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Should You Upgrade Your Headphones or Your Source First
Upgrading the wrong component first is one of the most common and expensive mistakes in audio, and the signal chain

Upgrading the wrong component first is one of the most common and expensive mistakes in audio, and the signal chain

A phone that cannot drive your headphones properly will make even a five-hundred-pound pair of cans sound flat, compressed, and

A headphone amp under two hundred pounds can make a genuine, audible difference to your listening experience, but only if
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