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A DAC has one, and only one job, and that is to accurately convert the digital representation of music from the source into an analog...

Do we have any objective performance data concerning the integrated phono stage and headphones amp yet ?

Advantages: Voltage step up with essentially no noise penalty. Opportunity to run your cartridge and wiring balanced (hum and common...

At the risk of presenting myself as conceited I post the above photo of my DIY horn speakers. If they are not the most beautiful I...

The Glashutte area of Germany was a watchmaking specialist area before WW2 and just happened to end up in East Germany and watch making...

First choice: The combination of features/performance/price of RME ADI-2/4 Pro SE is good enough for me, if they would just recase it to...

Oehlbach AD converter might be one contender. It has both spdif and toslink outputs and 24 bit / 96 KHz capability. However, I am not...

Couple of reasons that I can think of: - Pro studio gear is not actively marketed to general public, and therefore it is less well known...

One with a tone control. But honestly, audible tone changes due to tubes (or any other circuit) are not actually common in home...

Audium from Germany has a rather interesting speaker line based on a fullrange driver and an integrated downward firing subwoofer. Their...

Everybody knows that there are components that in practice have to be sourced from China at the moment, but there is a huge difference...

My thoughts are its better to learn a little more to help understand it....rather than going blind. Spending thousands on dacs and amps...

The most advanced speaker systems receive audio digitally, split it up using DSP, and then there's a dedicated DAC and Amp per driver.

Hegel tries hard to hide the fact that their manufacturing is outsourced to China by mentioning just their HQ location, or design...

A quiet word back to You - Hegel is designed in Norway, but manufactured in China (which is not part of Europe).