Digital Reviews

Or, how to make a good DAC even better.

The Imersiv UTB Universal Transformer Interface is an add-on device meant to accompany the company’s wonderful D-1 DAC for people who want to connect it to their hifi via unbalanced RCA interconnects. People like me.

LAiV Audio is three for three when it comes to delivering affordable DACs that don’t sound cheap.

There’s been a steady buzz surrounding the D-1 DAC from Imersiv coming from a number of sources all of whom are serious about digital and DACs. Based on what I’ve been hearing in Barn, that buzz is very well deserved.

Color me impressed. Again.

I’ve long lived with, and loved, one totaldac or another, going back some 10 years.

The Helios is the 3rd DAC from Weiss I’ve reviewed in these pages along with the DAC501 and DAC204 and the one thing they have in common, beyond their obvious Weiss origin, is they all sound great. In many ways, exceptional.

The Harmony µDAC from LAiV Audio is a remarkable DAC when it comes to price, performance, and build quality.

When it comes to network players, aka streaming transports, I have an unoriginal motto—just do it.

How’d they do this, for that?

Sometimes it’s nice to come across a hifi product that does what it’s supposed to do without trying to do extra. Just the bits, m’am.

The ability to flavor the sound of our hifi by swapping tubes is a beautiful thing. After all, the perfect hifi doesn’t exist because we use ‘em to listen to music, a deeply personal thing.