HiFi News

Denon asks its Instagram audience—What does a network streamer do that your phone can’t?

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Spicy! Darko and I dig in to some spicy subjects for Darko.Audio Podcast #45.

This just in on the Reddit hotline: Tidal CEO Jesse Dorogusker has shared that the streaming platform, which still uses MQA to deliver hi-res content to HiFi Plus Subscribers, is moving to FLAC.

I’ve yet to meet an EL84-based amp I didn’t like.

That’s right—Ferrum has partnered with filter guru HQ Player to develop a set of user selectable custom digital filters for their new flagship WANDLA DAC/Preamplifier. But that’s just the beginning of this story.

Florentine manufacturer Gold Note was founded in 2012 and they make everything from cartridges to tonearms to turntables to phono stages to electronics, speakers, and power supplies. That’s their Mediterraneo turntable in a gold leaf finish. Che bello!

Luxman’s yummy new D-07X Digital Player plays CDs, SACDs, MQA CDs, 32-bit/768 kHz PCM, and 22.4 MHz DSD files via its USB input. Discs and a DAC.

Interested in easily adding streaming to your hifi without breaking the bank?

Ed Meitner believes that “an analog preamp acts as the heart of every music system“. Who am I to argue with Ed Meitner over matters of the heart?

Imagine you just bought the latest greatest 83″ OLED TV and installed it in your kitchen cupboard that’s 74″ wide and 36″ deep.

The new Silent Angel Rhein Z1 Plus Server improves on the original with a number of upgrads while offering the ability to simultaneously supply up to 10 audio outputs.

Now that word is out about my Phono Stage Survey, friends and readers alike are whispering in my ear about all things analog and one cartridge that keeps coming up is the HANA ML.

News from Japan: Melco Audio has launched the N1-S38, an all-new flagship SSD-based digital music library offering the best sonic performance in the company’s history.

That’s right, not one but two, each less than three. Schiit Audio has recently released the new Rekkr and Gjallarhorn Class A/B “Speaker Amps” coming in at $149 and $299 respectively.