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

May 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

December 27, 2017 // 6 Comments

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 [...]

Oppo announces first step in support for MQA playback

November 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

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

November 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

AudioQuest shipping Beetle Optical DAC with Asynchronous USB/Bluetooth

July 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

May 12, 2017 // 3 Comments

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 [...]

Border Patrol SE DAC Review | Zero Frippery

April 16, 2017 // 19 Comments

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 [...]

AudioQuest and the holistic cabling approach to reference reviews

March 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

February 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

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

January 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]