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High End 2017: Tidal Audio releases Camira Reference DAC, Ferios Monobloc

May 21, 2017

Tidal Audio from Germany put on an outstanding presentation at High End in Munich, and Dr. Pangiotis Karavitis, and I took part in an invite-only audiophile press event for a private listening session while there. Company CEO, and chief designer [...]

High End 2017: Turntables, digital, CD and the future of music mediums

May 21, 2017

Turntable, turntable, turntable, turntable, turntable, turntable, turntable. DAC, DAC, DAC, DAC, DAC, DAC. CD/SACD, CD/SACD. Reel-to-reel. This would be my count if I had to choose a ratio at the High End Show in Munich this week for analog, and [...]

High End 2017: MQA upgrade in under 5 minutes with the Audioquest Dragonfly

May 21, 2017

You can now upgrade your AudioQuest DragonFly Black and DragonFly Red to include support for MQA with a firmware update. We’ve upgraded a few of our Red Dragonfly’s over at Part-Time Audiophile today, and encourage you too as well. The [...]

High End 2017: dCS celebrates their 30th Anniversary with the Limited Edition Vivaldi One

May 17, 2017

dCS is celebrating their 30th Anniversary (1987-2017) and are bringing some surprises across their model line at the High End Munich 2017 show. First, allow us to introduce the Vivaldi One, a limited-edition digital music player. Limited to just [...]

High End 2017: AURALiC announces high-end G Series streaming components

May 16, 2017

AURALiC hit my inbox today with some big news regarding their current lineup: it’s changed dramatically. The company is unveiling the new G Series ARIES G2 streaming transporter ($3,899 USD, $5,295 CAN),and VEGA G2 streaming DAC ($5,699 USD, [...]

MQA update for AudioQuest Dragonfly Black and Red coming May 17 – new partnerships announced

May 12, 2017

The MQA freight train keeps rolling down the tracks of high-fidelity seemingly without resistance. A press release just announced that portable USB DAC wünderkind AudioQuest will be releasing a free, and highly-anticipated MQA firmware update to [...]

AXPONA 2017: Sneak Peek from AURALiC

April 22, 2017

AURALiC has been impressing us all for a very long time. Their VEGA DAC has been on most best-of component lists since it was first released, and even Part-Time Audiophile has lavished some deserved praise on the unit. And here at AXPONA, we get a [...]

dac

High End 2017: Tidal Audio releases Camira Reference DAC, Ferios Monobloc

High End 2017: Turntables, digital, CD and the future of music mediums

High End 2017: MQA upgrade in under 5 minutes with the Audioquest Dragonfly

High End 2017: dCS celebrates their 30th Anniversary with the Limited Edition Vivaldi One

High End 2017: AURALiC announces high-end G Series streaming components

MQA update for AudioQuest Dragonfly Black and Red coming May 17 – new partnerships announced

AXPONA 2017: Sneak Peek from AURALiC

OPPO Releases UDP-205 Audiophile Universal Player

AXPONA 2017: Chicago prepares for hi-fi onslaught

Review: BorderPatrol USB Digital to Analogue Converter (SE Version)