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A rather meaty DAC from the US outfit, Earmen. Paul Rigby listens to this solidly built unit A desktop DAC but one that features a relatively small footprint for this class…
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A small footprint DAC from this Shenzhen-based Chinese company, Paul Rigby checks out the DS601 I say Lavaudio (a rather unfortunate choice of monicker, I think) but the parent company is,…
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A fully balanced, high-end desktop DAC including Bluetooth, Paul Rigby does digital with the Topping D90LE Before I talk about this product, I want to talk about what’s behind it. At least in…
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It’s just a wee little thing but Arylic promise much from this low-cost wireless amplifier Firstly? May I humbly ask the question? Is it possible that the company name may have…
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Flooded with built-in features, Paul Rigby gets to grips with a gamut of choice from this all-in-one system Quite apart from the Omnia. Why buy one? That is, why buy an…
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Created in collaboration with the high-end hi-fi outfit Auris, Paul Rigby reviews this portable, battery-powered headphone amplifier and DAC, featuring a pre-amp option First impression? The Earmen styling of the metallic…
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This is an unscheduled follow up to a recent review I did on the desktop DAC from Topping, the D50s You can see the full Topping D50s review in all its…
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A dinky little DAC it might be but, as Paul Rigby sees and hears, its packed with an array of features Having already reviewed the Topping E30 DAC (a delightful reading…
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Created in collaboration with the high-end hi-fi outfit Auris, Paul Rigby reviews the Earmen portable, battery-powered headphone amplifier and DAC, featuring a pre-amp option The Earmen TR-Amp uses an ES9038Q2M Sabre…
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The third generation of Kann digital audio players, Paul Rigby reviews this meaty, brick of a device And it is. As long as you don’t have small hands, the aluminium-based, quad-core…
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And they come again. DACs sourced from indigenous Chinese hi-fi outfits are, as my old Gran used to say, “all the rage”. Paul Rigby looks at this new 32bit LA-QXD1 model…
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At a small form factor and an equally small price, Paul Rigby reviews this dinky DAC/Headphone amp combo This DAC accompanies the Zen Blue DAC unit I reviewed recently to form…
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A stand-alone DAC devoted to the Bluetooth standard, Paul Rigby looks at iFi’s Zen Blue Who knows? It might sell only burger and chips nowadays but back when I were a…
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A one-box network player with external power supply, Paul Rigby looks at this tweakable digital hub, complete with tuning options! Network players are basically computers shoved into a lifestyle case. The…
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A headphone amplifier, pre-amp and DAC, this balanced unit is a real Curate’s Egg of a system. Paul Rigby smiled and frowned and smiled and… A fully balanced version of the…
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It’s a dinky little thing and arrives with an added pre-amp facility, Paul Rigby reviews this low-cost DAC Topping seems to have descended upon the hi-fi firmament with little or no…
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Packing in a feast of digital but also analogue facilities in a single chassis, Paul Rigby reviews the Moon 390 The concept of the all-in-one hi-fi unit has become incredibly fashionable…
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Presented in a small footprint chassis, Paul Rigby reviews the Heed DAC, the Abacus This DAC arrives in a relatively dinky case for a fully-fledged hi-fi unit which would normally trigger…
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Part of a family of compact products from France’s Advance, Paul Rigby reviews the UX1 Multimedia Player Compact and almost cube-like (kinda), the UX1 looks stylish, enough to attract the lifestyle user…
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A neat, yet solid looking DAC with an integrated headphone amplifier, Paul Rigby reviews the iFi nano iDSD Black Label If you plug headphones into your phone or your laptop and…
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Amplifier Review DAC & DAP Review Streaming & Digital ReviewQuasar, an all-in-one hi-fi system from Leema
Looking for an integrated music system that does it all but at an affordable price? Paul Rigby examines Leema’s Quasar I feel that I need to put this Leema Quasar box…
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Is the Unit Atom just a streamer or actually an all-in-one hi-fi system? Paul Rigby rushed to add a pair of speakers to complete his review Naim’s earlier array of streamers…
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DAC & DAP Review Headphone & Headamp ReviewHugo 2 DAC From Chord: A Man of Moods And Not Enough Parts
Looking for a ‘do it all’ DAC/headphone amplifier at a reasonable price and, while we’re about it, size? Paul Rigby looks at – and struggles with – a prime candidate in…
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Utilising the new AK4490EQ chipset that ATC describes as a “…new generation of premium 32bit DAC,” Paul Rigby reviews the ATC HDA-DP10 Compact digital music players are evolving quickly, adopting new…
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Looking for a slimline, portable DAC? Paul Rigby reviews the tube-shaped Spectra from NextDrive The popularity of the DAC knows no bounds, it seems. DACs now arrive in a host of…