Two newly reviewed headphone amps prove to be class leaders in their respective fields, entering our buying guides ...

Headphone brand Écoute has launched a pair of headphones with a vacuum tube and amplification built-in. The headphones are ...

The idea of putting a tube in a pair of headphones does tend to bring mental images of massive lightbulb-sized tubes to mind, ...

Find out more about how we test. Analogue headphone amplifiers are less common than they used to be thanks to the more fashionable DAC/headphone amp alternative dominating. However, a dedicated ...

Paired with with everything from Austrian Audio's The Composer (22 ohms), Sony’s MDR-Z1R (64 ohms), Focal’s Stellia (35 ohms) ...

FiiO is a rising star in the world of digital audio. The company is launching three products at this year's CES and promises to set new price and performance benchmarks.

At 11.8 ounces, the 105 AER are a bit heavier than competing open-ear cans, but their clamping force compensates for it with just the right amount of squeeze. It keeps the earcups where you place them ...

The portable DAC amp is affordable, versatile and, thanks to looking like a tiny Sony Walkman, super adorable.

Dominic has spent a few months with the Sennheiser HD 800 S headphones and the HDV 820 amplifier - a pairing costing around ...

Specs-wise, this little all-aluminum, baby blue and silver gadget — which also comes in a much more serious Midnight Black color — covers everything you could want in a headphone DAC ...

Questyle’s M18i mobile headphone amp, which just debuted at CES 2025, might look like a typical dongle-style DAC/amp — it actually bears a strong resemblance to the company’s M15 DAC/amp ...

There are a couple of reasons I suspect it's taken this long to see a vacuum tube in a pair of headphones. Tubes are hungry ...