Douk Audio EQ5 Tone Mini

Sound and what it actually does The Douk Audio EQ5 Tone Mini is one of those little boxes that makes itself known pretty quickly. I didn’t hear it as a “transparent” add-on in the strict audiophile sense; I heard it as a tone shaper, which is exactly the point. It gives me enough control to […]

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