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Sitting on a train leaving the Hackaday Berlin conference, and Hacker News pops up Julian Shapiro with a guide to HiFi. What Hackaday scribe wouldn’t give it a click, to …read more Continue reading It’s Difficult To Read An Audiophile Guide As An Analogue Engineer
Everyone knows we’re big fans of displays that differ from the plain old flat-panel LCDs that seem to adorn most devices these days. It’s a bit boring when the front …read more Continue reading A Loving Look Inside Vacuum Fluorescent Displays
Back in 2017, German audio specialists Sennheiser launched a successor to its open-back mid-range audiophile champions, the mighty HD 650 headphones. The company has now responded to user feedback and injected more low-end goodness into the updated HD … Continue reading Sennheiser’s latest audiophile headphones venture into sub-bass territory
There’s no denying that streaming rules the roost for the way we consume our music these days. But if your perfectly good living room hi-fi is feeling very unloved, a little black box from Canada’s NAD could help bring your aging setup into the 21st ce… Continue reading CS1 breathes new streaming life into legacy hi-fi systems
Around this time last year, Astell&Kern combined a digital audio player and desktop headphone amplifier into a single device for the launch of the Acro CA1000. Now a new model joins the family, which is built around a dual-tube Triple Amp System and is… Continue reading A&K first with flagship ESS DAC for portable hybrid audio system
Many mobile devices either rock a poor quality audio jack or don’t have one at all, so if you want to plug in your favorite legacy ear candy you’ll need a USB DAC to bridge the gap. Luxury audio brand Astell&Kern’s cable DAC has just entered its third … Continue reading A&K connects legacy headphones to modern audio gear with USB DAC
Tokyo-based high-end audio brand Rotel has launched an integrated hi-fi amplifier that allows direct access to popular streaming services from the unit itself, in addition to offering wireless playback and analog connection to other hi-fi components. J… Continue reading Rotel launches its first integrated network streamer
When Grado Labs finally joined the wireless headphones party back in 2018, it opted to run with an open-backed design for a more spacious sound. Now the next generation has been released, with more than triple the battery life.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Grado gives open-back wireless headphones a significant battery boost
For the last four years, French high-end audio brand Devialet has been working to make the kind of impressive sound delivery found in its extraordinary Phantom speakers portable. The fruit of that labor is now available as the room-adapting 360-degree … Continue reading Devialet portable speaker adapts audio output to the room it’s in
We always enjoy the odd things that people do to try to get better audio reproduction. Exotic cables, special amplifiers, and higher resolution digitization come to mind. Most of this …read more Continue reading Improve CD Sound by Shaving?