Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The older I get, the more I appreciate listening to music ...

Fosi Audio ZH3 DAC/Headphone Amp/Preamp offers balanced outputs, ultra-low noise, high-res support, and replaceable op-amps for $199.99. Fosi Audio has officially unveiled the ZH3, an all-in-one ...

A subject rarely found in circuit design textbooks is the matter of nonlinear junction capacitance, especially reverse-bias junction capacitance, also called depletion capacitance. When it is ...

Pro-Ject's Head Box E is a pocket-sized headphone amp that eschews integrated chips for discrete components and comes with an attractive price tag of just £89 / €119. Available later this month, it ...

For the last 15 years, Schiit Audio has been on a mission to make high-quality hi-fi components that are significantly more affordable than they probably should be. Today, the California- and ...

It can directly drive the headphone to work (the headphone output port can't be used with other output ports at the same time), the max headphone impedance supported is 16 ohm. Using the classic Dual ...

Industry behemoths and smaller companies alike are always pushing the envelope on the tech and audio quality they can pack into the newest pair of headphones, and choosing between them all to find the ...

At $1,999, the Technics HA-507 is a pure analog headphone amplifier and preamplifier with a balanced/dual mono configuration. Although TEAC’s Reference 500 series includes UD models that combine both ...

Figure 1 Schematic diagrams of two superconducting flux qubit circuits. The conventional qubit (a) requires an external magnetic field to operate optimally, while the new flux qubit (b), using a ...

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 ...

The new TEAC UD-507 is a high-end headphone amplifier and DAC made for music lovers who love listening to music through headphones. It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed or reported on any products ...