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Is it a turntable? Is it a CD transport? Yes! It's everything you'll ever need. The digital-analog war can finally be over:

I think it hadn't officially come out yet, but maybe Drop is willing to send a prototype for review? THX amplifier at 200$ is very interesting. @amirm ?

I'm having trouble finding this type of product – a dac that can function as a pre-amp (basically volume control) for powered speakers, that have balanced outputs. For say, monitors like the YAMAHA HS5. Most devices that contain those functions also come with audio inputs and a built in...

Recently there has been multiple headphones amps challenging the THX AAA 789 for top notch performance, some surpassing it, and at lower prices. It seems that many different companies had figured out how to make completely transparent headphone amps even without THX circuitry. Maybe it's time to...

Everyone knows the phenomenon of "audiophile music" – music that is tailor made to sound really good on expansive systems, usually with insane dynamic range, acoustic instruments, and female voices. You can hear this kind of music almost exclusively in audio shows. And there are also audiophiles...

www.innerfidelity.com and any other URL under that domain diverts automatically to Sterophile homepage. Anybody knows what's up?

I see a lot of personal audio electronics, such as desktop DACs and headphone amps, costing 99$ at the bottom end. There is enough variation between products that it's hard to believe that they all happen to have calculated the same optimal price for their profitability. I have the feeling the...

Plasma tweeters look super exotic, and probably very expansive. I wonder what measurable advantages do they offer? And what companies manufacture them and\or incorporate them in their speakers?

What speakers demonstrate low harmonic distortion at high DB SPL? By high I mean something like the 96 DB that amir uses, that usually leads to worse performance due to woofer break up and other phenomena. What characteristics should a speaker have to play cleanly at high SPLs? Large woofers? A...

Please help me spot all the myths and misconceptions in this video, regarding HDMI: Starting with the fact that he contradicts himself by first saying that HDMI is a digital cable that doesn't suffer from problems associated with analog signals ("either it works of it doesn't"), and then go...

As I understand it, the effect of compression can be translated to adding odd order harmonics. Therefore, I wonder if it's possible to convert back. Meaning, taking a harmonic distortion profile, and using the relative strength of the harmonics to reconstruct what compression parameters can lead...

Bluetooth as a subject is very confusing, and from all the protocols and features it's hard to understand its actual effects on sound quality. Are there measurements (thd+n, sinad, FR, imd, etc.) of different Bluetooth applications that show what is the end result of whatever it's doing?

I've been experimenting lately with crossfeed with my headphones. The main issue I'm trying to resolve is avoiding sounds that are hard panned to one side. In headphones it sounds unnatural and irritating because it's isolated to only one ear. Of course, in speakers there is some leakage to the...

I'm having a little issue with my 2i2 that I don't know what causes it. any help will be appreciated. Just note in advance that I'm not currently interested in replacing the unit with something else, just solving the issue if possible. The interface is about 3 years old and works perfectly fine...

I stumbled upon this imaginary conversation that was written by a self-declared subjectivist, as he tries to argue with an objectivist about why he believes there is a difference in sound between USB cables. The answers he gives to this imaginary friend are pretty awkward, and the friend itself...

I wonder if there is any connection between liking ASMR sounds/videos and being an audiophile. I know this is a very divisive thing, with some people feeling absolute bliss listening to it, while others prefer to have their eardrums pierced (I'm in the second group). Please answer the pole, and...

I've heard a lot of hype towards subs by SVS. What is it about their subwoofers that makes them stand out? Or is it a myth?

Chuck Norris can hear 0.0000% THD. Chuck Norris made an analog system that sounds digital. Chuck Norris uses bridge suspension cables for speaker wires. Continue!