Gryphon Audio is celebrating four decades in the hi-fi trenches with the Gryphon 40 integrated amplifier, a limited-edition beast that’s equal parts functional amplifier and collectable memento.
The Link 10n is a streaming pre-amplifier that prioritises signal purity over digital convenience; it’s Marantz betting that some listeners still want their streaming pre-amplifiers unsullied by DSP.
FiiO is taking the entry-level fight to WiiM’s door this week with the introduction of the K15: a desktop streaming DAC that’s also a pre-amplifier and a powerful headphone amplifier. Suffering a case ...
New from the Reliable Corporation, makers of the UberLight Flex, comes the UberLight Frame, a premium turntable light designed for the more discerning vinyl enthusiast with deeper pockets. Inside the ...
One for the frugalphiles: Rotel has announced the A8 integrated amplifier; a low profile, full-width integrated amplifier with three line-level inputs (CD, Tuner, Aux) and a MM phono stage for ...
Balanced XLR and single-ended RCA inputs. Balanced XLR and single-ended RCA outputs. Separate balanced and single-ended signal routing with 64V high voltage rails that reportedly echo the “golden age ...
After crafting a formidable reputation as makers of R2R DACs, clocks and DDCs, Denafrips has today announced its first network streamer, ARCE, whose proper pronunciation (“AA r – s eh”) will be enough ...
From a 2016 IFA press conference in Berlin, Sony launched the MDR-1000X to the European market: a Bluetooth headphone that would debut the company’s ‘hi-res-capable’ (but lossy) LDAC codec. If that ...
Streetlife. It’s not the only life we know. Much of an audiophile’s music listening is done at home, an ever-expanding library of digital files laying the foundation to streaming. My FLAC library of ...
Not long ago, I reviewed the Nativ Vita – a powerhouse music server with large hi-res touch screen, support for over a dozen streaming services, and vast connectivity. Even more recently, our ...
Colour. In hifi, it’s unavoidable. Consider two different amplifiers (or two different phono pick-ups) that sound different to one another. If you’re an absolute sound chaser, one must be, by ...
Cees Rujtenberg is a man who marches to his own drum. It’s been 18 months since Metrum Acoustic’s previous product announcement, the ~$3k-class-leading Hex D/A converter. That’s a seriously long time ...