Astell&Kern AK380 AMP review – Video
March 29, 2016 Comments Off on Astell&Kern AK380 AMP review – Video
Questyle Qpr1 Review
March 18, 2016 Comments Off on Questyle Qpr1 Review
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The Questyle takes two of those but early users report that the newer $200 SanDisk 200GB play fine as well. That’s a whopping 432GB of year 2015 max capacity! Whether your music files store on a Mac, PC or external drive, a simple drag’n’drop transfers them to Questyle’s USB device icon. Obviously your Cupid One must scan each time you add stuff to write a new table of contents or your latest additions remain invisible and unfindable. Ditto for borrowing a friend’s card. Already this little paragraph showed why a premium portable player run off batteries may make for an unsuspectingly fine digital transport to output either analog; or digital into a full-size DAC of your choice. Most the arguments of “computers were never designed for pure audio to be bad noisy transports” fly right out the window. Put differently, portable players can be viewed as basic memory card readers to which are added a proper OS, display and search/access functionality. Imagine that in a dock with HDMI output.”
Fiio X7 Player Review
March 11, 2016 Comments Off on Fiio X7 Player Review
” Immediately, the ES9018S DAC renders an evenly balanced sound signature that is neither colored nor unfaithful. Frequencies are well-presented with a neutrality that constitutes the backbone of the X7 sound. That is not to say that the sound is clinical or boring because that it isn’t. Rather, the clean macro-dynamics and slightly smooth character of the X7 instills some musicality that aids in the overall long-term listening experience. Bass notes are fast and yet full, mids are intelligible with some warmth and treble extends well with good detailing.”
Astell&Kern AK380 Portable Media Player Review
March 10, 2016 Comments Off on Astell&Kern AK380 Portable Media Player Review
” The AK380’s new DACs had transparency, warmth, and accuracy in spades. The stereo separation was unbelievable, which created singular imaging. And what a soundstage: wide and spacious, but with everything focused and staying put — unless the engineers intended otherwise.”
Fiio M3 Digital Audio Player Review
March 9, 2016 Comments Off on Fiio M3 Digital Audio Player Review
“I’ve always allowed that impression to color my perception of my car system, considering it mid-fi at best, even though I probably spent close to $2,000 on it. With the M3 playing though the car system’s aux input, which essentially bypasses all the head unit’s internal circuitry other than the volume control, I’ve been absolutely transfixed by how incredibly good the car system now sounds. The weakness of my car system is most definitely the internal digital-to-analog conversion in the head unit. With the M3 as the source, the system now plays with power, authority and finesse—I’m truly stunned! A word of warning: don’t even think about trying to make any kind of programming changes while driving, the M3’s display can be very difficult to read (especially in daylight) and the buttons are very small.”
Fiio M3 Digital Audio Player $55 Review
March 7, 2016 Comments Off on Fiio M3 Digital Audio Player $55 Review
” So let’s say that you’re an average Joe like me—never gonna own an AK or any other thousand-plus dollar personal player, for that matter—if for a hundred or so bucks, you could get great sound, higher resolution file playback with a pretty impressive feature set—I’m definitely on board for that! Fiio is moving in the right direction—take a look at the new flagship player on their website”
G5 phone module standalone DAC – Video
March 4, 2016 Comments Off on G5 phone module standalone DAC – Video
LG G5 Hi-Fi Plus hands on
March 2, 2016 Comments Off on LG G5 Hi-Fi Plus hands on
“The Hi-Fi Plus module is a 32-bit DAC and headphone amp developed in partnership with B&O. It features an ES9028C2M + Sabre9602 chipset for supporting music up to 32-bit/384kHz, bypassing the G5’s built-in 24-bit DAC when used with the handset.”
Cowon Plenue P1 review
February 29, 2016 Comments Off on Cowon Plenue P1 review
” Sonically, it adds a touch of bite compared to the less processed-sounding Normal option, and that works well with some material. If all that adjustability isn’t enough, there are four users presets that allow almost unlimited opportunities to manipulate the signal for those with the time and inclination.”
LG G5 with B&O headphone amp – Video
February 21, 2016 Comments Off on LG G5 with B&O headphone amp – Video
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