

Since then portable players aka DAPs, have become better and more powerful and as such the portable amps and DACs have moved more to the background. It was the beginning of high end portable audio and it was an interesting time. You had a source, a portable DAC and then a portable amp. ġ0 years ago, in the pre-dap time, we were all carrying double and triple stacks around to get the best possible sound quality. If you want to find out more about EarMen, you can do so here. All of EarMen’s products are designed and engineered by Miki Trosic, renowned throughout the audio industry as the founder of Auris Audio.
EARMAN DAC DRIVER
The goal of EarMen is to make powerful audio components elegantly designed for simple plug & play use (no driver installation needed). The Sparrow name? Now that one is a bit different, but I’ll explain that once we feature it here on the site. EarMen is now doing something similar with unit names such as the TR-Amp and Donald Dac. When Jason Stoddard launched Schiit Audio they quickly became famous because of the particular name.

We already reviewed their TR-Amp a few weeks ago, so if you’ve read that article already (thumbs up!), you’ll find that some parts of this article about the EarMen company are the same as before.Ī while ago Auris Audio decided to enter the portable market and to do so they came up with new brand name: EarMen. Their amps have won multiple of our awards, and models like the Euterpe, HA2-SE and Nirvana get praised all over the world. In fact, if you’ve been following Headfonia you will know that we’re quite the Auris tube amp fans here.

If EarMen doesn’t ring a bell yet, then then the Serbian “Auris Audio” just might. Today we look at the $99 USD Donald DAC by EarMen, a still new company on the market.ĭisclaimer: The EarMen Donald DAC was sent to us directly by EarMen for the purpose of this review.
