Luxury portable music gear brand Astell&Kern has announced the second product in its premium A&futura range, the SE200, which is claimed to be the first in the world to sport a multi-DAC design. The ...

At $4,000, the Michi Prestige Q430 CD Player targets compact disc fans with ESS DAC and balanced outputs, but was omitting SACD playback a mistake?

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The Rega Saturn MK3 CD Player/DAC is one of the more interesting CD players we’ve seen recently and it might be the digital hub you need. I must confess to having a soft spot for Rega CD players. The ...

I'm in the process of reconfiguring my desk's audio system pending the death of my previous amp (now using an HK 3470 w/ Axiom M3ti's). While purchasing the HK receiver, I decided to pick up an HK DVD ...

The HB1 is absolutely bursting at the seams with features. In addition to being a standard hi-res DAC/amp for wired connections to phones, tablets, and PCs, it also supports UAC 1.0 for wired use with ...

Canada hi-fi brand Bryston has added a new Digital-to-Analog-Converter to its BDA line, and it's much more than just a DAC, it's an entertainment hub with built-in network streamer and music player.

The Fiio M21 hi-res audio player costs £279 / $329 (about AU$583) Quad-DAC configuration and two-stage amplification Desktop mode for optimized output for hi-fi systems The arrival of a new affordable ...

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