Category: Digital Audio/CD Players
PS Audio DirectStream Memory Player
March 1, 2017
PS Audio has long been known for its excellent D/A converters and disc transports. Their DirectStream DAC has received rave reviews in just about every consumer audio publication and so they thought [Read More]
Vermeer Audio TWO DAC/PRE Follow-up
November 18, 2016
Follow-Up: I was quite flattered when Stereo Times publisher, Clement Perry, asked if I would be interested in doing a follow up to Dave Thomas’ review of the Vermeer Audio TWO DAC. I was [Read More]
Arcam irDAC ll DAC Streamer
October 6, 2016
Arcam, headquartered in Cambridge, UK, one of the long-established and respected pioneers in the Hi-Fi industry, has been building world-class products for decades, with 2016 their 40th Anniversary Year. This AV engineering company knows [Read More]
SOtM sHP-100 DAC and Headphone Amplifier
October 5, 2016
Introduction This is my first personal experience with SOtM products. Although I have heard them a number of times during our local AV show (ISSE), somehow they never made their way into my listening [Read More]
Meitner MA-2 Playback System
September 23, 2016
This past winter I was given an opportunity to review a remarkable CD player. When Clement Perry asked me if I would like to review the legendary Meitner EMM Labs MA-2 CD Player, I enthusiastically [Read More]
Bel Canto Design DAC3.7
May 17, 2016
Bel Canto Design is currently on a roll with its emerging product line of newly developed electronics – specifically digital components and amplifiers. The products covered in this particular review focus on the [Read More]
USB Disruptor
February 26, 2016
The USB Disruptor is a very effective USB-tweak accessory that was conceived by software expert Rob Priore in Waltham, Mass. Rob is a long-time audio and computer aficionado who, to his surprise, found that [Read More]
Bowers & Wilkins Model P7 Headphones
September 22, 2015
Bowers & Wilkins is an electronics manufacturing company that was created in 1966 with the intent of devising the world’s most accurate loudspeaker system for the purposes of listening to classical music in the most [Read More]
Yellowtec PUC2 Lite USB Converter
August 19, 2015
The boring-as-watching-paint-dry USB to S/PDIF converter. This small unassuming box (or set thereof if you include super-ruby-femto atomic clock/battery power supply etc.) remains an essential tool for most of us wishing to enjoy to [Read More]
Music Technology’s Oppo BDP-105 Modification
June 30, 2015
I stumbled across the Music Technology (MT) modded Oppo BDP-105 by shear chance. I had no idea that the mod even existed until a recent visit to Music Technology for a ribbon tweeter replacement [Read More]
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