Category: Digital Audio/CD Players
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]
Exemplar eXpo T105 Digital Player
February 24, 2014
Oppo has become the counterpart to the Swiss Army knife of digital. It is a universal player that handles CD and hi-rez SACDs just as handily. The Oppo also offers a digital input so it [Read More]
PS Audio Perfect Wave Transport and DAC II
November 8, 2013
Perfect Wave Transport. From time to time I’ve mentioned the dearth of adjectives available to an audio reviewer who does not like to repeat himself as he grows older and wiser [Read More]
The Audiophilleo USB/S/PDIF Converter with Pure PowerUpgrade
August 20, 2013
An Audiophilleo for the Audiophile At the initial gathering of “The Hoodies,” six or seven ill-dressed future quadrillionaires, none of whom had ever even casually flipped through a copy of GQ at their [Read More]
North Star Design Model 192 CD Transport and USB DAC 32
December 19, 2012
32 Bits and Still Counting…. December, 2011 I have mentioned before how abundant and omnipresent computer-based audio had become at this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The wide acceptance of the Apple iPod [Read More]
Bel Canto CD2 CD Player and DAC3.5VB Mark II
February 22, 2012
Bel Canto CD2 CD Playerand DAC3.5VB Mark II The Return of the Mk II February, 2012 The opportunity arose a few months back to acquire a well-used, but kindly-treated, Bel Canto CD2 [Read More]
Benchmark Media DAC1 HDR
January 2, 2012
Benchmark Media DAC1 HDR A Clear Winner January, 2012 Accurate, solid bass, clear. Those are just some of the adjectives I used to describe the HDR in my listening notes. The “HDR” I’m [Read More]
Citypulse Audio DA-2.03e USB DAC
November 28, 2011
Citypulse Audio DA-2.03e USB DAC Digital With A Heart November, 2011 Earlier this year, I had the good fortune to spend some time with the wonderful Esoteric SA-50 SACD player. On top of [Read More]
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