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Devialet 170 integrated DAC/amplifier
|A few years ago, a then-unknown French company by the name of Devialet launched its one and only product… and the high-end audio world changed. The slim, powerful D-Premier combined innovative amplifier and high-grade DAC ...read more -
dCS Vivaldi CD/SACD Transport and DAC (part 1) (Hi-Fi Plus)
|Discuss the technicalities of the four-box Vivaldi system with the engineers at the dCS factory and it is very easy to be overwhelmed with the whole thing. They talk with confidence, enthusiasm and real depth, ...read more -
Electrocompaniet ECD 2 DAC
|No company has a completely ‘score’ product line. There are good guys and bad guys in every line-up. The art of a good designer is to limit the number of bad guys and make the ...read more -
Conrad-Johnson HD3 digital-to-analogue converter
|The conrad-johnson HD3 DAC defines how the audio business is changing in perfect microcosm. The DAC is a 24-bit, 96kHz design that sports just one input – a USB socket – and will be sold ...read more -
Primare DAC30 digital to analogue converter
|The up-market DAC market (broadly priced from about £1,500-£3,000, but centred around the £2,000 mark) is getting very contended, and for good reason. It’s the point where the designer can work to a set of ...read more -
Longdog Audio VDt1 Stereo 24/192 DSD DAC
|MCRU announce the official launch of the Longdog Audio DSD DAC, available now and on dem at the forthcoming National Audio Show Whittlebury Hall. Most DAC's seem to be lacking in a couple of areas: ...read more -
Audio Research Reference DAC Digital Media Bridge
|If ever there were a sign that the wind has changed direction, its when an established brand with a reputation for building excellent – if slightly conservative – products decides to jump on the latest ...read more -
Naim DAC-V1 DAC & NAP100 amplifier
|When Naim Audio released its highly acclaimed and widely lauded (full-width casework) DAC in 2010, the one facility that appeared to be missing was any means of making a computer through USB connection. The design ...read more -
Meridian Director USB & S/PDIF digital converter
|(From the Meridian Audio press release) Meridian has announced the introduction of Director, a high-quality DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter) designed to deliver superior audio performance from digital sources such as media players, CD players ...read more -
Best of the Best - HRT Streamer Digital Converter Range
|Just to be contrary (editor’s privilege), the products I’m choosing are not lodged firmly in the systematic approach nor – in one case, at least – punishingly expensive. However, I think they best represent the ...read more -
Metrum Acoustics Hex digital converter
|Scale doesn’t always count in this business. Sure, the bigger companies have the marketing clout to get their products the widest exposure, and some of them have the R&D facilities to do things that small ...read more -
Linn Kiko Network Audio System
|In these difficult days for the quality end of the audio industry, you can no longer get by on a glorious past. Ask people out in the real world what constitutes a decent sound system ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits CAD (Computer Audio Design)
|Last year I reviewed the CAD 1543 DAC, the first product from a new company that made a deep impression on me and remains one of the most revealing converters available. In February, CAD (Computer ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Web Exclusive – Arcam rBlink, rLink, rPAC review
|In issue 102 of Hi-Fi+, we will be reviewing the Arcam FMJ A19 integrated amplifier. But when the A19 arrived, it came with a second, smaller box full or Arcam goodies – the rBlink, the ...read more -
Musical Fidelity Announces V90-DAC
|(From the Musical Fidelity press release) New V90-DAC offers state-of-the-art performance and state-of-the-art value for money. Introduction Everybody knows that high performance, high end components have high prices. We asked ourselves, ‘Why are these pieces ...read more