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Month: June 2021

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Twittering Machines Favorite DACs [update]

June 30, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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.
Digital Reviews

Review: The THX Onyx Portable DAC’s Got Game

June 29, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
Portable dongle DACs are experiencing a renaissance for the first time.
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#NewMusicFriday: June 25, 2021

June 25, 2021 Stephen Mejias
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

June 25, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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!

June 24, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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 […]
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Questyle Joins the Dongle DAC Party With The M12 Mobile Headphone Amp & DAC

June 24, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
“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

June 23, 2021 FIDELITY International
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

June 22, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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

June 21, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
It was bound to happen. Like the changing tide or sunshine.
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#NewMusicFriday: June 18, 2021

June 18, 2021 Stephen Mejias
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

June 18, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
“I want to pet every puppy I see.”
HiFi Reviews

Review: GoldenEar Triton Reference Towers – Big, Bold, and Beautiful

June 17, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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

June 16, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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”

June 16, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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

June 15, 2021 Michael Lavorgna
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.

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