The answer: A dongle-sized portable headphone digital-to-analog converter plus amplifier (DAC/amp). These tiny devices may not look like much, but they’re packed with technology and offer a ...

Since digital audio and music streaming have come along, headphone amps now come in various forms. They can be portable and affordable, designed to sit on a desk or be carried around in your pocket, ...

It says a lot about its level of bespoke engineering in our best overall headphone amp/DAC combo, the Mojo, that it also happens to be imminently portable. At only 82 mm x 60 mm x 22 mm ...

A number of years ago, I was one of the first reviewers to be sent a production sample of the EarMen Sparrow and TR-Amp and felt that the latter was one of the best portable DAC/headphone amplifiers ...

Consumers often don’t read the fine print and just assume that any Dongle DAC or portable headphone amplifier is the right one for their headphones or IEMs. That is not the case. Both in terms of ...

The brand’s newest amp, the iDSD Valkyrie, is a step in the other direction — it’s anything but cheap. The iFi iDSD Valkyrie is the company’s new flagship portable DAC and headphone amplifier — it’s ...

That's where a portable headphone amp/DAC can help, and the latest model from Fiio promises to satisfy with desktop-level power and performance. As we noted when covering the last playful DAC from ...

It works as a plug-and-play desktop DAC/amp just like before, but this new model can also work as portable headphone amp for your smartphone or tablet. Its USB-C connection allows it to draw power ...

Shanling has announced a new portable Hi-Res music player ... with the M8T featuring both a tube amp and a transistor-based ...

There are plenty of portable headphone amps out there that plug directly into instruments like electric guitars and basses, but Boss just kicked things up a notch. The company has announced the ...