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iFi GO BAR KENSEI: The Foremost Portable Headphone DAC/Amplifier

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Kensei (translated as Sword Saint in Japanese) is an honorific title to a warrior that is well-versed with swordsmanship that reaches them to legendary status. The most well-known historical personality that carried this title was Miyamoto Musashi with his exploits on his sword duel with some of the best swordsmen of his era and his authorship of The Book Of Five Rings. Portable headphone amplifiers also known as DAC/Amp dongles are modern peripheral devices that are equipped with some of the recent breakthroughs in audio technology like better circuitry, system on chip that handles audio decoding/encoding process and other components to improve audio signal output to have a clean, clear and detailed sound quality for better high fidelity experience. It became a staple device for audio enthusiasts who still want a high quality sound even while on the move while having that mobility to be carried anywhere that will be used on their smartphones, laptops and tablets. iFi is a UK-based aud...

HIDIZS S9 PRO: Pocket-Sized Hi-Fidelity Tool

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"Necessity is the mother of innovation" The removal of the headphone jack in the smartphones was supposedly the end of the analogue technology that traces back to the late 19th century but the 3.5mm was standardised only in the 1970s with the introduction of Sony Walkman. And 3.5mm SE becomes the staple connector to all multimedia devices including smartphones. With this so-called "courage" path of that company, a move initiated the removal of the beloved analogue jack of their phone started this movement and most companies follow this suit (Even one company making a mockery out of it but afterwards they follow suit as it was a "necessity" for the improvement of their product to be more competitive in the market). The removal of headphone jacks seems to be a blessing to some enterprising audio companies. These audio companies decided to offer a working solution on this issue of scarcity, a Hi-Fi DAC/amp in a USB pen drive form factor. I was already aware o...