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The best way to test this type of headphone is via a phone and bluetooth. We used both MacOS and Android phones and several streaming applications: Qobuz, Tidal, Spotify.
We tested the wired connection with our Alpha Personal Audio reference set:
- EarMen CH-Amp
- EarMen Tradutto DAC
- EarMen PSU-3 power supply
- Mutec MC-3+ USB interface and master clock/reclocker
- Isotek EVO3 DC-blocker
- Isotek Gemini power block
- Isotek and Supra power cabling
- Interlinks and coax cabling from Mogami and Sommer respectively
- Playback application: Audirvana Studio
The attentive reader will note that this may be a bit much of a good thing for headphones costing less than 30 euros. And yet it is our policy to play every tested device on a reference set. We do the same with speakers. We know this set very well and can thus come to a good assessment.