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.
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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.
HiFi Thoughts
Reductio ad absurdum: HiFi’s False Prophets and the Myth of the Perfect Amplifier
If you think about it, all birds sound the same.
HiFi News
MQA Responds to GoldenSound (if this makes no sense, you are spending your time wisely) [Updated]
Equal rights. Justice. A few weeks ago, I pointed readers to a relatively new YouTube hifi reviewer, GoldenSound. The subject of his most popular video, by a multiple of around 15x, was MQA. Spoiler Alert: it was not a positive take.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Denafrips Pontus II DAC
I’m hoping there’s more than a family resemblance to be found between the recently reviewed, and loved, Denafrips ARES II DAC, and the upstream Denafrips Pontus II.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: THX Onyx Portable DAC
The dongle DACs just keep comin’.
HiFi News
ADOT (Audiophile Digital Optical Technology) Media Convertors
Network audiophiles have been using fiber media converters for years. Companies like TP-Link offer a number of options in the $20/each price range that do the job just fine. But, what’s the job?
Digital Reviews
Review: Cambridge Audio CXC CD Transport: The Sound and The Music
“My God! What has sound got to do with music?” ― Charles Ives “Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent.” ― John Cage
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In Barn for Review: Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grand Reference Floor Standing Speakers
Even a Baby Grand can be grand.
HiFi News
Bluesound’s Upgraded Node and PowerNode Coming Soon!
The Bluesound Node 2i is a genuine HiFi Bargain, nearly a classic, so I am very happy to see it getting some renewed attention.
HiFi News
Luxman Celebrates 95 years: L595A SPECIAL EDITION Integrated Amplifier
95 years. That’s nearly 1,000 years in hifi time.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: GoldenEar Triton Reference Tower Speakers
The shipping cartons containing the GoldenEar Triton Reference Tower Speakers are about the same size as the hotel room I used to occupy in Paris.
HiFi Thoughts
CD Replay: A Preface
According to various customs laws, an antique is a work of art, piece of furniture, or decorative object that’s at least 100 years old. Out in the real world, an antique is anything that’s perceived to be old. For some, I’m an antique.
HiFi News
GoldenSound: A New HiFi Review Resource
Did you ever wish there was a source for measurements, listening impressions, and how the two may converge? And one that was absent of extremist views that tilt so heavily in one direction, it discounts the validity of the other? Well, it looks like there’s […]
HiFi News
Auralic Launches the ALTAIR G2.1 Digital Audio Streamer
Who put analog in my digital? Auralic’s new ALTAIR G2.1 Digital Audio Streamer adds two all-analog inputs, from input to output, including a Moving Magnet Phono input! making for one full-featured Streaming DAC/Preamplifier plus.