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Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III W

March 10, 2015

Jolida is a Maryland-based private corporation originally incorporated in 1983. At that time, their primary business was the manufacture of vacuum tubes and other electronic parts. In 1995 Jolida began marketing [Read More]

LEEMA ELEMENTS PRECISION DAC

March 10, 2015

For some reason I never came in contact with Leema products before. It wasn’t until very recently when I heard a Leema DAC in a friend’s setup, and it was playing so effortlessly musically, that [Read More]

432 EVO Integrated Music Server

January 26, 2015

[Review sample kindly supplied by Frederic of Klinkt Beter, developer of the 432 EVO music server.] The 432 EVO comes in many different configurations such as black or silver case, with or without internal rip [Read More]

Aesthetix Romulus Signature

January 17, 2015

Design and Features The Aesthetix Romulus is a vacuum tube-output Red Book CD player that incorporates all the features and functions of the Aesthetix Pandora DAC. Besides being a happy Aesthetix Calypso Signature owner, what [Read More]

Arcam irDAC

January 3, 2015

I respond strongly to analog and rarely spend money on high resolution downloads these days, preferring instead to put my cash into tangible musical product. After spending a good part of the year bringing a [Read More]

Totaldac USB cable / filter

November 3, 2014

Introduction Totaldac is a company based in France that has been creating a lot of buzz lately with its DAC designs. The founder of Totaldac is Mr. Vincent Brient, a professional engineer who has worked [Read More]

TotalDac D1- Dual DAC

August 18, 2014

I first met Vincent Brient, founder and designer of popular French audio company TotalDAC at Munich High End 2013 audio show. The Munich High End is among my favorites because it’s where I get to see [Read More]

PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC

July 22, 2014

What’s all this fuss about DSD? Well, according to Paul McGowan, CEO of PS Audio, although almost all Red Book CD’s were recorded as PCM (Pulse-code modulation) digital files, Sony and [Read More]

La Rosita Pi Music Server

March 21, 2014

Some folks consider me quite fortunate, and in certain ways I definitely am. Consider that [Read More]

B.M.C. Audio PureDAC1

March 4, 2014

Pure DAC equals Pure Pleasure I first heard of Juan Carlos Candeias through his design work with CEC with concepts such as load-effect free (LEF) technology and current injection. I used to own a CEC [Read More]

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