HiFi News
Twittering Machines Favorite DACs [update]
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.
HiFi
Digital Reviews
Review: The THX Onyx Portable DAC’s Got Game
Portable dongle DACs are experiencing a renaissance for the first time.
HiFi News
iFi’s New Zen Stream Wi-Fi Audio Transport Does Ethernet Too!
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 […]
HiFi News
Questyle Joins the Dongle DAC Party With The M12 Mobile Headphone Amp & DAC
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love” according to Hal David and Burt Bacharach. They forgot to mention — and another dongle DAC.
Amplifier Reviews
Thrax Ares: the Sum of Its Parts
High end also refers to the impressive artistry of interplay. So why not house all the equipment involved under one roof?
HiFi News
Meet Naim’s First Turntable: The Solstice Special Edition
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.
TM News
The Barn Reference System Gets an O/grade: the DeVore Fidelity O/96
It was bound to happen. Like the changing tide or sunshine.
HiFi Reviews
Review: GoldenEar Triton Reference Towers – Big, Bold, and Beautiful
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?
HiFi Thoughts
Ten Inconvenient Facts About Digital
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.
HiFi News
Primare Readies A New Prisma NP5 MK2 Network Player
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.
HiFi News
Darko.Audio podcast #24 – Apple Music’s lossless hi-res & Spatial Audio (and more)
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.
Digital Reviews
Review: Roon Nucleus Plus or Why Roon Is An Audiophile Essential
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.
Digital Reviews
Review: Denafrips IRIS USB Digital To Digital Converter
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, […]
HiFi News
Getting The Most From Apple Music’s New Lossless Service: iOS v OSX
Want to know how do get all of that high-resolution goodness from Apple Music into your hifi of choice with no fuss, no muss? Read on.
Digital Reviews
Review: PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport: A Different Story
There are days when I feel sorry for people who believe that all digital sounds the same.