ACTIVO P1 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER FROM ASTELL&KERN
Fiio M15S DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER REVIEW
Fiio are a name synonymous with personal audio and in this review, Oscar Stewart takes a listen to their M15s DAP.
GRIMM AUDO LS1be , MU1, AND SB1 SYSTEM REVIEW
A fully integrated system from Dutch brand Grimm Audio includes everything the serious music lover could want. What’s it all about and how does it sound?
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ASTELL & KERN SE180 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER REVIEW
Janine Elliot takes a listen to Astell & Kern SE180 Digital Audio Player costing around £1399.
ASTELL&KERN A&ULTIMA SP2000T DAP WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING QUAD DAC AND TRIPLE AMP SYSTEM
The brand new Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T Digital Audio Player features a new triple-amp system to customise the listening experience, including Astell&Kern’s first tube amplifier.
EWEAT DMP20 DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER RELEASED
Chinese Home Cinema technology brand has released the new EWEAT DMP20 Digital Music Player designed to work on your wired or wireless home network.
Bryston has introduced native support for the Qobuz streaming music service as an available firmware update for Bryston’s BDP Music Players. Qobuz, the world’s first certified high-resolution (24-bit/up to 192 kHz) streaming service, enables users to stream uncompressed content from a library of over 40 million tracks. Qobuz first became available to European consumers in 2007.
Cayin extend their range of N8 players by offering the N8 Brass Black, a new version of the N8 that includes all the N8 technology and a new chassis.
The market for Digital Audio Players is fiercely competitive with new brands entering the fray constantly. As such a new product has to either offer excellent for money or sound cut above the competition. At £290 the ATC HDA-DP20 comes in at a mid-priced product which could be a good choice if the sound quality, build and ease of use are on a par with more expensive units. Janine Elliot takes a listen. More »
Onkyo & Pioneer Corporation has announced the release of its latest Firmware (version 1.11) for the Onkyo DP-S1/Pioneer XDP-30R Digital Audio Players (DAPs), with support for TIDAL Masters, along with additional software improvements. More »
The Fiio X1ii is a personal music player that costs just £99 but has great specs. Janine Elliot has a play. More »
The XDP-300R supports many high res audio formats including DSD (up to 11.2MHz) and FLAC/WAV (24bit/384kHz) files. Featuring technology usually reserved for high-end audio products, Pioneer say the XDP-300R best audio player they could build. Like the existing XDP-100R, this model is one of the first products in the world to support the new MQA format. The XDP-300R builds on the credentials of the XDP-100R by adding dual ESS DACs alongside a fully balanced pre-amp circuit. Taking further advantage of these added capabilities, a dedicated balanced headphone output has also been added to ensure the “finest performance possible with suitably equipped headphones”.
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