Preamble: Cozoy have grown up. Neither TAKT nor REI spit mad Astrapi-like hiss from the headphone output. They are stable, solidly made, and, if you like well-machined metal, beautiful. Both also play to the low volume requirements of sensitive-eared listeners, yours truly included.
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Considering Astrapi’s abortive attempt at audiophilia, I expected little of REI. Instead, COZOY have corrected every one of Astrapi’s egregious faults. They are: REI outputs no more hiss than an iPhone 6; its lowest volume levels jive with sensitive-eared listeners; it outperforms the iPhone 6 in a number of key metrics; it gets loud without turning its signal to mush.
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