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Title: Echobox Explorer Review: Intoxicating sound (with a heckuva hangover) Post by: HCK on February 16, 2018, 04:05:19 pm Echobox Explorer Review: Intoxicating sound (with a heckuva hangover)
You've got to love the weird world of Android. I mean, where else can you shell out half a grand for a portable Hi-Fi player that looks like the product of a drunken evening between an expensive hip flask and a budget mid-2011 smartphone? Fortunately, the distinctively shaped Echobox Explorer isn't just an excuse to make halfhearted booze jokes; it's a portable audio player that kicks out genuinely great sound thanks to a potent combination of powerful DAC and a capable headphone amp. Unfortunately, where Echobox splurged on the sound it skimped on the basics: a poor Wi-Fi radio makes it slow to stream; bad shielding on that radio makes for prominent earphone interference; and an ancient Android version with no Play Store makes for a subpar user experience. If you're enough of an audiophile to consider a Digital Audio Player in 2018, the Echobox Explorer is probably already on your radar — so should you take a hit off this faux flask? The answer's right up... Source: Echobox Explorer Review: Intoxicating sound (with a heckuva hangover) (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/yT-xeUlOlJw/echobox-explorer-review-intoxicating-sound-heckuva-hangover) |