Editor’s Choice

• Kinki Studio x Vinshine’s Dazzle: another beefcake integrated amplifier 11th November 2025
  Kinki Studio has announced the Dazzle, a flagship integrated amplifier developed in collaboration with Singapore-based distributor Vinshine Audio. The amplifier delivers a generous 300wpc into 8 Ohms and 560wpc into 4 Ohms, and at 33kg, the Dazzle’s weight hints at the substantial transformers and heatsinking required to deliver such power […] The post Kinki Studio […]
• Sennheiser BTD 700 review: Bluetooth audio’s hi-res reality check 11th November 2025
  The BTD 700 USB-C dongle ships with Sennheiser’s HDB 630 Bluetooth headphones, but it’s also sold separately for US$50 or €50. And while the German press release claimed at its launch in June that the BTD 700 offers “high-resolution wireless audio with up to 24-bit depth at 96 kHz,” the […] The post Sennheiser BTD […]
• Lumin debuts X2 flagship streaming DAC w/ discrete architecture 10th November 2025
  Hong Kong’s Lumin has unveiled the X2, a flagship streaming DAC that ditches off-the-shelf DAC chips in favour of a discrete DAC implementation (about which Lumin hasn’t said much). It’s the company’s second foray into discrete DAC territory following the X1, but this time around, Lumin has reportedly rebuilt the […] The post Lumin debuts […]