Finalizing the Chain: Part 2
A continuing long read about my long journey and long search to find long term audio happiness…
Finalizing the Chain: Part 2
A continuing long read about my long journey and long search to find long term audio happiness…
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Finalizing the Chain: Part 1
A long read about my long journey and long search to find long term audio happiness…
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Network Acoustics tempus ethernet switch
Tempus is an audiophile ethernet switch made by Network Acoustics, a U.K.-based company known for their well-regarded passive ethernet filters and digital cables. Do switches actually impact streaming audio?
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RE・LEAF E5 studio: Current Drive Endgame?
Spoiler: probably yes.
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Lampizator Horizon
Lampizator embarked on a 3 year project to start from scratch and create their best possible DAC with no holds barred optimization of every last detail — and the result is the flagship Horizon DAC. How does it compare with their other offerings?
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Mojo Audio Mystique X Series: An Overview
Is X Gonna’ Give It To Ya’?!?
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Brise Audio Headphone Cables: Japan’s Finest!
One of Japan’s best-kept audio secrets is gradually gaining traction in the West!
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Lucas Domansky Music Server (LDMS)
A small Polish company seeks to create the ultimate bespoked music server, each one custom built, and provide the world’s best customer service to match.
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Review: QSA-Lanedri ‘Spectra Prince’ and ‘Gamma Infinity’ power cords
QSA-Lanedri, a new company in a crowded cable market, claims their product achieves “unmatched musical experience.” We compared their power cables against well-established Shunyata to see which brings more holiday audio joy!
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MSB Premier DAC Review
MSB’s DACs are the best kept secret in the audio scene. Here’s why I’ve become a believer!
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Yamaha YH-5000SE: A Stunning Re-Entry!
The venerable Yamaha re-enters the scene with a new flagship orthodynamic headphone, the YH-5000!
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M0N’s Shit LIST
You’ve heard of the Shit Scale™, but what about the Shit LIST?
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TotalDAC D1 Unity
TotalDAC’s new unity
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Custom Boutique Amplifier: Radu Tarta, Shiny Eyes- “End Game DHT” Headphone Amplifier
The sweet sound of DHT tubes.
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Focal Utopia 2022
The Focal Utopia 2022 has an updated look and a few internal adjustments. Is this a step in the right direction? In my opinion, yes!
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Yeah, Baby! A Review of Chord Electronics’ Mojo2
What initially stood out from my first listen was the tightened speed of things. Leading edges of notes seemed to strike with greater immediacy.
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Short High End DAC Comparison PT3: The Final Frontier (for me)
Wadia 25 : The power of the 90s
Wadia 25 – A bass head’s dream DAC!
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Lampizator Pacific DAC
How much DAC is too much?
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Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE「きつね」: Easy like Sunday morning!
An easy DAC to like, but it’s just as easy to leave behind…
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The ZMF Atrium: Old World Acoustics, New World Sound
Chambers of wood and steel resonate with magnificence and grandeur.
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Impressions About the Bakoon HPA-01M
A comparison between the Bakoon HPA-01M and the Pathos Aurium.
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Sennheiser IE 900: Fun and Technical!
Sennheiser’s latest TOTL IEM is a decabrid with new brain conduction technology coupled with electromagneostatic transformerless drivers…just kidding. This one has a single DD!
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Campfire Andromeda and Mest MKII Comparison
A brief comparison between the popular Mest MK2 and Andromeda
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Short High End DAC Comparison, PT.2
The much shorter follow up, with a 5K price cap this time
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MORPHEUS by Sonnet Digital Audio
Sonnet Morpheus Impressions – A very unassuming yet exceedingly capable from a company started by Metrum Acoustics’ Cees Ruijtenberg.
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Hiby RS6: Redefining Musical!
The newest Hiby DAC… oops I mean DAP, what the newest iteration of the R6 has become
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At A Glance: Mysphere 3.1 & 3.2
Overenthusiasm for an underrated can
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UM MEST INDIGO IMPRESSIONS
The Indigo is quite honestly a stunning IEM, for my preferences it was a love at first listen experience. For me, that doesn’t happen very often.
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It’s about time; your next upgrade should be your digital signal
Getting the most of what you’ve got, even if you’re just starting out, integrating a DDC into your chain pays dividends early in your journey
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