CES 2018: Chord QUTEST DAC – VIDEO
January 14, 2018 Comments Off on CES 2018: Chord QUTEST DAC – VIDEO
AudioQuest’s Beetle DAC $199 Review
January 6, 2018 Comments Off on AudioQuest’s Beetle DAC $199 Review
“This connectivity trifecta shows us that deployment flexibility is just as important to some listeners as out-and-out best sound quality. If that weren’t the case, AudioQuest would have called it a day with the DragonFly Red and shoehorned every would-be buyer into USB connections. But they didn’t. And that means the Beetle has the potential to enrich more lives than its airborne forerunner; a democratic DAC deal for the real world.”
Chord Dave Ultimate Reference DAC Review
December 21, 2017 Comments Off on Chord Dave Ultimate Reference DAC Review
“With Hifiman’s flagship planar magnetic headphone, the Susvara, I heard all that’s great about Dave’s sound: Jaw dropping transparency, big as the outdoors stereo imaging, and pristine highs. Still, the Susvara is a power hog, and Dave didn’t quite have enough juice to push the Susvara to very loud levels. At saner volume Dave and Susvara made beautiful music together.”
DACs Product of the Year – Chord Hugo 2
December 18, 2017 Comments Off on DACs Product of the Year – Chord Hugo 2
iFi Audio’s iGalvanic 3.0 Review
December 17, 2017 Comments Off on iFi Audio’s iGalvanic 3.0 Review
“Where the Recovery cannot match the iFi piece is on its go anywhere flexibility. A wall wart power supply is required to get the Recovery out of bed whilst the iFi sucks on the host device’s bus power. For yours truly, that meant marginally better sounding MQA-d Bowie (A New Career in a New Town box set) with the Meridian Explorer2 driving a pair of Fitear Air CIEMs, all whilst sat in a hotel lobby with Microsoft Surface Pro 3 on lap. Perhaps we should see iFi’s iGalvanic 3.0 as the goto USB fixer-upper for road warriors.”
Mytek Brooklyn DAC + REVIEW
November 13, 2017 Comments Off on Mytek Brooklyn DAC + REVIEW
” Like its predecessor (Brooklyn DAC), the DAC + can handle an amazing diversity of digital files and formats: PCM up to 32/384, DSD up to quadruple rate (DSD 256), and if you desire, at the push of an ‘enabling’ button it can fully ‘unfold’ (using internal hardware) high-resolution MQA including Master Files streamed from Tidal. (Mytek was MQA’s first standalone-hardware technology partner.) Digital inputs include USB, S/PDIF (coaxial), Toslink/ADAT, and AES/EBU.”
AURALIC ALTAIR WIRELESS STREAMING DAC REVIEW
October 19, 2017 Comments Off on AURALIC ALTAIR WIRELESS STREAMING DAC REVIEW
“Does your setup include excellent headphones? Probably not for you then, if you are only buying for headphones. If you want an all around, all purpose can do almost anything source, then you need not look further, the Altair scores a massive 9/10 for Value. It dishes out almost anything you need and has a good price when considering just what it can do. Hi-res files, DSD, Wifi, Ethernet-enabled, BT input, three outputs, intended as a streaming device, can pull via an HDD or a home network server as well? Hell of a product and also one of the sexiest sources I’ve had in-house in a long time. Well done, Auralic.”
Auralic Aries and Vega G2 WALK THRU – VIDEO
October 18, 2017 Comments Off on Auralic Aries and Vega G2 WALK THRU – VIDEO
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2v2 SE REVIEW
October 8, 2017 § 2 Comments
“Some of you are going to feel that a good DAC’s USB input should be totally immune to the degrading effects of a computer connection. Wyred 4 Sound states that “the DAC-2v2 SE’s USB connection utilizes galvanic isolation to eliminate computer noise from the audio signal completely.” I have yet to find a USB DAC that is totally immune to computer noise from the output signal; this includes my reference DAC, the Ayre QX-5 Twenty.”
NAD C 338 Hybrid Digital Wireless Streaming DAC-Integrated Amplifier $649 Review
October 5, 2017 Comments Off on NAD C 338 Hybrid Digital Wireless Streaming DAC-Integrated Amplifier $649 Review
“Going in, I wondered if the Google Chromecast built into NAD’s C 338 would provide no more than a more seamless variant of the $35 Chromecast dongle Google sells. It was indeed seamless — and more. NAD has made Chromecast easier to use, more flexible, and sound better. In fact, so remarkable is NAD’s implementation that I wish they’d sell a Chromecast box as a separate source. The C 338 is filled out with an impressive, natural-sounding DAC, and an amplifier section that should easily fill most rooms. The NAD C 338 is an excellent value, especially for those interested in using Chromecast.”
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