Vybe Audio HP-1 Headphone Cable   A few months ago, at the Official San Francisco 2015 Head-Fi Meet, Vybe Audio debuted a new series of headphone cables.  As I gave their cables a cursory examination, I found them to be severely lacking.     None of the wires were dipped in fairy tears, nor did the cable employ a novel and patent-pending geometry.  They didn’t even bother to use unicorn hair as a dielectric.  And of course, they didn’t have any pixie dust in their solder.  Heck, I’d even bet that there are only trace amounts of snake oil - at...

  REVIEW: Astell & Kern AK240   Tuesday, February 25th, 2014   by Warren Chi & Michael Liang   Editor's Note: If you haven't read (or don't remember) our Astell & Kern AK120 Roundtable Discussion from last year, please take a moment to review it now. We came to some conclusions in that discussion, conclusions that shaped our views moving into this review.   When it comes to Astell & Kern, we have a running joke here at Audio360... if you get one of their players, you're gonna get screwed.   But before you get the wrong idea, you should...