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AXPONA 2022

Magic with Triode Wire Labs, BorderPatrol, Volti Audio, Innuos | AXPONA 2022

April 28, 2022 Scot Hull 3

One sure-fire way to make a great room better? Make things more affordable — which is not something you see every day. Yet that is precisely what the Volti Audio Razz (reviewed here and here) tries […]

Capital Audiofest 2021

Volti Audio, BorderPatrol, Triode Wire Labs, Innuos | CAF 2021

November 18, 2021 Scot Hull 5

Volti Audio, BorderPatrol, Triode Wire Labs exhibit something truly special and worthy of your undivided attention at Capital Audio Fest 2021. The Story by Eric Franklin Shook This story goes back almost a year or […]

Digital

dCS Bartok DAC, Part One | REVIEW

October 13, 2019 Lee Scoggins 4

Every once and a while, a product will turn up at the house for review that is so special, it changes what I understand to be possible for an audio component. And let’s face it; […]

TotalDAC USB Gigafilter
Digital

TotalDAC USB Gigafilter | Review

August 4, 2019 John Richardson 2

Digital is dicey Looking at the totalDAC USB Gigafilter, you ask questions. Digital is supposed to be straightforward: ones and zeroes coded as “Hi” and “Lo” voltage signals, all marching forward in a straight line […]

Munich 2018

Munich High End 2018: totaldac shows off d1-twelve DAC and new USB GIGAFILTER

May 9, 2018 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on 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 been hooked on Vincent Brient’s designs for more than […]

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Tidal offers 12-Days of streaming for free… what are you waiting for?

December 27, 2017 Rafe Arnott 6

Donna Summer had many hits in her long, multi-decade career. Her work with Goirgio Moroder in the mid seventies on LPs like Love to Love You Baby – to me – were the progenitors of electronic […]

Announcements

Oppo announces first step in support for MQA playback

November 29, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

That ubiquitous spinner known, and loved by many digital-audio junkies (as well as AV-gear heads, and audiophiles alike) – the Oppo UDP-205 – has announced a partnership with music mastering, and hi-fi industry juggernaut MQA […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: iFi Audio Tackles USB 3.0 and Its Noise Gremlins

November 2, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on RMAF 2017: iFi Audio Tackles USB 3.0 and Its Noise Gremlins

In the past, I have loved the iFi Audio gear for my computer audio playback system.  Everything I have tried has worked well and, maybe best of all, the individual pieces are usually just a […]

Announcements

AudioQuest shipping Beetle Optical DAC with Asynchronous USB/Bluetooth

July 21, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on AudioQuest shipping Beetle Optical DAC with Asynchronous USB/Bluetooth

AudioQuest has the Beetle DAC page live on it’s website, and is taking orders, and shipping them out… which means… WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. For those not in the know the Beetle is capable of […]

Announcements

MQA update for AudioQuest Dragonfly Black and Red coming May 17 – new partnerships announced

May 12, 2017 Rafe Arnott 3

The MQA freight train keeps rolling down the tracks of high-fidelity seemingly without resistance. A press release just announced that portable USB DAC wünderkind AudioQuest will be releasing a free, and highly-anticipated MQA firmware update […]

Digital

Border Patrol SE DAC Review | Zero Frippery

April 16, 2017 Scot Hull 19

Looking at the Border Patrol SE DAC, you have to smile. It’s cute! Can you even say that about at kick-ass piece of audio gear? Maybe it’s disrespectful. Too bad — because everybody knows that good […]

Cables & Power

AudioQuest and the holistic cabling approach to reference reviews

March 7, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on AudioQuest and the holistic cabling approach to reference reviews

Reviewing high-fidelity audio equipment is fraught with peril, and snake pits. Gauging relative sound quality (and writing about it) when inserting a component into an existing system can be a difficult thing to accomplish objectively. There […]

Announcements

Classé announces Sigma SSP MkII preamp: Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and upgraded HDMI

February 8, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

Canadian amplification legend Classé has announced some serious upgrades to the multi-talented eight-channel surround preamplifier Sigma SSP, now in MK II guise. I’ve not heard any of Classé’s home-theatre products, but I’m a big fan […]

Announcements

Dual turntables hits back with 3 budget decks in the UK for 2017

January 12, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

Who had a Dual turntable? C’mon, put up your arm. My left one is raised while I type with just my right hand. It wasn’t my Dual turntable per se… I was a kid, and […]

RMAF 2015

RMAF 2015: iFi, you Fi, we all Fi

October 15, 2015 Scot Hull 1

iFi-Audio has been slowly but surely consuming all of the air in the affordable high-end audio market — or, at least, making a damn good attempt at it. We’ve covered some of their products over the […]

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Headphones

Super Duper Geek Out Arrives!

March 16, 2014 Scot Hull 8

Guess what showed this week? My Kickstarter Green headphone awesomifier! I ordered the 1 watt output version, so that makes this a Super-Duper Geek Out. I’m super-duper psyched. Oh, if you missed your opportunity during […]

Components

Follow up: the Audiophile Desktop from CEntrance and the Masterclass 2504

September 30, 2013 Scot Hull Comments Off on Follow up: the Audiophile Desktop from CEntrance and the Masterclass 2504

Rememeber the Audiophile Desktop from CEntrance? Let me refresh your memory. $2,000 gets you a CEntrance DACmini PX, a pair of Masterclass 2504 speakers, and a hefty Pelican case to lug them around in. The PX […]

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Components

An Audiophile Desktop from CEntrance

April 3, 2012 Scot Hull 5

Michael Mercer over at CEntrance twisted my arm (ha ha!) about bringing in a new package that they’re positioning for the audiophile’s desktop, called, conveniently enough, the Audiophile Desktop. $2,000 gets you a CEntrance DACmini […]

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Digital

Powered up: Berkeley Audio Designs Alpha “Series 2” and Alpha USB

November 11, 2011 Scot Hull 2

They’re here! Stopped by Command Performance A/V today to pick up my new Berkeley Audio “Series 2” Alpha DAC and Alpha USB. Got them in now — running flawlessly. Oh la la! Sexy time! While […]

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Digital

Berkeley Audio Alpha Series 2 DAC and Alpha USB

November 11, 2011 Scot Hull Comments Off on Berkeley Audio Alpha Series 2 DAC and Alpha USB

Guess what showed up at my dealer yesterday? My brand new DAC! A Berkeley Audio Alpha Series 2 is waiting for me! And (miracle of miracles) so is the Alpha USB! Hooray!

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