totaldac – Part-Time Audiophile

Review updates: Harbeth, DeVore, Totem, Pass Labs, totaldac, AudioQuest, Pro-Ject, PS Audio… coming from Rafe

August 9, 2017 // 10 Comments

2017 is rocketing past us, and with the summer at its zenith I thought it was time for a quick update on what’s happening with me up north here on the Best Coast in [...]

High End 2017: New totaldac d150 loudspeaker system

May 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

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

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Pass Labs and DeVore Fidelity arrive for review

March 22, 2017 // 4 Comments

Some equipment just speaks your language. Pass Labs designs have always been a favourite of mine on the audio-show circuit. They construct incredibly [...]

CH Precision and Dynaudio in house for review

February 13, 2017 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

totaldac announce new flagship d150 loudspeakers

February 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

Updated – MQA and Tidal: Initial listening impressions

January 13, 2017 // 19 Comments

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 [...]

Best of 2016 and Product of the Year

December 24, 2016 // 13 Comments

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 [...]

Review: Roon, Tidal and TotalDac – Part One

December 18, 2016 // 11 Comments

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 [...]

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

November 19, 2015 // 2 Comments

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 [...]