HiFi News

Vincent Brient of France’s totaldac has been busy and he has three new DACs that share his new “unity” DAC architecture to show for it.

European Audio Team’s (EAT) customer’s spoke and the Austrian company listened—the new entry level EAT C-Dur ‘table features onboard speed control to minimize size while adding premium finishes previously only available on their higher end models.

Hand-made in the Black Forest, Rekkord Turntables are built in the same precision machining and clock-making factory the company founder first opened in 1907.

I can imagine any number of audiophiles already ready to hit “Add to Cart”.

In his accompanying post to the latest Darko.Audio Podcast I took part in, Darko refers to our approach as ‘Anyshit goes’. I like that.

Stereophonic, baby.

I’d say the days of nostalgia for spinning CDs are here. And why not? The trouble with early CD replay wasn’t the format, it was the filters.

I love a good celebration and Denafrips is toasting 12-years in business with the new Anniversary Editions of the company’s popular Terminator II & Terminator PLUS NOS DACs.

The new Melco N50-H60 Music Library sits between the company’s entry-level N100 and the compact N1Z in terms of price and performance, making it the Goldilocks choice.

“Why don’t you review big speakers?” a friend asked some time ago. And I thought, Why don’t I review big speakers?

I’m a fan of SSDs in small form factor music servers, especially when they look like someone paid attention to industrial design. The new Innuos ZENmini S checks all boxes.

The new ELAC Debut ConneX powered speakers, one is active and one passive, are more than powered speakers as they also house a DAC and phono/line input. Just add source(s).

The new L-507Z integrated amplifier offers new Luxman tech inside, meant to improve the sound of music:

Bluesound, known for their budget friendly streaming audio products, has lowered the price bar with the new POWERNODE EDGE.

The most recent piece of my system-building puzzle recently arrived and you could say I’ve been waiting for it for 30 years.

Sometimes, there’s a lot going on in the Barn but there’s not much to show for it. This is one of those times.

While the Technics SL-100C Direct Drive Turntable isn’t exactly new(s), it hit the EU/UK markets last April, the (good) news here is that it’s now available in apple pie country. Or Jersey tomato country as the case may be.

The latest Darko.Audio podcast finds us covering a number of topics from streaming technology’s life-span to the most contentious news to hit the world of hifi in years – The MoFi Affair.

You may be wondering what Auralic could possibly add to their already feature-rich ALTAIR G1 and ARIES G1 Music Streamers. The kitchen sink?

Lowther Loudspeaker Systems Ltd. released its first speaker in 1934, a decade in the making. The sleeping giant of single driver fame has awakened once more with the Almira, their first new speaker in 3 decades.