Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Thanks to HiFiMan for sending the Audivina LE for review!

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Test Gear...

All music would have been lossless or hi-rez FLAC or DSD files played locally, or in the case of some FLAC, streamed from Qobuz. In all desktop applications files were played through Roon. In DAP situations, files were played from microSD storage.

Chain 1...

FiiO M21: youtu.be/22bHTUv3G8k

Chain 2...

FiiO SR11 (youtu.be/YuagbK8p0FA) USB output into Schiit Mimir (youtu.be/JnT_3HpAHt0) or FiiO Warmer R2R DAC (youtu.be/7gL2kCq2KyY) into both Asgard X (youtu.be/n8H8SN3Rdf4) & Jotunheim 3 (youtu.be/GhLNMFzcr74)

Chain 3...

Chord 2Go+2Yu streamer (youtu.be/S3O7JNOJIqI); USB output into Ferrum WANDLA GSE (review coming!) into Ferrum Oor (youtu.be/xUsRyoBPdyk) - both Ferrums powered by Hypsos power supply.

Chain 4...

Sonore opticalRendu USB into Berkeley Alpha USB DDC (youtu.be/94AvDeeRjHA); AES into Berkeley Alpha S2 DAC (youtu.be/JY3c4HEyH0s); XLR into LTA Z10e amp (youtu.be/Bft6HUsYDhE)

HiFiMan Edition XV: youtu.be/HBlZgJD2DGY
My review of OG Audivina: youtu.be/-i-Y2ZHjiHM

Timestamps...
00:00 Intro, Pricing, Disclaimer
01:47 Shameless Self Promotion
02:15 Takeaways
03:27 About the Audivina LE
06:44 Sound Leak Demo
10:26 Sound
15:20 Final Thoughts