MQA and Deezer announce partnership
Even though it’s Labour Day around the world, and we’re all supposed to be doing our level best to avoid work like the plague, I felt compelled to bring you news [...]
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Revisited: PS Audio DirectStream DAC and Memory Player
by John Richardson OK folks, this one is an ongoing saga here in the world of Part-Time Audiophile. Like a boomerang (or certain Millennial offspring) the subject of this [...]
Roon releases MQA Detection update
I had a chance to catch up with one of the Roon Labs power brokers this week, namely Rob Darling, on what was happening with the software company’s latest release, and [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: NAD shows off the power of a digital hub with Sonus Faber
Lifestyle. The phrase keeps creeping into the audiophile conversation. Seems that regular people are being courted by traditional, stalwart high-fidelity manufacturers more, [...]
Black Sabbath announce The Ten Year War: Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set with MQA high-res
Black Sabbath fans rejoice. BMG is tooling up for a September release of eight Sabbath LPs on 180-gram coloured vinyl that all have been re-mastered by Andy Pearce from the [...]
High End 2017: Stenheim, VTL and Wadax
Bumped into Luke Manley of VTL while walking down one of too many Munich corridors. Hey Luke, what’s up? Have you listened to our room Yeah, the VTL – Albedo one? [...]
High End 2017: MSB introduces a new Reference DAC
MSB always puts on a great room, and we’ve been hypnotized in the Newport Show 2016 MSB Room and at CES 2017 MSB rooms. MSB to date has products on both ends of the [...]
High End 2017: AudioQuest Niagara goes Euro and the Record Brush you always wanted
Garth Powell, a lifelong audio engineer from AudioQuest keeps attendees on the edge of their seats as he discusses AC Power. We always enjoy his wealth of experience [...]
High End 2017: MQA upgrade in under 5 minutes with the Audioquest Dragonfly
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 [...]
High End 2017: Michael Latvis provides the skinny on the HRS Vortex feet
Tweaks are aplenty in this industry, some that work, and others less so. But when it comes to reducing vibration, I have been a longstanding believer. At T.H.E. Show @ [...]