Skip to content
GoldenSound

GoldenSound

  • Home
  • Video Reviews
  • Reviews
  • Measurements
  • About

amplifier

Cayin IHA6 Measurements

27th August 2022 by Golden One

The IHA-6 is a beautifully constructed headphone amp in the sub-1k price range. With unique features and a laid back sound that will be ideal for many.

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, balanced, cayin, IHA-6, iha6, measurements 1 Comment

Enleum AMP-23R Measurements

12th July 2022 by Golden One

The Enleum AMP-23R is a compact, zero negative feedback speaker and headphone amplifier with some quite unique design aspects.

Categories Measurements Tags 13R, 23R, amp, AMP-13R, AMP-23R, amplifier, bakoon, enleum, measurements 7 Comments

Kevin Gilmore CFA3 Headphone Amp Measurements

4th July 2022 by Golden One

Sporting immense power and excellent objective performance in a purist-friendly topology, the CFA3 is a very impressive amplifier indeed.

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, balanced, CFA3, headphone amp, kevin gilmore, super symmetry, susy 1 Comment

Rebel Amp Measurements

25th January 2022 by Golden One

The Rebel Amp is a pretty interesting product as it shows that a well measuring amp can still sound warm and lush! No sterile sound here!

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, headphone amp, rebel, unbalanced 4 Comments

SMSL HO200 Headphone Amplifier Measurements

27th December 2021 by Golden One

The SMSL HO200 is an exceptionally low noise amplifier at an affordable price. With almost no noise for IEMs and power for hungry cans.

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, balanced, headphone amp, ho200, smsl 2 Comments

Ferrum OOR and HYPSOS measurements

27th October 202127th October 2021 by Golden One

The Ferrum OOR is an incredibly powerful but compact headphone amplifier with a unique design that promises to drive hungry headphones to the fullest extent.

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, balanced, ferrum, headphone amp, hem, hypsos, oor 7 Comments

HeadAmp GS-X Mini Headphone Amplifier Measurements

30th September 2021 by Golden One

Measurements of the discrete, fully balanced and class A HeadAmp GS-X Mini headphone amplifier

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, balanced, gs-x, gsx, headamp, headphone amp, mini 3 Comments

ifi Zen Can Balanced Headphone Amplifier Review

2nd August 20212nd August 2021 by Golden One

Review of the excellent and affordable ifi Zen Can balanced headphone amplifier.

Categories Reviews Tags amplifier, balanced, budget, ifi, preamp, review, small, zen, zen can 2 Comments

Soncoz SGA1 Balanced Headphone Amplifier Measurements

27th July 202127th July 2021 by Golden One

Measurements of the Soncoz SGA1 Balanced headphone amplifier.

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, balanced, headphone amp, pentaconn, SGA1, SGD1, soncoz Leave a comment

ifi Zen Can Measurements

9th September 202122nd July 2021 by Golden One

Measurements of the ifi Zen Can balanced headphone amplifier

Categories Measurements Tags 3d+, amp, amplifier, balanced, headphone amp, ifi, pentaconn, xbass, zen can 11 Comments
Subscribe to get notified when new reviews/measurements are posted!

Support me on patreon/subscribestar for early-access to content, and to join the private supporters-only chat.
Latest Posts
  • Reviewer Roundtable Podcast – ‘As the Artist Intended’
  • 64 Audio U12T In-Ear Monitor Review and Measurements
  • Denafrips Pontus 2 (12th Anniversary Edition) Measurements
  • iFi Zen Stream Review and Introduction to streamers
  • Moondrop KATO IEM Review
  • Chord Mojo 2 Review
  • Crane Song Solaris Quantum DAC Measurements
  • Cayin IHA6 Measurements
  • Enleum AMP-23R Measurements
  • Kevin Gilmore CFA3 Headphone Amp Measurements
  • Pi2Design Mercury Streamer / Server Measurements
  • Chord Mojo 2 Measurements
  • Gustard X26 Pro Measurements (F20 Firmware + 10Mhz clock)
  • Gustard U18 DDC Measurements
  • Benchmark DAC3 B Measurements
  • Benchmark DAC3 B Review – Good-ish
  • Gustard X18 Measurements
  • Chord Hugo M-Scaler Measurements and Technical Evaluation
  • Chord DAVE Measurements (With MScaler)
  • A small personal update, and thank you for 1-year of GoldenSound!
Latest Comments
  1. GameStop vegan investor on Tidal ‘HiFi’ is NOT lossless22nd January 2023

    Tidal bitrate is still higher, it's still objectively better than Spotify lossy AAC (and not the Apple AAC). If Spotify…

  2. GME vegan investor on Tidal ‘HiFi’ is NOT lossless22nd January 2023

    Placebo. You wouldn't hear any difference in an ABX test. 24 bits is absolutely USELESS, except for recording audio. I…

  3. Tim J on Enleum AMP-23R Measurements22nd January 2023

    I thought the AMP-23R is a full current mode amp, so wondering why the Output impedance is only 0.8ohm. Is…

  4. Jeremy on Benchmark DAC3 B Review – Good-ish21st January 2023

    Great review. I note your taste is not electrostatics which are well known for extremely accurate timbre. My guess is…

  5. Hal Rosner on Reviewer Roundtable Podcast – ‘As the Artist Intended’20th January 2023

    Both. Primarily, it's about the music, and secondarily about the gear. Case in point, David Crosby died yesterday. Today is…

Archives
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
©2023 GoldenSound LTD
 

Loading Comments...