Category: Digital Audio/CD Players
OPPO PM-3 Headphones and HA-2 Portable Headphone Amp/DAC
June 16, 2015
Out with the old, in with the new At the outset, I need to issue an important disclaimer: I’m typically not a headphone sort-of-guy. Please don’t take this to mean that I dislike [Read More]
DMA – 06 Multimedia Entertainment System
May 13, 2015
Being the only audiophile in my family can be lonely at times. Don’t get me wrong, they all love music but unfortunately no one is as passionate or would ever be accused of [Read More]
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]
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