Beguiling Digital: Audio Note UK DAC 2.1x Signature
Unexpected Pleasures I wanted to share a few notes about the Audio Note UK DAC 2.1x Signature that Mr. Q sent along with the CDT-Two/II transport that I so greatly admired. [...]
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Digital Throwback: Audio Note UK CDT-Two/II CD Transport
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 [...]
AXPONA 2018: Vandersteen and AudioQuest clean-up nicely
System synergy is everything, why change the recipe if you find something tasty? We’ve seen a magic mix when you bring together Vandersteen + Audio Research + [...]
AXPONA 2018: Benchmark stays smooth with Martin Logan
Audiophiles like smoothness. Audiophiles don’t like rough edges, bumps or dips in frequency response, falloff in off-axis listening, hot treble, or exaggerated bass. [...]
Munich High End 2018: Brinkmann
BRINKMANN BLOOMS AT MUNICH 2018 Audio Legend Unveils FIVE New Products at Munich High End Munich, Germany—May 10, 2018: Munich High End 2018 will be the most important [...]
Munich High End 2018: totaldac shows off d1-twelve DAC and new USB GIGAFILTER
For those who’ve followed my path meandering through digital audio, and streaming in particular with Tidal Hi-Fi, the name totaldac might be a familiar one. I’ve [...]
Munich High End 2018: The show that all shows want to be?
MUNICH. Have you seen the 2005 Academy Award® historical thriller by Steven Spielberg? If you haven’t let me just say it’s intense. I bring it up because if you [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Wrapping up with Igor Kivritsky
The 2018 Vancouver Audio Festival (VAF) had a charm about it that most shows lack, and that’s not because AXPONA, or RMAF don’t have style or class, or great [...]
AXPONA 2018: The pre-amp that changed everything – Nagra
Nagra‘s rooms are always on, and dialled to 11. They sneak up on you, and deliver a different something special each time, always changing it up a little. I still have [...]
AXPONA 2018: Eikon Audio – Gayle Sanders returns…
AXPONA 2018 marks the return of Gayle Sanders with the launch of EIKON Audio. Sanders co-founded Martin Logan in 1982, where he stayed for nearly three decades only to sell [...]