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High End 2017: New totaldac d150 loudspeaker system

May 29, 2017

I’m an unabashed fan of Vincent Brient’s totaldac DAC/Streamer designs. The French electronics engineer, and wunderkind behind the bespoke, discrete R2R ladder DAC components he has founded his company on is a soft-spoken man who [...]

Review: Roon, Tidal and totaldac – Part Two – delving into Roon

April 6, 2017

This is the second part of a three-part series on living with a computer-based audio system from an analog diehard’s perspective, and how it has changed the way my family, and I listen to music compared to a previously vinyl-only household. In [...]

Pass Labs and DeVore Fidelity arrive for review

March 22, 2017

Some equipment just speaks your language. Pass Labs designs have always been a favourite of mine on the audio-show circuit. They construct incredibly musical components with real sonic muscle that never sacrifices air or detail, so when I [...]

CH Precision and Dynaudio in house for review

February 13, 2017

The queue of equipment in the house for review is growing longer, and with the help of David Chan, and Lawrence Lock from DVL Audio I managed to get my hands on the L1 preamplifier, and M1 power amplifier from Swiss manufacturer CH Precision. Edward [...]

totaldac announce new flagship d150 loudspeakers

February 11, 2017

Vincent Brient of totaldac renown in France has been incredibly busy with his d-1 series of R2R ladder DACs, and streamers for the last few years, (which have received critical acclaim in the high-fidelity press. I have a d-1 integral on loan for [...]

Updated – MQA and Tidal: Initial listening impressions

January 13, 2017

First of all, I’m not a “high-resolution” expert by any stretch. I’m a simple analog caveman who finds himself in a digital world. But I absolutely love what Roon, and Tidal do together with the totaldac d1-integral I have [...]

Best of 2016 and Product of the Year

December 24, 2016

So here we are again. Somehow, the year has turned, we’re all facing yet another New Year, and yet no one is running through the streets screaming about “the end of meaning”, “the inexorable march toward extinction”, or [...]

Review: Roon, Tidal and TotalDac – Part One

December 18, 2016

Can computer streaming turn an analog house into a digital domain? What does it take to get a vinyl junkie who only listens to LPs to give up his fix, and go cold turkey with digital? Please read on. I’d been realizing more, and more that [...]

RMAF 2015: KR Audio and Brodmann, sonic brush strokes writ lush

November 19, 2015

Sometimes a pairing will surprise you. For example, when I passed the Brodmann Acoustics room that was prominently displaying the massive T1610 output-tube equipped KR Audio Kronzilla SX 50-watt stereo amplifier, the last speaker I expected it to be [...]

Newport 2015: Voxativ, Time Bandit, TotalDAC

May 31, 2015

By Rafe Arnott Holger Adler may not be easy for me to understand with his smooth German accent, but his Voxativ speakers need no translation for me to get what they’re driving at. And really, Holger’s accent isn’t bad at all, turns [...]