High End 2016: The fantastic Pioneer XDP – 100R – K Hi Res DAP
What a clumsy name, the XDP 100R K, but what a fantastic device this Pioneer DAP truly is. Under one slick aluminum machined body with removable bumpers lies a powerhouse of [...]
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High End 2015: Astell&Kern
I blame Astell&Kern for my “portable audio” problem. I had, wrongly, assumed that the iPhone was as good as it gets and that anything above and beyond that [...]
Review: Calyx M Digital Audio Player
One thing you gotta thank Neil Young for? All the publicity around “sound quality”. It’s been so long since there’s been any serious public discussion [...]
Coming soon: HiFi-Skÿn
IndieGoGo is all the rage, apparently, and perhaps for very good reason — it allows many smaller, boutique would-be vendors to get a real handle on their potential [...]
Review: Pono Music Player
Enter Pono Well, it happened. I got my Pono player. For those of you not keeping track, Pono is a music service, a portable digital audio player, a lifestyle experience, and [...]
Newport 2014: Astell&Kern and the Hand of Glory
There are several legends about the so-called “Hand of Glory“. They refer to the hand of a hanged thief, amputated after death. Sweet, right? It gets better [...]
Newport 2014: CEntrance shows a Mini-M8 and Glove
The CEntrance table at Newport had two sweet surprises. The first was the Mini-M8. This is the new slimmed-down version of the best-selling headphone DAC/amp combo, the [...]
Enter Pono
Chris Connaker at ComputerAudiophile has the scoop on the Pono Player coming soon from Neil Young et al. For those of you that missed the teaser blitz last year, Pono is not [...]
Amazeballs: Astell & Kern’s AK 240
An Audio360.org Review by Warren Chi & Michael Liang Avid personal audio enthusiasts know that hearing a wide variety of gear can breed apathy, making us jaded, blasé [...]