HyperX Cloud Alpha S Review

Last Updated: January 23, 2020

Today we meet the newest member of the HyperX Cloud family: The Alpha S. As the youngest scion of the Alpha bloodline, the Alpha S has a lot to prove.

Review: Pioneer SP-PK22BS Andrew Jones 5.1

Last Updated: May 9, 2018

Look, we get it. We’ve been there. Upgrading to a full surround system is a big step. We’re not saying this to be condescending, or patronising. Far from it. Everyone has to start somewhere, including us...

Review: Thinksound On2

Last Updated: July 5, 2018

Very few audio designers are as accomplished as Aaron Fournier. After stints at Tivoli Audio and V-Moda, the Boston-based engineer started his own company, Thinksound, with the goal of making environmentally-friendly headphones that sounded fantastic.

SVS SB-2000 Pro Review: Bigger is Better

Last Updated: April 21, 2021

SVS recently updated their main subwoofer lines, adding the word ‘Pro’ to the names. Hence, the SVS SB-2000 Pro, a reimagined version of the SB-2000. But this is no small beans upgrade.

High-End Audio Reviews

Last Updated: August 6, 2020

Sometimes, you need to go for broke. Take your audio seriously enough to build the very best hi-fi system you can. Here at The Master Switch, we love love love it when people take this step.

Amps, DACs & DAPs

Last Updated: June 28, 2018

We love amps. Adore them. And we have a special spot for DACs and DAPs (pocket audio players, to non-audiophiles) too.

Headphone Reviews

Last Updated: June 28, 2018

Headphones can be a completely bewildering topic. Do you go on-ear or over-ear? Is there a difference between in-ear and earbud? Is it actually possible to have noise-canceling headphones that actually work as advertised?

Aumkar Chandan: Building India's First High-End Headphones

Last Updated: August 1, 2019

Let’s talk about this new pair of Indian-made headphones. That itself is unusual enough. Headphones come from places like France and Germany and China (also sometimes the United States, if a company is feeling patriotic enough).

Review: H2 Designs MIYO

Last Updated: July 11, 2017

We flatter ourselves that we know most, if not all, of the audio industry players, and what they do. But we hadn’t heard of H2 Designs. They recently got in touch to ask if we’d like to try out their new MIYO audio interface.

Campfire Audio Polaris 2 Review

Last Updated: August 2, 2019

In-ear technology has come a long way in just a few short years. While wireless earbuds increase in popularity, companies like Campfire Audio keep pounding away with new wired designs, focusing purely on high quality audio.

FiiO M11 Review

Last Updated: January 15, 2020

Few companies have been as productive as Chinese audio giant, FiiO. They not only continue to produce incredible in-ear headphones, they also churn out digital audio players at an alarming rate.

Monoprice MM-3 Review

Last Updated: June 6, 2019

Despite what you may think, computer speakers are not the same as regular speakers. They’re designed to work in close proximity to the ears, and while this sounds easy, it’s often quite tricky to get right.

Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Review

Last Updated: July 3, 2019

In the world of gaming audio, words like alpha, ultimate, elite get thrown around more readily than insults in Gordan Ramsay’s kitchen. Today, we’re going to unpack a set of Turtle Beach’s Elite Atlas gaming heasset to find out if it deserves the name.

Review: Sony STR-DN1060

Last Updated: May 21, 2018

Sony’s A/V receivers have always been good, but they haven’t always managed to stand out against competition from the likes of Marantz, Onkyo, and Denon. With the STR-DN1060, and its subsequent iterations, they intended to change that.

Review: Periodic Audio Titanium

Last Updated: July 4, 2018

We weren’t too familiar with Periodic Audio before. Yes, we know, perhaps we should be, but there are a lot of audio companies out there and we aren’t omniscient. We should have been paying closer attention...
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