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Audiobyte Hydra.VOX DAC and Hydra.ZAP power supply
|Audiobyte is the best digital audio company you’ve never heard of. In fact, Audiobyte is a subsidiary of Romanian digital experts Rockna Electronics and if you follow the digital audio world closely, you’ll definitely know ...read more -
Primare 15 Series electronics
|If ever there was a set of audio components that best fit the maxim of ‘different paths up the same mountain’, those components are Primare’s entry-level 15 Series of products. We received four elegant and ...read more -
B.AUDIO B.DAC EX
|Specialist of digital audio, the French manufacturer brings new enhancements to its DACs, which benefit of a series of new features under the EX label. These include a network input giving access to streaming functionalities, ...read more -
Gold Note DS‑10 streaming DAC preamp and PA‑10 power amplifiers
|E.F. Schumacher’s famous 1973 book ‘Small is Beautiful’ never seemed to have resonance in the world of high-end audio. We like our audio equipment big and heavy, even if the reasons for such scale are ...read more -
Moon launches 40th Anniversary Edition System
|From the Reniassance Audio press release MOON has created an iconic audio system to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The stunning MOON Anniversary Edition features the highly acclaimed 680D streaming DAC and the elegantly powerful 600i ...read more -
Métronome Audio Le DAC digital converter
|In case you may have missed it, Métronome Audio is French; calling its digital converter Le DAC is a bit of a clue. Also, in case you missed it, Métronome Audio is the more attainable ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: CH Precision
|This has been a long time coming. I visited CH Precision’s small, efficient manufacturing and design facility in the middle of last year. CH Precision was named after the first letters of the surnames of ...read more -
Rupert Neve Designs Fidelice Precision Digital to Analog Converter
|If you saw Dave Grohl’s documentary about the Sound City studio in LA, the hallowed ground where Rumours, Nevermind, Damn the Torpedoes and many, many great albums were made, you will have realised that the ...read more -
Mytek Digital Brooklyn Bridge streaming DAC
|Mytek’s half-width and affordably priced D-A converter is now in its fourth incarnation after the line began with the Stereo192-DSD in 2011. Successive models were dubbed the Brooklyn and each time they gained upgrades in ...read more -
Gold Note DS-10 PLUS
|Gold Note has announced the launch of the All-in-One DS-10 in its PLUS version. The existing DS-10 CLASSIC Streaming DAC/headphone amplifier remains a core part of the Gold Note line-up and is joined – rather ...read more -
MOON announce 40th Anniversary Edition System
|As part of the series of special events and product launches to celebrate its 40th anniversary, MOON is creating an iconic audio system. The MOON Anniversary Edition will feature the highly acclaimed 680D streaming DAC ...read more -
EMM Labs DV2 digital converter
|There are few people in the audio world with a reputation like Ed Meitner’s. He made turntables without platters, he made digital converters that were used by recording engineers for Sony, Philips, and Telarc. He ...read more -
Vitus MP-201 masterpiece D/A converter
|Masterpiece is a huge label to hang on any component, especially by the designer and manufacturer himself. But, over the years I have listened to and reviewed many of Hans-Ole Vitus’ products and doubted that ...read more -
Cyrus 82 DAC/QXR integrated amplifier
|You can usually tell what a product is from its name, an LP12 plays LPs or ‘vinyls’ (spit), a CD17 played CDs and a NAP 300 is a (Naim) amplifier. Cyrus takes a different approach ...read more -
Totaldac d1-core digital converter/streamer
|Owning a Totaldac product is like an audiophile badge of honour. You fought valiantly in the Mainstream Wars and this is your reward. It will never be That Brand Everyone Knows because it’s just too ...read more