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dCS Vivaldi 2.0 digital playback system
|The full four-box dCS Vivaldi system embodies what high-end digital audio should be all about. It is complex, beautifully made, endlessly functional through its myriad of connection options and of course, very expensive. Unlike so ...read more -
APL DSD-S digital converter
|Comparatively little known outside its native Bulgaria, APL Hi-Fi, Ltd has actually been around since 1988. The company’s chief designer, Alex Peychev, exploits his decades working in professional and broadcast electronics to create a comprehensive ...read more -
Questyle Golden Reference DAC/preamp/headphone amp system
|Back in Issue 133, we reviewed Questyle’s excellent CMA800R headphone amplifier. At the time, we suggested there would be a follow-up review of a pair of CMA800Rs for balanced operation. But then, an idea was ...read more -
Prism Sound Callia headphone DAC preamplifier
|To the audiophile, Prism Sound might not be the first name that trips off the tongue when it comes to high-quality digital audio coming out of the Cambridgeshire countryside. But, if you are in the ...read more -
Chord Hugo TT tabletop DAC/headphone amplifier
|When the Chord Electronics Hugo portable DAC/headphone amplifier arrived on the scene back in 2014, it took the high-end headphone world by storm. The paperback book-sized Hugo was brilliantly conceived, beautifully executed, and bristled with ...read more -
AudioQuest DragonFly Red and DragonFly Black DACs
|AudioQuest has been making the DragonFly portable DAC since 2012. The DAC’s appearance hasn’t changed much, but it’s been through two iterations, and now there are two new models vying for your readies. Up until ...read more -
Moon Neo ACE integrated streaming amplifier
|I’m not even going to resist temptation here. The Moon Neo ACE is audio’s Swiss Army Knife – even though it’s made in Canada. This all-in-one amplifier-meets-media player is on the very cutting edge of ...read more -
Audio Alchemy DDP-1 DAC/preamp, PS-5 power supply, and DPA-1 power amplifier
|Those of us with long audio memories might recall Audio Alchemy. Back in the mid nineties, Audio Alchemy was the main protagonist in providing no-nonsense, low-cost DACs in basic boxes. At a time when DACs ...read more -
Mark Levinson Audio Systems 585 integrated amp and DAC
|What’s more common than high-priced, heavyweight, high-end integrated amps? High-priced, heavyweight, high-end integrated amps that incorporate an internal DAC. You can argue about who was the first to offer a high-end integrated amplifier, aiming to ...read more -
COS D1 digital converter/preamplifier
|If one were to judge this particular book by its cover it would not be hard to come to the conclusion that an awful lot of effort and expense had gone into the casework and ...read more -
Exclusive First Listen – Moon Audio Neo ACE
|I’m not even going to resist temptation here. The Moon Audio Neo ACE is audio’s Swiss Army Knife – even though it’s made in Canada. This all-in-one amplifier-meets-media player is on the very cutting edge ...read more -
iFi Audio Micro iDAC2
|ifi Audio has been on a roll for a while now. The lifestyle arm of Abbingdon Music Research has continued to expand and improve its exciting lineup of price/performance audio champions. The company’s booth at ...read more -
Opera Consonance Reference DSD1.1 digital converter
|Opera Consonance is one of those brands that fly perpetually beneath the audiophile radar for no good reason. It’s a company that makes a range of highly respected, multi award winning products, including analogue and ...read more -
Leema Acoustics Libra DAC
|These are strange times for the digital to analogue converter. Having come back from the edge of extinction, it is no longer sufficient for a DAC to be simply a means of turning your ones ...read more -
Scansonic M-6 BTL Bluetooth-enabled loudspeaker
|It’s important to get the name absolutely correct; it’s a Scansonic M-6 BTL, not a Scansonic M6. The problem is the company makes so many audio products sometimes names blur into one another, and while ...read more