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According to the brand, the Liberty DAC II is designed for high quality music playback and monitoring of all digital audio formats, including all high definition formats. The DAC is equipped with multiple digital inputs, a digital volume control, as well as unbalanced and balanced audio outputs, and a high performance headphone amplifier. In fact, this […] More
iFi Audio has released a small digital-to-analog converter Uno that can also work as a headphone amplifier. The design of the device is sustained in the manner familiar to the company’s products – a streamlined chassis made of textured polymer with an aluminum front and rear wall. In the center of the front panel is the volume control, on the […] More
The French company Cabasse has announced the release of a new integrated amplifier with a built-in Abyss streamer. The novelty is enclosed in a small black aluminum case measuring 245 x 97 x 220 mm , resting on steel supports. The weight of the component is 3.5 kg . In the center of the front panel flaunts a round touch screen, combined with a […] More
McIntosh has launched the MI502 2-Channel Digital Amplifier, a powerful and highly versatile Class D power amp that’s set to expand the company’s uncompromising ‘Ci-Fi’ (Custom Install Fidelity) portfolio. The MI502 is extremely flexible, offering a substantial 500 watts of power into 8 ohms or 800 watts into 4 ohms, making it highly attractive for […] More
The Swedish company Audio Pro calls its Link2 hub (before it was still available Link1 ) a “wireless multi-room WiFi player”. This compact (36 mm x 180 mm x 126 mm) device connects to an Ethernet network (wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are also included) and interacts with sources over the network. But you can also connect hard drives via USB. Adding […] More
Audio Technica , which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has presented a series of limited edition products. Such devices usually immediately diverge in the collections of fans of the brand, but we do not rule out that some copies will also be on the Ukrainian market. Audio-Technica AT-MC2022 Dual moving coil stereo cartridge The […] More
Round date – 60 years since its foundation – Audio-Technica celebrates on a grand scale. In addition to the fun portable Sound Burger turntable, the brand also introduced the top model for home systems – AT-LP2022. According to the developers, this player will allow you to “plunge into the abyss of sound” and fit perfectly into modern interiors: it has […] More
Sales of the DS-10 EVO streamer from the Italian company Gold Note has begun. This is a versatile device that combines the functionality of a network streamer, streaming DAC, headphone amplifier and preamplifier. The novelty is offered in two versions: DS-10 EVO (without analog input) and DS-10 EVO Line (with analog input). The Gold Note DS-10 EVO is based on the CAKMAK 4493 DAC chipset and […] More
Shanling has released an upgraded version of its Hi-Res player M3 , which received the Ultra index . The Shanling M3 Ultra is housed in an aircraft-grade aluminum alloy body with a tempered glass back. On the front panel is a 4.2-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels. Two ES9219C chips are installed in the DAC block , and a dual RT6863 op amp is used in […] More
Two years ago, Fiio released the Q3, a DAC (digital to analog processor/converter) with headphone amplifier. Sharpened for use with portable devices such as phones, tablets, laptops, etc. The device was very popular, thanks to the combination of functionality and price, and the presence of a battery. The new, updated version – FiiO Q3s MQA has the same external design and almost […] More
Ayre Acoustics Inc. introduced a new NET2 streaming module for its QX-5 Twenty DAC , turning this component into a complete network streamer that supports, for example, popular services such as TiDAL and Qobuz , and is also fully compatible with Roon . The Ayre QX-5 Twenty DAC has been on sale for six years now, and according to the manufacturer, the new NET2 module will revive […] More
Accuphase continues to release models in honor of its 50th anniversary. Next in line is the ultimate A-300 mono power amplifier . The novelty will go on sale at the end of October, however, so far only in Japan. The price is quite consistent with the ultimatum status of the amplifier and will amount to almost three million yen (¥2,970,000) for a […] More