, without being too flashy or shoddy. It’s what’s on the inside that really matters though. And you’ll be very happy with what you’ll find there – a great, hard case, soft pouch, a cable...

Meze Empyrean is a top of the line product by Romanian Meze. It is a true staple of current headphone audio market coming at whooping 2999 USD. Packaging Empyrean’s box and accessories included scream quality. Firstly, we are greeted with an aluminium suitcase which is both a pleasure to look at, but also insures safety of our headphones. Inside, you’ll find two pairs of earpads – real leather and alcantara. Both are of very high quality and they attach/deattach magnetically, which means that swapping them takes a couple of seconds. Also, getting...

iBasso DX160 is a mid-end DAP with built-in MQA decoding, Android 8.1, 4,4mm balanced output and it is priced at 399$. Packaging The DX160 comes in a pretty small package with a minimalistic design, inside you can find a high quality, braided, 60cm long USB-A to USB-C cable, transparent case and three foil screen protectors. Screen The screen is 1080P, 5,0 inch IPS. Honestly, this is one of the best screens I’ve ever seen in a DAP. Very bright, colorful and sharp. One thing that’s not so good is minimal brightness, which is too high and can...

Topping audio is known for it’s ridiculously low priced devices, and here’s one of them : DX3 Pro, multifunctional DAC/AMP coming at 219,99$. Packaging Topping’s packages have never been impressive, and so it’s not different this time. Standard, white box doesn’t necessarily scream “luxury”, but it get’s the job done, and the whole focus has been put into something else… Including In that white box, you’ll get a remote control, which may come handy, especially if you plan to use the DX3 Pro in your stereo setup with no remote to control the...

Hifiman Sundara is a 499$ planar magnetic headphone considered as one of the best price to performance ratio in the headphone market. Packaging The Sundara comes in a medium size box. From the graphic’s perspective, it looks good, but it’s quality falls a bit short. Inside, you’ll find some paperwork, a detachable, 1,4m cable terminated in 3,5mm jack and the headphones themselves. Cable The cable is rather underwhelming. It is 1,4m long, terminated in 3,5mm jack. It has a rubbery finish which is quite pleasant to the touch, but it’s not...