Sparkler Audio Spiral, Ether | Review
A Box of Sparklers My introduction to the wares of Sparkler Audio (website) was through the 2017 and 2018 Capital Audiofest shows. There, I’d made note of Sparker’s [...]
Digital
For reviews of gear including and related to the playback of digital audio, including transports, DACs, computers, streamers, and “silver disc spinners”.
TotalDAC USB Gigafilter | Review
Digital is dicey Looking at the totalDAC USB Gigafilter, you ask questions. Digital is supposed to be straightforward: ones and zeroes coded as “Hi” and “Lo” voltage [...]
Cocktail Audio X45 Pro Music Player/DAC | Review
by Steve Marsh Introduction: Cocktail Audio X45 Pro I spend most of my time listening to vinyl rather than digital. I have a lot invested in my analog front end and the [...]
Bricasti M1 Limited Edition DAC | Review
Before I start, I should just confess that the Bricasti M1 Limited Edition (aka, The Golden Gun*) has been my personal DAC reference for the past two years. It is, quite [...]
Audio Fur and the Border Patrol DAC
The Dissenting Opinion Stereophile’s Herb Reichert posted a letter on the web version of an “As We See It” column written by his colleague Jon Iverson. [...]
dCS Network Bridge and Vivaldi DAC receive MQA and juice my streaming
Ever since I reviewed the dCS Network Bridge a year ago, I’ve been enjoying a lot more digital music. YES, I still prefer dropping the needle but the convenience of a [...]
Bricasti M1 Review: Balancing Head and Heart
Perks of the trade Looking at the Bricasti M1 reminds me of one of the coolest perks of reviewing high-end audio equipment: I get to hear lots of different types of gear in [...]
Audio Note UK DAC 2.1x Signature Review
Unexpected Pleasures I wanted to share a few notes about the Audio Note UK (website) DAC 2.1x Signature that Mr. Q sent along with the CDT-Two/II transport that I so greatly [...]
Audio Note UK CDT-Two/II CD Transport Review
Spinning Silver: Audio Note UK CDT-Two/II CD transports are passé. Boring. Irrelevant. So … yesterday. Now, if only someone would tell that to the 5,000+ shiny silver [...]
Review: Mytek puts the + on the Brooklyn DAC
There is this one kind of reviews I don’t want to take, the ones I am not sure I will enjoy. I prefer analog to digital sources and if I must spent some time listening [...]
