Squeezed into a two-inch slim casing and necessitating quarter-inch rear jack plug connections, this advanced DAC may be costly but its performance is outstanding Where I ran into problems – as users of other FireWire audio interfaces have done too – was using the latest-generation Mac mini which serves as …
If you agree with me that optical disc replay – whatever the colour of laser it uses – is yesterday’s audio technology, there are numerous different ways to replay music from hard disk instead, some of which don’t even involve having a computer in the listening room. But if you …
Reference 5 is the name of the new line-level, balanced-and-single-ended flagship preamplifier from Audio Research – and they’ve even upped the valve …
For almost two decades designer A J van den Hul has been eschewing PVC in favour of a more environmentally friendly material …
There are a few versions available of True Colours Industries’ Viper interconnect. This SE model sports the luxurious touch of single-piece gold-plated- …
Also referred to as Silver Spiral in QED’s portfolio, the Signature Audio cable uses a symmetrical twisted pair geometry with independent dual-layer …
IXOS’s XHA616 is a symmetrical design employing the company’s ‘Gamma Geometry’ whereby the signal and return conductors are twisted in a weave …
The Chord Company’s Chameleon Silver Plus is a symmetrical design utilising multistrand conductors comprising 19×0.09mm fine strands of silver-plated oxygen-free copper (OFC) …
Available as a stereo pair or as a single cable for hooking up subwoofers. Atlas’s Hyper is an asymmetrical (unbalanced) design with …
The use of ceramic materials in loudspeaker diaphragms can’t be described as novel because every anodised aluminium cone or dome has a …