Six months down the line from its Autumn 2024 announcement, Rotel has dispatched a second press release about the Michi Q5 'transport DAC' -- a high-end CD player that can be used as a CD transport, a ...

Today brings news of a streaming DAC from McIntosh ( recently acquired by Bose ). Ordinarily, I would strip the press release back to bare essentials to present the DS200 in my own words. However, a ...

By measuring our room’s acoustic behaviour, we empower ourselves to make informed decisions about improving its sound and ...

Here comes a new compact power amplifier that isn’t made in China: Pro-Ject Audio Systems’ Amp Box RS2 is made in Europe; it ...

‘S/PDIF OUT’ mode turns the 3.5mm LO socket into a digital output from which we can extract mini-TOSLINK and coaxial (via the supplied adapter) to feed a third-party DAC. Now the DM13 is a CD ...

But consider this: the Nunchaku isn’t only for portable audio use. It’s an affordable way to add a tubed-up DAC to the USB output of an iPad (hello hi-res Apple Music) or the USB output of a CD ...

Last watt. It’s never the last word. Instead, it’s more like driving ancient threadbare rubber just before it cracks to cause a blowout. If that’s how sucky things may get, why’d we ever want retreads ...

PUBLISHER’S NOTE. What follows are not my own words. This is a direct copy/paste of the manufacturer’s press release. Why? Because I have a trapped nerve in my right shoulder and must type with my ...