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TRUTHEAR SHIO: Power Overwhelming and Affordability.

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"The single most important top-level trend is the shift to mobile." –Max Levchin, Software Engineer and Co-founder of Paypal. This is my second product review for  TRUTHEAR  and this time its a USB DAC Dongle. USB DAC dongles are becoming a staple device for a portable audio enthusiast. I'm quite aware of its possible relevance given that the 3.5mm headphone jack will go extinct in the future due to some trend on following such a "cult of courage" by a tech company declaring that analogue jack is obsolete and almost all phone manufacturers followed suit on it. Like all audio companies, TRUTHEAR made a wise decision to jump on the opportunity and they also released a USB DAC dongle that will be more affordable and will give an appealing to be valuable proposition for audio improvements. Along with TRUTH HOLA, TRUTHEAR accompanied it with TRUTHEAR SHIO. TRUTHEAR SHIO  (Shio means salt in Japanese) is a USB DAC dongle device, it is the company's first attempt t

TRUTHEAR HOLA: Propositional Value

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"Hola is one of the first greetings that you will learn if you study the Spanish language. Hola means Hello and it was followed by ¿Como Estas? (How are you?). And it looks like TRUTHEAR is sending its greetings to the audio community on their introductory product in the ultra-budget segment." This is actually my first product review for TRUTHEAR, as we all know that TRUTHEAR was already quite popular among some audio enthusiasts with the introduction of their TRUTHEAR ZERO and TRUTHEAR HEXA with their impressive mature tuning. Here are some information about this new audio company,  TRUTHEAR is a Shenzhen-based company which specialiases on audio solution like earphones and other mobile hi-fi devices. It seems that they are also some sort of a sister company of the popular entry-level/midrange brand, MOONDROP and the more premium brand, SOFTEARS that both brands earned some good reputation on audio enthusiasts scene. This is TRUTHEAR's first product in the ultra-budget s

DUNU KIMA: Such A Remarkable Tonality

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Oi! mates, welcome to my another review  article and what I have here is quite very special as this is my first product review from DUNU. I'll share some of my story and please bear with me as I elaborate my experience on this audio company. The DUNU company was founded in 2006  as an independent audio company and it already has an extensive experience in audio engineering and also designing and manufacturing some audio equipment like earphones for other audio companies and also telecommunication companies as their roots also happened to be an OEM/ODM company. I've tested some DUNU products before and my first encountered on a DUNU product was around 2018 and it was Dunu Falcon-C. I had a very pleasant experience at that time and really impressed by the build quality of the Falcon-C. If my memory serves right, it has rather a U or V-shaped sound in my lug holes. I actually treasured that moment and aspired at that time if I could ever own a DUNU IEM.  My second contact with ano

TINHIFI C2 MECHA WARRIOR: Shining, Shimmering, Sparkling

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"Mecha genre is a kind of science fiction literature that revolves around mechanical robots, mostly humanoid-types. It has become an integral part of anime culture ever since and it also inspires some advances on engineering of Japan's robotics industry." This is my second review article for  TINHIFI , and we in audio enthusiast scene already know the reputation of TINHIFI and its contribution in the history of the Chi-Fi movement with their venerable, TINHIFI/TIN AUDIO T2. With their years of experience in audio manufacturing, they are very knowledgeable the current trend in audio scene and decide to release a product that will be more appealing to most listeners. Presenting  TINHIFI C2 Mecha Warrior , TINHIFI's answer to ever-changing, more fiercer competitive product in entry-level segment in the current audio market as the under $100 keeps evolving the quality of tuning might challenge the realm of midrange segment. TINHIFI C2 has a single driver setup and it was