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CES: Highlights from the Venetian and LVCC South Hall – Headphones and Related Electronics
|This year at CES Hi-Fi+ decided to try a new approach, assigning representatives to cover specific geographic areas of the show for reporting purposes. Happily, most CES high-end audio exhibits are clustered in the upper ...read more -
First Listen: LH Labs Geek Out 1000 USB dongle-type headphone amp/DAC
|A number of months back, some of you may recall a surge of Internet buzz surrounding the LH Labs Geek Out—a small, but powerful and very high-quality USB-powered, dongle-type headphone amp/DAC. Part of what drew ...read more -
Peachtree Audio nova 220SE
|Three essential insights have driven Peachtree Audio from the beginning. First, the firm was quick to grasp that computer audio would likely become the preferred music delivery vehicle for growing numbers of music lovers, young ...read more -
Peachtree Audio Nova 220SE integrated amplifier/DAC/headphone amplifier
|Three essential insights have driven Peachtree Audio from the beginning. First, the firm was quick to grasp that computer audio would likely become the preferred music delivery vehicle for growing numbers of music lovers, young ...read more -
First Listen: Oppo HA-1 desktop headphone amplifier/DAC/preamp
|As Hi-Fi+ readers know, we have been closely following Oppo Digital’s ongoing expansion in the high-end headphone and personal audio electronics marketplace. First came the firm’s flagship PM-1 planar magnetic headphones (reviewed in issue 1xx), ...read more -
AURALiC GEMINI 2000 headphone amp/DAC/stand
|Two of the first AURALiC products reviewed by Hi-Fi+ were the firm’s superb TAURUS Mk II balanced-output headphone amplifier (£1,499) and VEGA digital audio processor (£2,890). Terrific performers though both units are, they are priced ...read more -
Snapshots from CanJam at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014 -- Part 1
|For several years in a row, the Head-Fi organization has held its main CanJam event in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, and this year was no exception. What changed, though, and in a ...read more -
Snapshots from CanJam at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014 -- Part 2
|Important: This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ blog. To see Part 1 of the blog, click here. As we mentioned in the introduction to this piece, this blog should not be contrued as ...read more -
Headzones at the National Audio Show 2014, Part 2
|This is the second part of our 2-part report on the “Headzones” section of the recent National Audio Show, 2014 at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire, UK. Below we touch on highlights and new products from many ...read more -
First Listen: Peachtree Audio Nova 220SE integrated amp/DAC/headphone amp
|Recently I received and installed in my reference system a pair of GoldenEar Triton One loudspeakers, which by any rational standard would have to be considered ‘giant killers’ of the first rank. Priced at £5,000 ...read more -
First Listen: iFi Micro iDSD portable headphone amp/DAC/preamp
|Just when you think those crazy kids over at iFi Audio couldn’t possibly fit any more headphone amp/DAC functionality into small packages, they turn around and do just that. What occasions this observation is the ...read more -
First Listen: AURALiC GEMINI 2000 headphone amp/DAC/stand
|AURALIC’s GEMINI 2000 and 1000 products were first drawn to my attention, if I remember correctly, last October at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2013. At the time, the products were in their final pre-production ...read more -
iFi Nano iCAN portable headphone amplifier
|In high-end audio, context can be everything. Directly following this review, I have also prepared a review of iFi Audio’s Nano iDSD portable DAC/headphone amplifier, in which I observe that the iDSD can be a ...read more -
Stax SR-009 / SRM-007tII 'Kimik'
|We have already touched upon the Stax SR-009. Our Publisher, Chris Martens, has a great deal of respect for the product, both when it is driven by Stax ‘energisers’ (Stax-speak for electrostatic headphone amplifiers) and ...read more -
Chord Electronics Hugo DAC/Headphone amplifier
|Are those people crazy?” asked a high-end audio/headphone enthusiast who had just learned the suggested retail price of Chord’s new Hugo portable DAC/headphone amplifier. “That’s an awfully steep price for a portable.” “It’s certainly not ...read more