Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Let's take a look back at the year in audio! Join me as I count down the 10 most important pieces of audio gear I reviewed in 2025 (plus a few honorable mentions)!

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My Reviews of the Mentioned Gear (alphabetical order)

Apos x Geshelli Merlin: youtu.be/N8uFb1DM-tw
Audeze CRBN2: youtu.be/Br1L0UNWML4
Audma Maestro HPA1: youtu.be/0_KhgEzpM3E
Fiio K13R2R: youtu.be/mq3tmDPuT90
Fiio M21: youtu.be/22bHTUv3G8k
Hedd D1: youtu.be/VEMQwuZDVBs
Luxsin X9: youtu.be/NcK7lWqPipM
RAAL 1995 Immanis: youtu.be/anTb5JlunuA
Schiit Asgard X: youtu.be/n8H8SN3Rdf4
Schiit Jotunheim 3: youtu.be/GhLNMFzcr74
Schiit Mimir: youtu.be/JnT_3HpAHt0
SJY Horizon Closed Carbon: youtu.be/8UOM3K_VLDc

Timestamps...

00:00 Intro
00:53 Shameless Self Promotion
01:20 The Criteria
02:54 Honorable Mentions
05:11 10
06:36 9
08:18 8
10:10 7
11:55 6
13:19 5
15:16 4
16:45 Top 3
19:28 Wrap Up