This is a thread listing ASR’s reviews and measurements of DACs, players, audio tweaks, etc. They are organized roughly into portable, non-portable and miscellaneous categories. I will update as I do more reviews.
[Organization and sorting courtesy of member @pozz. Much thanks.]
Please read through these two threads before checking the measurements below:
DAPs
AV Receivers/Processors
Cassette Decks
[Organization and sorting courtesy of member @pozz. Much thanks.]
Please read through these two threads before checking the measurements below:
- (17 December 2018) Audibility Thresholds of Amp and DAC Measurements
- (17 December 2018) Understanding Audio Measurements
- (19 April 2019) Class D Amplifiers 101
- (27 March 2019) Listening Room "Modes" (Frequency Response Changes)
- (27 March 2019) Does Audio Cable Skin Effect Matter?
- (27 March 2019) Digital Audio Cable Reflections and DACs
- (26 March 2019) Radio Frequency Analysis of Speaker Cables and Reflections
- (20 March 2019) Is the I²S Interface Better for DACs than S/PDIF or USB?
- (12 March 2019) Do You Need a Linear Power Supply for DACs?
- (2 December 2018) Headphone Amp Gains: Low or High?
- (18 August 2018) Do You Need an External DAC/Headphone Amplifier?
- (22 July 2018) Are Measurements of the Schiit Yggdrasil DAC Inconsistent?
- (9 June 2018) Amir Buys a New Audio Precision Analyzer (APx555)
- (19 September 2017) S/PDIF vs. USB: Which is Better?
- (4 September 2017) Do USB Audio Cables Make a Difference?
- (1 March 2016) A Deep Dive into HDMI Audio Performance
- (1 March 2016) Inside of a Premium Blu-ray Player (Oppo)
- (16 February 2016) Computer Activity Can Impact DAC Performance (Schiit Bifrost)
- (14 February 2016) Jitter Attenuation & Clock Extraction
- (14 February 2016) High Performance PC Server Interfaces (Async USB) (Berkeley Alpha USB & Audiophilleo USB to S/PDIF Converters)
- (14 February 2016) Inside of an Audio/Video Receiver (AVR) (Onkyo TX-SR805)
- (14 February 2016) Subwoofer/Low Frequency Optimization
- (14 February 2016) When 12 Gauge Wire is Not 12 Gauge (Various Speaker Cables from Monoprice to Belden)
- (25 January 2019) But What is the Fourier Transform? A Visual Introduction
- (11 November 2018) Ethan Winer Builds a Wire Null Tester
- (6 December 2017) Electrical Grounding Talk
- (17 November 2017) JJ's Signal Processing and Psychoacoustics Master Library
DAPs
- (28 February 2019) iBasso DX120
- (12 November 2017) Shozy Alien+
- (23 January 2019) KORG NuTube HA-KIT
- (18 January 2019) Topping NX3s & JDS Labs O2
- (8 March 2019) LH Labs Go2Pro Infinity
- (20 February 2019) Fiio K3
- (16 January 2019) NuPrime uDSD
- (10 November 2018) Monoprice Monolith THX AAA Portable Headphone Amp & DAC
- (5 November 2018) Chord Mojo
- (16 September 2018) Oppo HA-2SE
- (14 August 2018) FiiO Q1 Mark II
- (2 July 2018) Sony PHA-1 & Teac HA-P50
- (18 June 2018) Topping NX4 DSD
- (26 May 2018) Cypher Labs Theorem 720 & Fiio Q1
- (29 March 2018) LH Labs Go2Pro
- (24 April 2019) ENCORE mDSD
- (24 April 2019) ENCORE mDAC
- (8 April 2019) Cyrus soundKey
- (3 April 2019) Audioengine D3
- (17 January 2019) ZorLoo ZuperDAC-S & SMSL iDEA
- (31 December 2018) CEntrance DACPort HD & AudioQuest Dragonfly Red
- (29 November 2018) Audirect Beam & AudioQuest Dragonfly Black
- (24 November 2018) Apogee Groove
- (16 April 2018) Schiit Fulla V1
- (5 March 2018) Speaka USB & AudioQuest Dragonfly Black
- (26 February 2018) SMSL iDEA & AudioQuest Dragonfly Black
- (12 December 2017) Hifime Sabre 9018
- (5 March 2019) Musiland MU1
- (5 March 2019) HTC Dongle
- (4 March 2019) Musiland MU2 Plus
- (20 February 2019) Spectra X
- (6 December 2018) Apple & Google Dongles
- (14 October 2018) Google Pixel Dongles & Venture Electronics Odyssey HD
AV Receivers/Processors
- (8 May 2019) Pioneer VSX-LX303
- (9 April 2019) Classé Sigma SSP Mk2
- (26 February 2019) Marantz AV8805
- (2 November 2018) Denon AVR-4306
- (17 June 2018) Emotiva UMC200
- (7 July 2018) Oppo UDP-205
- (4 March 2018) Oppo BDP-105
- (3 May 2019) Arcam Black Box 3 Mk1
- (17 March 2019) Okto Research DAC8
- (10 March 2019) Gustard DAC-X26
- (10 February 2019) NAD M51
- (7 February 2018) Soekris DAM1021 R2R
- (1 October 2018) Parasound Zdac v.2
- (23 March 2018) Audio-gd NFB-27.38
- (23 February 2018) Bryston BDA-2
- (15 February 2018) Schiit Yggdrasil V1 & (30 June 2018) Schiit Yggdrasil V2
- (14 February 2018) Berkeley Alpha DAC 1
- (20 May 2019) NanoPi NEO2
- (26 November 2018) Allo DigiOne Raspberry Pi
- (18 October 2018) Orchard Audio ApplePi
- (9 October 2018) WesionTEK Khadas Tone Board
- (6 October 2018) Pi 2 Design 502DAC
- (11 September 2018) Allo Boss Raspberry Pi
- (21 August 2018) Allo Katana & ApplePi Raspberry Pi
- (3 July 2018) C-Media CM108
- (5 January 2019) Geshelli ENOG2 Pro
- (1 January 2019) CHORD Qutest
- (18 December 2018) MARCH Audio dac1
- (15 December 2018) SMSL Sanskrit 10th
- (1 December 2018) Schiit Modi 2 Uber, Modi 2 Multibit & Modi 3
- (27 November 2018) SMSL SU-8 Version 2
- (12 October 2018) JDS Labs EL
- (28 September 2018) Schiit Modi 3
- (2 September 2018) SMSL VMV D1 DAC
- (20 July 2018) Musical Fidelity V90
- (19 July 2018) SMSL SU-8 DAC & Topping D50
- (14 May 2018) Schiit Modi 2 Uber & Topping D30
- (25 March 2018) Massdrop Grace Design SDAC
- (19 March 2018) Topping D10 (& 12 March 2018) Op-Amps Rolling
- (17 March 2018) SMSL M8 (amirm) & (12 March 2018) SMSL M8 (March Audio)
- (5 February 2018) Schiit Bifrost Multibit & (1 April 2019) Schiit Bifrost (with AK4490)
- (14 January 2018) JDS Labs OL & Objective Rev B
- (28 November 2017) FX-Audio DAC-X6 & (3 December 2018) Teardown
- (17 November 2017) JDS Labs Objective Rev B & Fiio E10K
- (22 October 2017) Topping D30 & (22 October 2017) Teardown
- (19 September 2017) Musical Fidelity V-DAC II
- (21 June 2017) SMSL Sanskrit 6th
- (12 May 2017) Schiit Modi 2 & (12 May 2017) Teardown
- (18 May 2019) Sony UDA-1
- (16 April 2019) SMSL AD18
- (15 April 2019) Topping MX3
- (12 April 2019) Ayre CODEX
- (30 March 2019) Oppo HA-1
- (28 March 2019) Essence HDACC II-4K
- (23 March 2019) Yulong DA10
- (13 March 2019) Woo Audio WA7 & WA7tp
- (7 March 2019) Holo Audio Cyan DSD
- (23 February 2019) Cambridge DacMagic Plus
- (1 February 2019) Aune X1S
- (30 January 2019) Wyred4Sound DAC-2v2 SE
- (28 January 2019) Grace Design m900
- (27 January 2019) NuForce DAC80
- (21 January 2019) Digital Amplifier Company DAC 1 HS
- (9 January 2019) KORG DS-DAC-100
- (8 January 2019) SMSL M10
- (3 January 2019) LOXJIE d20
- (26 December 2018) Chord Chordette & 2Qute
- (20 December 2018) Audio-gd R2R11
- (12 December 2018) Gustard A20H
- (7 December 2018) Audeze Deckard
- (27 November 2018) Preview: Monoprice Monolith THX AAA Desktop Headphone Amp & DAC
- (17 November 2018) Nobsound NS-DAC3 Pro
- (12 November 2018) Monoprice Monolith Cavalli Liquid Spark
- (7 November 2018) Audio-gd NFB28.28
- (25 October 2018) Topping DX3Pro
- (9 October 2018) Orchard Audio Gala
- (7 October 2018) Micca OriGen G2
- (6 October 2018) iFi Nano iDSD Black
- (30 September 2018) iFi Nano iONE & (16 November 2018) Teardown
- (25 September 2018) Fostex HP-A3
- (29 August 2018) JDS Labs The Element
- (13 August 2018) Hifime UDA38Pro
- (12 August 2018) Mytek Stereo 192 DSD
- (10 August 2018) Topping A30 & Schiit Magni 3
- (4 August 2018) Soekris dac1421
- (13 July 2018) Schiit Jotunheim & iFi iDSD Black & (16 July 2018) Fixing Hum/Buzz Issues & (25 January 2019) Schiit Jotunheim (with AK4490)
- (12 July 2018) Benchmark DAC1 USB
- (8 July 2018) Auralic Vega DAC
- (4 July 2018) ELE EL-D02
- (2 July 2018) SMAKN X5
- (1 July 2018) Melokin DA9.1
- (24 June 2018) Benchmark DAC3 DX
- (4 June 2018) HiFiMAN EF2A & (10 June 2018) Teardown
- (6 April 2018) RME ADI-2
- (17 June 2018) Sabaj Da3 & AudioQuest Dragonfly Black
- (29 April 2018) XDuoo TA-01 & Schiit Fulla V2 & (4 May 2018) Teardown of xDuoo TA-01 & (7 May 2018) Teardown of Schiit Fulla V2
- (2 April 2018) Auralic Gemini 2000
- (1 March 2018) Topping D50
- (27 February 2018) Burson Play
- (21 February 2018) Topping DX7s
- (18 February 2018) Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital & (25 February 2018) Teardown
- (13 February 2018) Chord Hugo 2
- (1 February 2018) Emotiva DC-1 & (2 February 2018) Teardown
- (26 January 2018) Topping DX7 & Topping D30
- (29 October 2017) Teac NT-503
- (11 October 2017) Exasound E32
- (31 July 2017) Mytek Brooklyn
- (6 April 2017) Micca OriGen+
- (1 February 2017) Fiio Taishan & Signstek HiFi
- (15 May 2019) BSS BLU-BIB & BLU-BOB1
- (11 April 2019) Acoustic Power Labs APL1
- (11 March 2019) Sound BlasterX G6
- (21 January 2019) SoundBlaster X-FI HD
- (21 July 2018) Motu UltraLite Mk4
- (29 June 2018) Lynx Hilo (Part 2: ADC)
- (27 June 2018) Lynx Hilo (Part 1: DAC)
- (6 May 2018) KORG MR-2000S & RME ADI-2 Pro (Part 2: ADC)
- (28 April 2018) Focusrite Forte
- (20 April 2018) RME ADI-2 Pro (Part 1: DAC)
- (18 April 2018) miniDSP 2x4 HD
- (16 February 2018) KORG MR-2000S (Part 1: DAC)
- (11 February 2018) Motu 8A
- (2 November 2017) Behringer UCA222
- (4 October 2017) Henry Engineering Matchbox II
- (17 May 2017) Behringer UMC-204HD & (21 October 2017) Headphone Output
- (28 April 2019) Teac HA-501
- (26 April 2019) Gustard H20 & (26 April 2019) Op-Amp Rolling
- (5 April 2019) Lake People G109-S
- (1 April 2019) Meier Corda Jazz
- (21 March 2019) Rega Ear
- (19 March 2019) Little Labs Monotor
- (13 March 2019) Monoprice Monolith Cavalli Liquid Platinum
- (18 February 2019) Fiio K5
- (2 February 2019) DarkVoice 336SE
- (19 November 2018) Neurochrome HP-1 & (25 November 2018) Teardown
- (28 October 2018) Massdrop THX AAA 789 & (20 November 2018) Teardown
- (14 November 2018) JDS Labs Atom
- (23 October 2018) Cavalli Liquid Carbon X
- (25 August 2018) Aune X7s & Arcam rHead
- (1 August 2018) Massdrop Cavalli Tube Hybrid & JDS Labs O2
- (16 March 2018) Schiit Lyr & (21 March 2018) Teardown
- (3 June 2019) Review and Measurements of Paradigm PW Amp
- (31 May 2019) Review and Measurements of Nord One NC500 Amp
- (10 May 2019) Monoprice Hybrid Tube Amp
- (30 April 2019) Teac AX-501
- (13 April 2019) Amazon Link Amp
- (15 March 2019) PS Audio Sprout100
- (6 March 2019) NAD 7050
- (3 March 2019) SONOS Amp
- (22 April 2019) Klipsch PowerGate
- (26 February 2019) Sony HAP-S1
- (13 February 2019) Lyngdorf TDAI-3400
- (19 January 2019) Marantz HD-AMP1
- (14 January 2019) Accuphase E-270
- (23 May 2019) Benchmark AHB2
- (12 May 2019) QSC DCA2422
- (4 April 2019) Dynaco ST 70
- (29 March 2019) Class D Audio CDA-250C
- (4 February 2019) Dayton Audio APA 150
- (26 January 2019) Neurochrome Modulus-286
- (10 January 2019) Onkyo M-282
- (6 January 2019) Crown XLS 1502
- (4 January 2019) IRS2092 IRAUD350
- (27 December 2018) Hypex NC400
- (1 November 2018) Behringer A500
- (31 October 2018) Optoma NuForce STA-200
- (30 October 2018) Topping TP60 & FX Audio FX502SPro
- (31 January 2019) Schiit Saga & (31 January 2019) Tube Rolling & (27 September 2018) Grounding & Hum Issues
- (8 February 2018) Schiit Sys & (9 February 2018) Teardown
- (16 May 2019) Emotiva XPS-1
- (16 May 2019) Rane PS1
- (7 April 2019) Lounge LCR MkIII & (22 April 2019) Follow Up
- (25 March 2019) eXemplar Exception
- (24 February 2019) Cambridge Audio Alva Duo
- (9 December 2018) Parks Audio Puffin
- (9 July 2018) Klyne 7px 3.5
- (10 June 2018) u-turn Pluto & ART DJPRE II
- (7 February 2019) Bluesound NODE 2i
- (16 January 2019) Linn Akurate DSM
- (11 December 2018) Aurender A10
- (13 September 2018) Chromecast (Part 2: Analog)
- (12 September 2018) Chromecast (Part 1: Digital)
- (27 August 2018) miniDSP SHD
- (14 August 2017) SOtM SMS-200 & (19 August 2017) Teardown
- (17 June 2016) Sonore microRendu & (30 September 2016) Teardown & (26 August 2017) () Sonore microRendu v1.4
Cassette Decks
- (8 December 2018) Nakamichi Dragon
- (30 December 2018) Sony RSX-GS9
- (11 July 2018) Sony MEX-XB120BT & Dual AM505BT
- (19 October 2018) Asus STX II
- (16 February 2019) Lyngdorf RoomPerfect EQ
- (9 September 2019) LG G7 ThinQ
- (5 February 2019) Wireworld Starlight 7 USB Cable
- (4 September 2017) TotalDAC D1
- (16 March 2019) Empirical Audio Synchro-Mesh
- (16 December 2018) Schiit Wyrd
- (24 September 2018) iFi Ear Buddy & iFi iEMatch
- (11 August 2018) Wyrd4Sound Remedy Reclocker
- (11 April 2018) Intona USB Isolator
- (28 December 2017) iFi S/PDIF iPurifier
- (26 August 2017) EMO Systems EN-60KDS
- (31 July 2017) UpTone ISO Regen
- (18 August 2017) Vinnie Rossi Ultracapacitor
- (16 August 2017) UpTone UltraCap LPS-1
- (3 May 2016) Entreq Olympus Minimus
- (20 March 2019) Singxer SU-1
- (5 February 2019) Matrix Audio X-S/PDIF 2
- (22 January 2019) HoloAudio XEME2VE
- (20 September 2018) Allo DigiOne Signature & DIYINHK Pro3Z
- (17 July 2018) Schiit Eitr
- (22 April 2018) Topping D10
- (8 March 2018) SMSL X-USB
- (17 December 2017) Gustard U12
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