Pineapple Audio Reviews

Pros:  • Excellent build quality with an all-metal chassis and tempered-glass lid • Dual AK4493S DACs deliver a smooth, musical and resolving sound • Powerful headphone amplification with plenty of headroom • Surprisingly strong drive for many full-size headphones and planars • 4.4mm balanced and 3.5mm headphone and line outputs • aptX Lossless Bluetooth support • Optical and coaxial digital outputs • CD ripping to WAV • Compact all-in-one design • Improved larger buttons and soft-closing CD lid Cons:  • Higher-capacity USB drives above 32GB are not supported for CD ripping. There’s something oddly satisfying about putting a physical CD into a player, closing the lid, and just listening. No scrolling through albums, no endless playlist hopping, no notifications. Just the disc spinning and the music playing. That’s exactly why I enjoyed the FiiO DM15 R2R so much. It became my go-to CD player whenever I wanted to slow down and enjoy my physical collection. So when FiiO sent me ...

  Pros:  • Excellent bass control with deep, physical sub-bass and clean mid-bass punch • Natural, warm, and lifelike midrange • Vocals have excellent body, texture, and realistic timbre • Smooth treble with enough detail without becoming harsh • Very good imaging and instrument separation • Wide, realistic soundstage with good depth • Impressive driver coherence for a 2DD + 3BA hybrid • Excellent dynamics and clean transient response • Comfortable, fatigue-free tuning for long listening sessions • Gorgeous emerald green resin and nebula faceplate • Generous accessories and good-quality stock cable • Easy to drive at 17Ω / 106dB Cons:  • Product/brand name is awkward to pronounce and remember  • Bass warmth may be slightly too much for listeners seeking a strictly neutral presentation • Treble is smooth rather than highly energetic, so extreme-detail lovers may want more sparkle • Technical performance is strong, but it isn't tuned for an ultra-analytical presentatio...