In Barn for Review: HiFi Rose RS150b Reference Network Streamer
South Korea-based HiFi Rose is new to me, but their RS150b Reference Network Streamer looks like it sprung from mature minds.
South Korea-based HiFi Rose is new to me, but their RS150b Reference Network Streamer looks like it sprung from mature minds.
What makes a HiFi show good? In addition to location, the thing that makes a HiFi show a good one is its organizers, and AudioConLA promises to be good if not better, thanks to Sarah Tremblay and Michel Plante, the dynamic duo behind Montreal Audiofest […]
The Denafrips PONTUS II DAC employs a balanced, dual mono R-2R network design to convert bits to waves. Like its little and much-loved brother, the Denafrips ARES II DAC, the Pontus converts digital to analog in a way that makes music more than inviting.
The Totem Tribe Tower Speakers make Twiggy look wide.
Netherlands-based Sonnet Digital Audio is a relatively new company, but one with a long history in digital audio design.
The Bel Canto E1X Integrated Amplifier combines a DAC, streamer, and phono stage with a 180Watt Stereo amplifier in a single, sleek, black chassis. All in oneness.
The Schiit Ragnarok Nexus Integrated Amplifier can come with a MM phono stage and DAC built in. That’s how the review sample is outfitted because that’s how I like to roll.
The EgglestonWorks Oso are offered in virtually any color of your choosing. The review pair arrived in a beautiful Barn Red (that’s not really what this color is called but it’s what I’m going to call it).
Is it too soon? I don’t think so. It has been 2 years since my last hifi show and I am itchin’ to attend.
I’ve been eyeing, earing, and ogling the products from Audio Note UK for decades.
Some people look at a speaker and see an accumulation of parts — drivers, crossovers, and cabinets. From this perspective, you can be fooled into thinking that a few photos and a spec sheet go a long way in revealing how a speaker will perform.
I love Paris in the springtime. I love Paris in the fall.
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.
Portable dongle DACs are experiencing a renaissance for the first time.
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 […]
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love” according to Hal David and Burt Bacharach. They forgot to mention — and another dongle DAC.
High end also refers to the impressive artistry of interplay. So why not house all the equipment involved under one roof?
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.
It was bound to happen. Like the changing tide or sunshine.
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?
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.
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.
I (re)joined John Darko of Darko.Audio for some podcast time, this time around we shoot the breeze about Apple Music’s lossy, lossless, and hi-res lossless, CDs, dinner at Le Bernardin, and more.
If you are looking for a plug and play Roon server solution that’s nicely made, good looking, and price falls in line after these considerations, a Roon Nucleus is for you.
All USB audio sources are not created equal, and all USB DACs are not created equal. This makes making any kind of sweeping generalizations about the effectiveness of things that sit between point A, the USB audio source, e.g. a Raspberry Pi, and Point B, […]
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