Editor’s Choice

• Podcast #66 – These are the headphones you are looking for (& more) 8th January 2026
  In this episode of the Darko Audio podcast, Srajan and I go over a variety of new audio products, focusing heavily on the price-to-performance ratio of modern “Chi-Fi” (Chinese Hi-Fi) manufacturing, as it relates to headphone listening. The central topic is the FiiO FT7 [01:22], a €799 planar magnetic headphone. […] The post Podcast #66 […]
• Eversolo’s SE100 are IKEA Kallax-friendly loudspeakers 8th January 2026
  I didn’t have this on my bingo card for 2026: Eversolo has stepped beyond streaming amplifiers and streaming DACs with the SE100, the Chinese company’s first pair of passive loudspeakers. And yes, they’re Kallax-Fi – designed to fit perfectly into an IKEA Kallax shelving unit. The SE100 employs a 2-way […] The post Eversolo’s SE100 […]
• Old school or Future-Fi? The ENTRY-LEVEL hi-fi conundrum 7th January 2026
  🎥 Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan 🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video – and other videos – can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 0:00 […] The post Old school […]