The ZEN HEAD personal battery operated headphone amplifier from Decware is has just been reviewed on Head-fi.org!

Take this and a good set of audiophile headphones and catapult the sound quality of your MP3 player through the roof!

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A link to the review!

When ones finds himself in the middle of the hi-fi pond the obvious question never changes; “From this huge selection, what is the best sounding piece that I can afford?”

They all claim greatness, many look like audio jewelry, and you can usually find reviews of some sort that say it’s good so how does one weed out all the imposter’s?

We live in a world of mass production.  The overwhelming majority of audio gear in this world is mass produced.

It’s a lot like the fast food franchise known as McDonnalds.   They hire food engineers and tasters as well as some top chefs to design their food.  However, when you walk away from McDonnalds there is nothing more than fast food in your bag, and it’s certainly nothing to get excited about.  When you actually want a satisfying meal you don’t purchase fast food.  When you want to experience a meal to remember you find a chef who hand selects fresh ingredients and hand prepares the meal for you.

Can anyone explain to me how hi-fi is any different?   Fast food is like mass produced mid fi gear.  Fancy and more expensive fast food is like mass produced hi-fi gear.  Real food is like hand made gear prepared to order by a seasoned chef with years of experience and a well placed reputation.

People just don’t realize how rare it is to still be able to purchase hand made audio gear that is not mass produced and or sub contracted from China.  There are really only a hand full of good restaurants left!  Who’s hungry?

Steve Deckert