Audiophile: Cult, Hobby, or Actually Science? Yes.
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16th May 2026
At some point in every music lover's life, someone shows up — a friend, a forum post, a YouTube rabbit hole at 2AM — and says something like "you can't really hear music until you've heard it through a proper setup." And then they use words like soundstage, instrument separation, air, and i...
Gear Series #1 — xDuoo XD-05 Plus: The Silver Brick That Started It All
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11th May 2024
Every audiophile journey has a starting point. For some it's a gift. For others it's a forum post at 2AM that they deeply regret by the time the credit card statement arrives. Mine started with a silver aluminum brick that looked like it fell out of a laboratory — the xDuoo XD-05 Plus, one of the...
