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IFI AUDIO GO LINK MAX: A Nunchaku-like Audio Peripheral Device

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iFi Audio is a UK-based audio company whose specialties focuses on more portable audio devices like portable headphone amps and also some lightweight desktop headphone DAC/amps. This company is a subsidiary of Abbingdon Music Research (AMR) which was known for their premium amplifiers, CD players, line-out cables and speakers, and iFi was able to bring some audio technologies from their sister company. iFi has some R&D establishments in both UK and Mainland China as the latter serves as their main manufacturing hub across their overall business operation. I’m pretty well aware of this audio brand as I've tested some of their model albeit older ones in a local premium Hi-Fi store way back in the last quarter of 2010, and I've tested their Nano which I find pleasant although they are quite a bit bulky. Since this one is a British brand and I myself is quite a bit of an Anglophile and likes UK-based products and especially its subcultures, and so, it is indeed a good pairing b...

TWISTURA D-MAJOR: Another Shining, Shimmering, Splendid Set

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D Major is musical scale based on a D and it handles the D, E, F#, G, A, B, C# and its two sharps in on its key signature. TWISTURA  is one of the recently established audio companies out there and they released their inaugural product, The TWISTURA D-Major. The TWISTURA D-Major is a single driver set-up IEM with a detachable tuning nozzle feature. Inside of its driver technology is a single 10mm dual-chambered dual-arrayed magnetic form dynamic driver with a beryllium-coated Polyurethane (PU) composite diaphragm that will ensure rigidity and flexibility to deliver a deeper bass, clear midrange and high resolution treble presentation. The driver was then encased in a solid zinc alloy structure that underwent an electroplating process to achieve the glossy and metallic finish on its surface. Its overall contour is a rounded square that reminds me of the shape of a fingernail. There's an opaque circular resin design on its faceplate and then, on the side of its shell structure, there...