While it’s a bit late, a few people asked me what I thought were the best products of 2018. That’s a difficult choice, as I didn’t get to experience as many as I had wished, and some are still due to be reviewed. As well, I didn’t get to explore Bluetooth headphones as I had hoped, so they will be missing in this comparison. I went over everything where I’d posted a review in the last year, added items that are here for review, grouped them and selected the best of each. Here is the list. Best closed-back headphones $500-1000 […]
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https://youtu.be/vkBeuFEcyxc If you’re after a dedicated portable music player these days, it’s hard not to simply buy a smart phone from makers such as LG who are now targeting portable audiophiles. Offering the speed of modern phones, they often have a lot faster hardware than their DAP (Digital Audio Player) counterparts. To get anything equivalent requires spending a lot, for something like Astell&Kern’s S&P1000. However Hiby has stepped into to change all that with the R6. The pitch is simple: Quad-core Snapdragon CPU, 3GB of RAM, Dual ESS ES9028Q2M DACs and the latest Android OS, with bit-perfect output and fully-featured […]
Hiby’s new R6 promises a lot of features for a reasonable price. Quad-core CPU, APTx, up to 400GB micro SD card support. USB 3.0 with Quickcharge 2. Here I unbox it.