The second record in this set features eleven ‘alternative’ versions with “Take Me To The River” making way for an ...

One solution is to block sounds before they hit our room’s naked surfaces – the walls and the ceiling – with physical ...

A dongle DAC and headphone amplifier with desktop-level performance? That appears to be the proposition of FiiO’s QX13.

Rotel Michi Q5 video review by John Darko July 19, 2025, 14:35 ...

One thing that I don’t think I made clear enough in my video was that the Michi Q5 is a CD player in addition to being a CD ...

A rack that’s affordable and stylish is the unicorn of the hi-fi furniture world — and I think I’ve found one. Meet the ...

In a recent video, I said that I didn’t see the utility of multi-room streaming for smaller apartments; that if I wanted to hear music while I was upstairs in my 80sqm one-bedroom duplex, I’d simply ...

It’s a little like the 1950/60’s TV show To Tell the Truth – would the real AURALiC Aries Mini please step forward? This Chinese company’s entry-level streamer wears many hats. That’s good news in a ...

I first looked at the original Mytek Liberty DAC in 2018 (review here). Six months later, I compared it to its bigger brother, the Brooklyn DAC. Both devices impressed. I bought the Liberty review ...

Apple AirPlay comes with a hidden gotcha. Not the “stream-must-travel-through-the-iPhone” gotcha. That’s well known. I’m talking about a different, less obvious gotcha. Awwwwww. What follows is based ...

It has occurred to me that some audiophiles will find the new Playback Designs MPD-8 Dream DAC (US$22,000) to be an audacious name for a new product. But those of us that have been familiar with the ...