Our picks for the best desktop and portable DAC/Amps for audiophiles of 2025 include Burson Audio, JDS Labs, FiiO, iFi Audio and Rotel.

Ever felt under attack as an electric guitar player? Look around you every time you turn up the volume on your amp to play when there's anyone else in the room you can be on the receiving end of the ...

Hokay, so here’s the deal. I have a set of Sennheiser Momentum 4 cans. They’re bloody marvellous. Sound great, are comfy, battery lasts for ever. Yay. I also have a Bugera T5 tube amp into which I ...

The engineers at FiiO don’t appear to sleep. Hardly a day goes by without another product launch being announced by the audio brand. The latest is the FiiO K11 R2R – a desktop DAC and headphone ...

— Orchard Audio Because the Valencia is a pure power amp, the user must control the volume using a pre-amp or DAC with built-in volume control. Orchard points out that because the Valencia is so ...

iFi Audio is a British-based hi-fi company best known for its relatively affordable portable audio players and desktop amplifiers. The brand’s newest amp, the iDSD Valkyrie, is a step in the other ...

The market for headphone amps and DACs is becoming increasingly crowded, with affordable models from the likes of Fosi Audio, and high-powered options from several others, including FiiO. Now the ...