Shanling has announced the SM1.3R, an R2R-powered sibling to the SM1.3 streaming DAC that landed in late 2024. The chassis, ...
The most persistent objection to acoustic treatment isn’t cost. It’s aesthetics. Very few hi-fi enthusiasts want their ...
A €5000 loudspeaker cable that a listener swears sounds more open and airy than a €50 one, yet no measurement can identify ...
Apple Music’s hi-res audio problem hasn’t gone away. Four years after the company switched on its lossless and hi-res lossless tiers, getting those data-intensive streams into a home hi-fi system ...
The M6xi is aimed squarely at listeners with an established source chain, whether that is vinyl, CD or a dedicated external ...
A super-integrated amplifier that puts a GaN amplifier stage, R-2R DAC, network streamer, phono stage and Class A headphone ...
My love of techno is no secret. Electronic dub is the less obvious of the two obsessions, though it probably shouldn't be, ...
Four posts a week. That’s the cadence I’ve maintained on this website since 2016, and it served me well, especially as YouTube video production began swallowing more and more of my working week. Then, ...