Bose buys McIntosh, Sonus faber & Sumiko | Darko.Audio
Nov 19, 2024 · FULL PRESS RELEASE. November 19, 2024 – Today, Bose Corporation, a company synonymous with delivering amazing, premium audio experiences since its founding, announced the acquisition of McIntosh Group, the parent company of renowned high-performance and luxury audio brands that include McIntosh and Sonus faber. McIntosh Group manufactures the world’s finest amplifiers, speakers, turntables ...
Darko’s Best of 2024 (Part 2): Campfire Audio’s Clara IEM
Dec 17, 2024 · But there’s a catch. The insistent treble of many IEMs keeps his volume control on a tighter leash than he would like. “The treble is usually the first thing I notice when I turn up the volume”, says Cortini, “and that kind of tuning can be distracting in the long run”. Inside the acrylic (and titanium) earpieces sit 1) a dual-magnet dynamic bio-cellulose driver for the bass, 2) a ...
Eversolo announces flagship DMP-A10 streaming DAC | Darko.Audio
Oct 28, 2024 · Good, better, best. It’s a marketing strategy as old as stereo sound.We’ve already seen Eversolo’s ‘good’: the DMP-A6 was 2023’s runaway hit (review here and here).Later that year came the DMP-A8, which (to these ears) sounded quite a bit ‘better’ (review here and here).Now comes the Chinese company’s moonshot: the DMP-A10.
Denon’s DCD-3000NE is a ‘Reference Series’ SACD/CD player
Dec 12, 2024 · Denon has announced the DCD-3000NE – a new ‘Reference Series’ SACD and CD player – that will read SACDs, CDs, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs.
20 more thoughts on the new Quad 33 and 303 | Darko.Audio
Nov 27, 2024 · The 2024 Quad 303 power amplifier. 16. Quad refers to the original 303 as “the world’s first low-distortion transistor amplifier”, so claimed because of the 303’s ‘triples’ output stage that effectively formed a feedback amplifier-within-an-amplifier.This reportedly required less negative feedback to net lower distortion and better thermal stability.
LAiV Harmony DAC review | Darko.Audio
Apr 26, 2024 · TEAC VRDS-701 CD player & DAC video review Cen.Grand DSDAC 1.0 Deluxe DAC review
Shanling’s CR60 is a $269 CD transport + CD ripper
Sep 16, 2024 · New from Shanling: the CR60 is an all-new affordable CD transport with a TOSLINK, coaxial and – less common – USB-A digital output. The latter means two things: 1) the CR60 can send the CD’s digital stream out to a DAC kitted out with only a USB input, including many dongle DACS, and 2) any DAC with an asynchronous USB input will handle the digital signal’s clocking — not the CR60 ...
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A hi-fi smartphone for 2024: Moondrop’s MIAD01 | Darko.Audio
Apr 28, 2024 · China’s Moondrop – who recently gave us the DiscDream portable CD player – return this week with another head-turner: the MIAD01 is a smartphone designed with audiophile sensitivities in mind and is loaded with two headphone sockets.. From the top, the MIAD01 is a 5G-capable smartphone whose native Android 13 OS runs from 256GB of UFS3.1 internal storage, juiced by a Mediatek 7050 octa ...
In Berlin for review: Moondrop’s DiscDream 2 Ultra
Oct 15, 2024 · A transportable CD player with anti-skip buffer, 3.5mm/4.4mm headphone outputs and a mini-TOSLINK socket.