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Piega Premium 501 Wireless Gen 2 — The Living Room Audiophile Cheat Code
Big-speaker slam, ribbon speed, and “plug-it-in-and-enjoy” simplicity — even in a nasty room Firstly, I’m wishing you a fantastic 2026, health, joy, and yes… may this be the year you land that elusive audiophile nirvana (or at least get uncomfortably close to it). If you watched my 2025 end-of-year roundup (the one with the gear…
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My Favorite Audio Discoveries of 2025 (and Why They Stayed)
2025 is coming to an end, Christmas is here, and I wanted to do something I rarely do: a highlights-of-the-year piece focused on the gear that actually survived real life. Not the stuff I tried for two evenings and then packed back into a box. I mean the products that earned a permanent place in…
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Bower and Wilkins PI8 – Wireless ANC Earbuds Review | Comparison to Technics AZ-100, Devialet Gemini II, Apple AirPods Pro 3, Sennheiser Momentum 4 Earbuds
This one was a tough review—one of my toughest. It took weeks of tuning, listening, and note-taking to get what I needed, but it was also fun. And it’s a good reminder: you don’t always need big bucks to play around with great sound. What pulled me back into this rabbit hole was the Bowers…
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Bowers & Wilkins PX8 S2 Review (vs ML 5909, Focal Bathys): Sound, ANC, Measurements
I feel like in the last few years we’ve been spoiled in this hobby. Back in 2007 you had a handful of solid wired options—and “wireless” basically meant a really long cable. It’s funny now how we audiophiles used to mock Beats by Dr. Dre. They did sound bad, sure, but they did convince regular…
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Rockna Wavedream Reference Signature – Art Achieved Through Engineering
As you might already know from previous reviews, I am a big fan of Rockna Audio products. I have been very impressed by their first WaveDream implementation 11 years ago. They have evolved a lot since then and in 2021 I was blown away by their Rockna Wavelight DAC. I borrowed it for a review…
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A Journey to Audiophile Nirvana: T+A Solitaire P Headphones Review
I have been holding onto this review for a while now. You can find here the first contact I had with these headphones here. I was so impressed with them at the Munchen High End Show, that I have bought them for myself few months after the event. I have delayed this review because my…
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Embrace the First Light: The Meze Alba Experience
I am excited to write about these wonderful little headphones. If you haven’t checked my report on the Munich High End Show, you can find it here. Meze presented Alba at the show, and I had the pleasure of discovering it myself. I was blown away by Alba and awarded it both the “Wallet Wrecker”…
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Electrifying Euphony: My Journey from Whisper to Roar with the Game-Changing Chord Ultima Amp
Recently, I found myself yearning to dive back into the world of speakers. As many of you know, I’m the proud owner of a pair of Martin Logan ESL-11A speakers, which I’ve previously reviewed. I still adore them, but life, especially with two little ones scampering around the house and needing quiet for their naps…
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Audiophile Power Cables Shootout
Hello guys, As you may remember, I recently found a nice USB Cable from Chord. I have noticed that they also make power cables and that Jack-Fi had them. Considering the mysterious improvements brought by the usb cable, I thought I would try one of their power cables as well. So, I went to Jack-fi happy to have a reason to stalk….cough…cough…visit Read more
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Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL & Piega Premium 5.2
Hello guys, As I said in one of my previous posts, I really connected with the guys from Jack-fi as they are one of the most passionate people I know in audio. Sometimes I go to their store and they are kind enough to let me in one of their audition rooms and listen to very nice speaker Read more
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A Nice Surprise: Focal Spirit One
Hello guys, I have recently found a very nice headphone which really took me by surprise: the Focal Spirit One. As I said in one of my previous posts, I really connected with the guys from Jack-fi as they are one of the most passionate people I know in audio. Sometimes I go to their store Read more
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The Titans are Back : Sennheiser HD800 vs Audeze LCD2 & Burson Conductor
Hello guys, This post is really a special one. I have once listened to HD800 with Burson Conductor and I and i really liked the sound, as it was a few classes over the the sound given in combination with Burson HA-160ds. For some while I thought of re-evaluating the sound of Sennheiser HD800, and DarKu was Read more
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The Audiophile USB Cable Surprise: Wireworld Starlight Red vs Chord USB Silver Plus
Hello guys, This post is about USB cables and the surprise they gave me in the last few days. Remember when I told you I had the Wireworld Starlight Red and it didn’ t seem to make that much of a difference? Well…I must come back to what I have said and contradict myself, as Read more
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The Ambush Continues: AKG K550 vs Sennheiser Momentum
Hello guys, I promised my thoughts on this subject so here I am. I was waiting to hear the Momentum for a while now. Tyll really made me curios about this pair of headphones as I really value his opinions in this domain. I have been waiting for the first opportunity to hear one of these babies Read more