Wadia di122 Digital Audio Decoder Reviewed
Founded nearly 20 years ago, Wadia is now part of the McIntosh Group that owns über-high-end audiophile brands such as McIntosh Labs, Audio Research, and Sonus faber. Digital technology is …
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OPPO Digital Sonica DAC Reviewed
Over the past decade, audio/video enthusiasts have become intimately familiar with OPPO Digital, a company with an established reputation most notably for designing and manufacturing high-quality universal disc players that …
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Benchmark DAC3 HGC DAC Reviewed
Benchmark Media began in the mid-1980s providing audio equipment to television broadcast facilities. Today it is recognized amongst recording professionals and high-end audio enthusiasts for producing high-end, sonically transparent components. …
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Questyle CAS192D DAC Reviewed
I recently evaluated the Questyle CMA800R current mode headphone amplifier, and Bruce Ball of Questyle North America also provided the companion reference DAC, the CAS192D ($1,999), as a source for …
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PS Audio DirectStream Junior DAC Reviewed
If you ask almost any audio expert about value, they will tell you that the middle-priced product in any manufacturer’s product line is usually the best in terms of price/performance/value. …
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OPPO Digital UDP-203 Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Reviewed
A new Ultra HD Blu-ray player has hit the market, in the form of OPPO Digital’s UDP-203. For those who are keeping track, that brings the grand total to five. …
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Sony UBP-X800 Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Reviewed
Sony’s first Ultra HD Blu-ray player has hit the market, in the form of the UBP-X800 first introduced at CES. At $299, the UBP-X800 is priced in the more entry-level …
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Audio-Technica AT-ART1 Phono Cartridge Reviewed
Consider yourselves lucky. Audio-Technica in the UK is run by one Shig Harada, a man with an intense love for the analogue LP and an employee of one of the …
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The Finial Laser Turntable Reviewed
Not vinyl ‘whoosh’, not rumble. That low-level noise in the background is my sigh of relief. Aside from waiting for my insurance policies to mature and my mortgage payments to …
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Simon Yorke Turntable Reviewed
However cool or unimpressed we try to be, there’s no escaping ‘prestige’ endorsements. Even if there’s been some financial inducement – what did it cost BMW to get James Bond …
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