Our picks for the best dedicated headphone amplifiers for audiophiles includes Apos, Feliks Audio and STAX. The headphone amplifier category is in the middle of a subtle but important shift.

The iFi iCAN Headphone Amplifier looks great on paper. But how does it actually work and why does it matter to headphone listeners? We explain. The iDSD was primarily a DAC and streamer with a basic ...

Rotel is a more-than-60-year-old Japanese hi-fi company best known for its high-end amplifiers catered to serious audiophiles. And while its newest amp stays true to that ethos, it also marks a “first ...

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 — but it’s ...

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 ...

that I’d recently acquired for listening to computer-sourced audio over headphones in a quality-upgraded fashion beyond just the DAC (and amp-fed headphone jack) built into my Mac. That same ...