Musiland 02: 24/192 for $120
The Musiland 02 will appeal to two types of buyers: the first type is simply for those looking for an affordable and relatively good…
Desktop Source
Burson HA-160D Review
Australian manufacturer Burson has done well when they introduced themselves with the Burson HA-160 headphone amplifier last year. But the trend these days is…
Fiio E9 Desktop Amplifier
Last year, Fiio introduced their first digital-to-analog converter called the E7, that was based on Wolfson’s high end WM8740 D/A chip. The E7 was…
Twisted Pear Audio Opus DAC
A long time friend of mine, Ian, sent me his newly finished Twisted Pear Audio Opus DAC. The Opus is a DIY DAC based…
The uDAC 2
I have the uDAC 2 loaner from Hadi and I’ve been spending some time with it. Good thing that at the same time I…
Beresford TC-7520 Review
A while ago, some readers asked for a comparison of some of the DACs I had reviewed to the popular TC-7520 DAC. I wasn’t…
Beresford TC-7520 Unboxing
Some people has been asking me about doing a review or comparison to the TC-7520 DAC. I just received the TC-7520 DAC, and while…
The HRT Music Streamer II: Asynchronous 24/96 for $149.95!
The Music Streamer II (MS2) is the little brother to the Music Streamer II Plus (MS2+). If you’ve read the review of the Plus…
HRT Music Streamer II+ 24/96 USB DAC
First of all I want to thank Scot Markwell of Elite AV Distribution for sending me a HRT Music Streamer II+. The HRT Music…
Preview: Soul Drive Unbalanced to Balanced Converter
A few months ago, I talked to Psychaudio who is a local amplifier designer, about building a device that will take an unbalanced signal,…
Cambridge DacMagic Review
The Cambridge DacMagic has been out for a while now, and last year I did have a chance to listen to them, but I…
Matrix Mini-i Balanced DAC
Owning a balanced system has been high on the list of headphone enthusiasts, and one of the first things that deter people from going…
Dr. DAC2 DX
The Dr. DAC2 DX is a very external DAC that features 24/96 over USB, and 24/192 over S/PDIF with a built-in headphone amplifier, everything…
What I’ve Learned From the DAC Comparisons
After so many DAC reviews, if there is one thing I learn, is that the actual DAC chips tell very little to the particular…
Onkyo ND-S1 Digital Ipod Dock.
Finally I was able to get one of these beauties. The digital dock accesses your Ipod hardisk and outputs digital data for pairing with…