Editor’s Choice

• Technics EAH-AZ100 review: the TW IEMs that grounded my Sennheisers 11th January 2026
  Four flights between Berlin and Lisbon taught me something unexpected about the Technics EAH-AZ100 (∼€299). These horribly-named true wireless IEMs might just offer the best sound quality under €400, even if they can’t quite match Apple’s noise-cancelling prowess at 30,000 feet. But there’s a compromise: after three hours, they become […] The post Technics EAH-AZ100 […]
• 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 […]