It goes further. The on/off toggles that accompany each setting recast the WiiM Home app as a teacher. This amplifier is where newcomers and/or old timers stuck in their ways come to learn first-hand ...

FiiO is taking the entry-level fight to WiiM’s door this week with the introduction of the K15: a desktop streaming DAC ...

I lowered my aim to land on the Michi Q5 from Rotel. Its top-loading CD mechanism lights up from within when the cover/puck ...

Now featuring a Direct Digital amplifier circuit, a third set of binding posts for a centre channel and a THX AAA headphone ...

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This week brings news of a company rebrand (read: a new logo that drops the ‘audio’) and the EVO 150 SE, which comes in the same 12″ x 12″ shoebox enclosure, features the same swappable side panels, ...

ELAC has announced its second Debut ConneX powered loudspeaker model. The DCB61 expands on the platform established by the DCB41 with a 6.5″ polypropylene mid/bass driver and wave-guided 1.9cm soft ...

The QUAD 3’s feature set is rounded out by a pre-amplifier output on the back panel (for outboard power amplifiers and subwoofers) and a quarter-inch headphone socket on the front underside.

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 ...

Some components generate a jolt of excitement when they arrive. The recently reviewed Line Magnetic 845IA amplifier springs to mind. Others slot into the hi-fi rack without a grand entrance, ‘quietly’ ...