HiFi News
New for High End Munich 2024: the NAD C 379 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier
Fitting into NAD’s Classic Series, the new C 379 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier packs a lot of features in a nicely priced box. Classic NAD, indeed.
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AVID Releases First New Turntable in 6 Years: Acutus Dark Iron
Dark Iron, baby.
HiFi News
Dynaudio To Bring Four New Models to High End Munich 2024
Making their world premier at High End Munich 2024 from Dynaudio (from left): the new Confidence 20A Active speaker, The Bookshelf, the Contour 20 Black Edition, and the Contour Legacy.
HiFi Thoughts
HiFi Thoughts: Audiophile Ethernet Switches & Paper Shades
Some of my relatives on my mother’s side lived in trailer parks.
HiFi News
Audiovector Goes Back to the Future With the Trapeze Reimagined Loudspeakers
The first pairs of Audiovector’s wedge-shaped Trapeze loudspeakers hit the market back in 1979 when Donna Summer had 3 singles in Billboard’s Year-End Top 100.
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Digital Reviews
Review: totaldac d1-triunity DAC
“Now, I’m not one to stand on ceremony or suggest that a given technology is inherently superior to another—it’s all in the implementation…”
HiFi News
totaldac’s New d120 Speakers to Debut at High End Munich 2024
High End Munich 2024 is shaping up to be chock full of must-hear gear and I’ll add totaldac’s new d120 speakers to my list.
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HIGH END Munich 2024
HIGH END Munich 2024: Just Weeks Away
It seems like I just finished unpacking from Axpona. Because I did just finish unpacking from Axpona.
HiFi News
Auralic Rolls Out Their New S1 Series Streamer and DAC (and More!)
Where “S” stands for “Sound”.
Axpona 2024
Axpona 2024: Closing Thoughts
3 days, 200 listening rooms, 9,000+ attendees, 600+ high-end audio brands, 445 photos.
Axpona 2024
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: DeVore Fidelity
DeVore Fidelity O/bronze + Komuro K300S Stereo Amplifier + spinning 78s = hifi heaven.
Axpona 2024
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Grimm Audio | Zellaton
I bet you saw this one coming from a mile away.
Axpona 2024
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Tone Imports
I first met Tone Imports proprietor Jonathan Halpern long before I started writing about hifi while he was working at NYC dealer In Living Stereo and just beginning to import the exquisite gear from Japan’s Shindo Laboratory.