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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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The ambush of the combos: AudioQuest Dragonfly vs FIIO E17
Hello guys, I had some luck this week and my good friend , Traian, lent me his Audioquest Dragonfly and his Sennheiser Momentum. I was talking with him this week and from nowhere he says that his new Sennheiser Momentum arrived. I was like…”Headphones…new headphones you say???” Then he said: “You can have to for the Read more
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From Hobby to Obsession and Back to Hobby
Hello guys, I really missed writing on this blog, as I really got accustomed to it 😀 . Writing here made me think more about audio gear and this led to some upgradatis side effects. Unfortunately, lately, I ran out of audio devices to write about. As I told you in my last post, I Read more
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Wrath of the Titans: Audeze LCD2 vs LCD3 & Burson Conductor vs M2Tech Vaughan
Hello again guys, Sometimes I think I need to go to a upgradatis detox clinic. I am very happy with what I have, but somehow I am curios to hear other headphones, to experience different sound presentation, to find better quality, etc. I was already thinking of another headphone as a future goal. I took Read more
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InToxicated Mind: Headphones, USB & Power Cables and Conditioning
Hello guys, I almost forgot about this, but right after Christmas I bought a new cable for LCD2. I forgot because I have to wait about to months to receive it . When I remember, it makes me happy. A new toy is due to arrive 😀 . First, I must say that I am Read more
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The end of wallet: AKG K550, Creative Aurvana Live and FIIO E17
Hello guys! So…my dream system was completed. I had a very good pair of headphones (Audeze LCD2), the one I dreamed about for one year, and I recently got a really good source and really good amplifier for it (Burson Conductor). I was really pleased with all I had: However, after a while…i realized that Read more
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Burson Conductor: Ambush of The Wallet
Hello guys! Hold on tight cause this will be about an amazing peace of audio gear. Well, a few months ago, I was very happy with my combo ( Burson HA-160DS and LCD2). I thought this will be it for a loong time… Who was I kidding?? One day Sandu (Darku) contacts me very happy saying that Read more