James Michael Hughes is most impressed by the clean, open sound of this new premium-priced streaming DAC preamplifier…

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This new premium-priced digital front end beguiles Mark Gusew…

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Matthew Jens wonders if this USB powered bulldog has the bite to back up its bark…

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Mark Gusew auditions a high-end streaming DAC that borrows tech from its even more expensive siblings…

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David Price listens in to the latest in a long line of affordable digital-to-analogue converters…

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James Michael Hughes discovers a delightful diminutive desktop DAC...

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An ultra-portable DAC/headphone amp from this new European brand has Jay Garrett enthralled...

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Mark Gusew auditions a nifty digital converter that offers a choice of either tube buffered or solid-state analogue outputs…

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One of the most important high end streaming DACs of this generation gets an in-depth StereoNET review.

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David Price lives the stream with this compact, affordable and stylish network music player and DAC…

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David Price gets out and about with this dinky little portable wireless DAC/headphone amplifier…

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David Price meets a seriously impressive new travelling companion…

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With the C 658 BluOS Streaming DAC, NAD is back playing to its traditional strengths, thinks Andrew Baker…

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Could Chord Electronics' Qutest DAC be the screaming bargain in a market offering DACs often commanding the price of a motor vehicle? We take a closer look and answer that question.

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One of the HiFi manufacturing success stories to come out of China, Opera Audio and their Consonance brand have earned a reputation for delivering high quality products at very affordable pricing.

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Kingrex Technology, based in Taipei, China, has been making high quality, budget-minded audio products for almost 10 years. The subject of this review is their flagship DAC, the UD384 ($590 RRP) released in 2012.

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The Hugo TT has been eagerly anticipated by fans of Chord since its announcement, myself included. So we seized the opportunity to review the big brother of the original and very highly regarded Hugo.

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AURALiC released the VEGA Digital Audio Processor ($4,499) to a growing crowd of enamoured followers back in 2013. It is the second DAC developed by AURALiC.

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If you mention the brand name “Rega” to audiophiles and music lovers around the world, most will immediately recognise it. Nearly everyone has owned, heard or at least seen a Rega Planar turntable at some point in time.

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Chord's Hugo headphone amplifier and DAC has made waves in head-fi circles around the globe. We took a closer look to understand just what it is that makes it so special.

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The HD25 from Norwegian AV manufacturer Hegel, is the brand’s flagship Digital-to-Analogue Convertor (DAC), or ‘Digital Hub’ in their words. StereoNET takes a closer look at the HD25.

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