Digital Reviews
Review: Raspberry Pi 4: A $70 Roon Ready Streamer
Legacy USB DACs. There I said it. These days, DACs without streamers are beginning to feel like relics.
HiFi
HiFi News
Munich Is On! The HIGH END 2021 is now fully booked!
This just in: The organizer of the event, the HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH, is pleased to announce that the HIGH END 2021 is now fully booked, even before the registration deadline at the end of March!
HiFi News
Listening: The Most Moving HiFi-Related Video You Will Ever See
All’s I can say is thank you — Bob Lichtenberg, Christopher Bell, John DeVore, Erik Owen, Frankie Richards, Nick Kelling, Dave Gross, and Stereophile — for a beautiful, moving, and thought provoking story. Bravo!!
HiFi Thoughts
When Measurements and Blind Tests Go Wrong: A History Lesson
The correlation between measurements and hearing is tenuous at best. If we use history as a guide, engineers in the 1940’s were convinced people preferred narrow band music reproduction. They’d done blind listening tests to prove it!
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Riviera Audio Laboratories Levante: Measured Riches
Two of the principals of Riviera Audio Labs, Luca Chiomenti (audio designer and engineer) and Silvio Delfino (sales and marketing) spent a few decades talking about the kind of amplifier they’d like to make, if they ever decided to make one. Five years ago, on […]
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Denafrips ARES II DAC
The Denafrips ARES II DAC uses R-2R DAC technology to convert digital to analog, an approach I’ve found can please the ears with a naturalness that evades many a chip-based DAC.
HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: The Helm BOLT DAC: Pocket-Sized Conversion
The diminutive and delicious Helm BOLT DAC recently worked itself onto my short list of Favorite DACs. If we add its $99.99 asking price into the equation, we come up with a verified HiFi Bargain.
HiFi Reviews
Avantgarde Acoustic UNO XD: Faultless Furnishing
The time between the test lab and the living room was only supposed to be a short breather for the sweet little Avantgarde Acoustic. But “short and sweet” just wasn’t possible: During its layover with us, the UNO XD cast such a spell over everyone […]
HiFi News
HiFi Show Schedule 2021: When You Wish Upon A Star [Update 3.3.21]
Have I mentioned I miss HiFi Shows?
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HiFi Thoughts
Certainly Uncertain: When Measurement Results Don’t Match
One of the greatest misconceptions in all of Audiophiledom is the notion that measurements are objective.
Digital Reviews
Review: Weiss DAC501: Beauty With Brains
No matter how smart you think your DAC is, the Weiss DAC501 is probably smarter. A lot smarter. Heck, its Quick Start Guide is 10 pages long.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Roon Nucleus+
I have a thing for industrial design. Here, let me show you…
HiFi News
Totaldac’s New d100: Speakers
totaldac fans and followers already know that Vincent Brient makes complete systems — from streamers to DACs to preamps to amps to speakers. The new d100 are a more room- and wallet-friendly affair as compared to the company’s d150-anniversary speaker.
HiFi Reviews
Göbel High End Divin Marquis: Distant Worlds
For most people, the idea of ever owning a stereo system that comes with a six-figure price tag is about as far from reality as Mars is from Earth. Göbel High End flung open the doors so we could enjoy an exclusive tour of the […]