HiFi News
Twittering Machines Favorite DACs [update]
Notice I didn’t say “Best DACs.” There’s a big difference between a favorite and a best, as big a difference as there is between night and day.
Month: June 2021
Digital Reviews
Review: The THX Onyx Portable DAC’s Got Game
Portable dongle DACs are experiencing a renaissance for the first time.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: June 25, 2021
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Senyawa | Alkisah
Seek, and ye shall find (just be careful what you look for).
HiFi News
iFi’s New Zen Stream Wi-Fi Audio Transport Does Ethernet Too!
There’s a relative dearth of affordable streamers that offer USB out. iFi’s new Zen Stream Wi-Fi Audio Transport does USB and S/PDIF out, and in between the WiFi and wired inputs there’s a host of iFi tech meant to improve the sound of your digital […]
HiFi News
Questyle Joins the Dongle DAC Party With The M12 Mobile Headphone Amp & DAC
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love” according to Hal David and Burt Bacharach. They forgot to mention — and another dongle DAC.
Amplifier Reviews
Thrax Ares: the Sum of Its Parts
High end also refers to the impressive artistry of interplay. So why not house all the equipment involved under one roof?
HiFi News
Meet Naim’s First Turntable: The Solstice Special Edition
Naim Audio was officially incorporated in 1973 and their Aro tonearm is the stuff of audiophile legend. But that’s about as far as the Salisbury, England based company ever went in terms of playing records. Until now.
TM News
The Barn Reference System Gets an O/grade: the DeVore Fidelity O/96
It was bound to happen. Like the changing tide or sunshine.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: June 18, 2021
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Home Is Where | I Became Birds
“I want to pet every puppy I see.”
HiFi Reviews
Review: GoldenEar Triton Reference Towers – Big, Bold, and Beautiful
Full range. There are an abundance of words and phrases used to describe aspects of the reproduction of music, but few are as meaningful and without controversy as full range. In an ideal world, who wouldn’t want full range?
HiFi Thoughts
Ten Inconvenient Facts About Digital
Facts can act like anchors in a sea of loose words. Here are ten inconvenient facts about digital to hopefully help silence some of the endless prattle.
Music News
Aldous Harding Returns With “Old Peel”
It feels like an eternity has passed between Aldous Harding’s last full length, Designer, from 2019. In some ways, an eternity has passed if we consider confinement a form of it.
HiFi News
Primare Readies A New Prisma NP5 MK2 Network Player
The AKM factory fire that occurred on October 20, 2020 at the company’s semiconductor plant in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan, has sent many an audio manufacturer back to the drawing board.