The scientist who helped develop the Harman target revisited listener data and still recommends two broad tone controls.

A regular player isn't worse for having more inside it. The budget just gets split across everything it does, and your DAC decides if you'll notice.

A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with no dedicated DAC chip sounds like a contradiction. XMOS has built one anyway. Its ...

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Learn more ❯ Flagship prices have outrun inflation, but Schneider says some costly gear still earns its place. Thirty years ...

Extra conversion and uneven results across listening seats remain separate concerns that ART’s narrower approach cannot ...

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Expensive CD players can still depend on optical hardware designed for computers. Naim has never identified the drive mechanism or maker inside its £3,499 (US$5,699) Uniti Star. But in another part of ...

Langer also sells direct-drive turntables inspired by Dual’s 1980s 7-series, listed from €7,900 to €16,990 (roughly US$9,000–$20,000, depending on exchange rates). His commercial interest is worth ...

Its economics add another layer. Audioholics says major brands can operate on 40- to 60-point margins and gives one example where a $600 retail speaker may contain roughly $60 in drivers and crossover ...

iPhones make the 48 kHz part simpler. Apple’s own documentation says Apple Music Lossless ranges from CD-quality 16-bit/44.1 kHz up to 24-bit/192 kHz, with an [external DAC required for songs above 48 ...

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