This is my first dongle to give my impressions of. I'm approaching this from the angle of a dongle novice. I have mainly used dongles as a way of using wired iems on my phone and as such I didn't use the HIDIZS XO with any other sources. First I'd like to thank HIDIZfor sending my the XO for evaluation, they haven't tried to influence my impressions in any way and as such these are my thoughts Here's what HIDIZS have to say about the XO DUAL ESS SABRE ES9219C DAC & Independent Crystal Oscillators Get double the audio performance and the most...

I'd just like to say upfront I believe we are all biased when giving our subjective thoughts about IEMs be it a particular type of signature that works with our music library or how an IEM looks and feels in our ears. On the subject of ears everyone's ear anatomy is different and this effects fit and seal which in turn effects the perception of bass response so I recommend finding the right ear tips that suit your ears to get the best of any IEM. I would like to thank HIDIZS for the review sample of the MS3. They didn't ask for any input to my...

I'd just like to say upfront I believe we are all biased when giving our subjective thoughts about IEMs be it a particular type of signature that works with our music library or how an IEM looks and feels in our ears. On the subject of ears everyone's ear anatomy is different and this effects fit and seal which in turn effects the perception of bass response so I recommend finding the right ear tips that suit your ears to get the best of any IEM. The Oriveti OD200, which I bought for full asking price of $199, introduced me to the brand with a...

My usual disclaimer I'm not an analytical measurement guru or a golden eared audiophile. I'm just an old biker who has a ridiculously large music collection and is searching for the best ways to listen to it and share my findings with the community. The Oriveti OD200 is that rare beast, an iem that for me, connects with an emotional response. Before I get ahead of myself I'll give you what Oriveti have to say about the OD200 and the technical details including a graph from Oriveti (personally I don't look at graphs) (Graph and photo from...

I buy pretty much all my iems so my review is 100% my subjective opinion not influenced by anyone else. I'm a guy who wants to like what he's bought and will put the work into finding the best synergy to make an iem work for me. My scoring system is as follows 1. Meh 2.Average 3.Good 4. Incredible (With space within this to wiggle) Spoiler alert: The Quintet are upper Good nudging Incredible with the right synergistic components. I think a warm dap is essential the Shanling M6 Ultra, Sony Nw-WM1A sound superb. Hidiz Ap80 pro X and iBasso dx160...

I'm not a professional reviewer, just an enthusiastic amateur who KZ contacted over FB and asked if I would like to try out some of their iems. I didn't really know anything about the company, other than what I'd read and watched on YouTube which was less than complimentary. Well the KZ redemption arc starts here with this market changing (spoiler alert) Planar. What's the difference between this and the current crop of Planars 7hz Timeless, Dunu Talos, Letshouer S12 etc. the answer... A cable and a carry case and for just $40. Disclaimer I'm not...