Instead of the sleek aesthetic minimalism of the FiiO and the Moondrop, DUNU’s Concept R is larger, extended by a bank of ...
FiiO’s product development lab keeps trucking at a rapid pace with the introduction of the BTR 17: a palm-sized Bluetooth receiver, DAC and headphone amplifier with IPS display. Codec support runs the ...
If you think you’re seeing double it’s because you are. We’ve already previewed KEF’s new Q Concerto Meta in Berlin (US$1299/pair) so why are we doing it again a month later and almost 3000km away in ...
When Marantz unveiled the MODEL 10 last month, the supplied photos didn’t make it obvious that this new ‘reference integrated amplifier’ would be something of an audio behemoth. It measures 44cm ...
After teasing it at Munich High-End 2024, Shanling has formally announced the SM1.3: a touchscreen streaming DAC where an Android 12 OS runs in conjunction with Wifi-6 (or Ethernet) and a 5.8″ ...
🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video – and other videos – can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko ...
What is Wharfedale’s best-selling loudspeaker of the modern era? The answer is 2019’s reborn Linton: a large-format vintage-styled and vintage-voiced 3-way standmount loudspeaker selling for €1199 per ...
We normally talk about hi-fi gear on these pages but today I want to discuss the furniture used to arrange and display that hi-fi gear. I’ve got three everyman hi-fi furniture suggestions, two of ...
Good, better, best. It’s a marketing strategy as old as stereo sound. We’ve already seen Eversolo’s ‘good’: the DMP-A6 was 2023’s runaway hit (review here and here). Later that year came the DMP-A8, ...