High End 2014: The PS Audio Sprout, or how to get a new generation of audiophiles
This little Swiss army knife will stream music from your phone, drive your cans and the speakers on your desktop. The Bluetooth connection was lighting fast; it took Scott less than 20 seconds to bridge it to his iPhone. The built-in DAC sounded very nice with Audeze’s LCD 2 headphones; in fact, after a couple of tracks (“Missed the Boat” from Modest Mouse, “Audiophile recordings” and Gluck’s “Dance of the blessed spirits” from Naxos), all I can say is that it will sell like hotcakes.
[Editor’s note: I missed this show entry the first pass; my apologies. I know it’s now out-of-order, but hopefully you’ll forgive the lapse.]