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HIBY R1: Tiny Device, Tremendous Tonal Performer

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HIBY  appears to have a successful year on releasing some compelling products as most of them received positive feedback from the audio community. The  HIBY R4  and its collaborative and slightly improved variant, The  HIBY R4 x Evangelion Limited Edition  are probably their most successful product release in 2024. And now HIBY decided to release a budget entry-level DAP in which will appeal more to the budget- conscious and also taking a role as the new introductory model for all HIBY DAP line-up. This is  HIBY R1 , this device is somewhat a cheaper option for HIBY's previous entry-level models, the R3 series in which I did a review over a year ago. On its product packaging, while it was packed in a compact-size packaging box, it is fully-packed with accessories and here are the following contents inside of it: HIBY R1 DAP Screen Protector Wrist strap HIBY Yves IEM Extraction Pin USB Type-A to Type-C cable Sandisk Micro-SD card (32GB) Paperwork like instru...

HIBY XENO: Exotic Yet Adaptable as its Defines

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The word  XENO  is a Greek word for foreign, exotic or alien. The model name for this unit truly fits its description on how this set is quite unique in the audio market. HIBY  is one of the audio companies that offers a diversifying portfolio of audio products in the audio market from affordable IEM earphones up to the premium DAPs. It is also noted that HiBy is also known for being innovative by implementing some new audio technologies on their every product release. What I have here right now is their latest product and this one is quite a unique set. This is  HIBY XENO , it has a dual driver technology inside with a hifi DAC chip for each driver to give a better crossover to achieve that detailed full range sound quality. What makes this set quite so unique was the implementation of a  Cowell MEMS  speaker driver from  XMEMs  along with a 10mm dynamic driver with a graphene diaphragm. MEMS are miniaturised fabricated devices which have electro...