As the first in a series of reviews of headphone amplifiers and related components I’ll doing video reviews of over the coming months, the Soundaware P1 sits firmly in the middle between less expensive, but still very good amps such as the Schiit Audio Lyr 3 and Audio-gd NFB-1AMP and higher-end amps such as the Audio-gd Master 9 and iFi Audio Pro iCan. However, at around $1400 there is nothing high-end about the price. It is specifically designed to work with their new DAP, the MR1 via a special Soundaware Link (SAW) cable, which can also be charged via a […]
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Danny from DITA Audio tipped me off that I should check out Soundaware’s products so I contacted them and they provided me with a D100PRO music server and the M1 Esther “Analog” to test initially, the M1 Pro arriving sometime later as part of the review tour. From the outside, the M1 looks fairly unremarkable, with something of “yet another Chinese DAP” aesthetic. While I didn’t appreciate the design visually, the curved layout of the buttons came to be handy when pressing them in a pocket or in the dark. I hope, however, that they’ll follow FiiO’s lead with the […]
Danny from Dita Audio tipped me off that I should check out Soundaware and that they had some pretty clever technology. And so it was that Mary from Soundaware contacted me about sending me both the M1 Esther DAP and the D100Pro music server for review. Opening up the box revealed a fairly standard, but attractive aluminium device, unusually with three pointed aluminium feet underneath. Along with fairly comprehensive instructions that suggested that the best sound quality would be achieved after the front screen had switched off suggested a company familiar with audiophile nervousa of the type that wont relax […]