Bose buys McIntosh, Sonus faber & Sumiko | Darko.Audio
Nov 19, 2024 · FULL PRESS RELEASE. November 19, 2024 – Today, Bose Corporation, a company synonymous with delivering amazing, premium audio experiences since its founding, announced the acquisition of McIntosh Group, the parent company of renowned high-performance and luxury audio brands that include McIntosh and Sonus faber. McIntosh Group manufactures the world’s finest amplifiers, speakers, turntables ...
Darko’s Best of 2024 (Part 2): Campfire Audio’s Clara IEM
Dec 17, 2024 · But there’s a catch. The insistent treble of many IEMs keeps his volume control on a tighter leash than he would like. “The treble is usually the first thing I notice when I turn up the volume”, says Cortini, “and that kind of tuning can be distracting in the long run”. Inside the acrylic (and titanium) earpieces sit 1) a dual-magnet dynamic bio-cellulose driver for the bass, 2) a ...
Eversolo announces flagship DMP-A10 streaming DAC | Darko.Audio
Oct 28, 2024 · Good, better, best. It’s a marketing strategy as old as stereo sound.We’ve already seen Eversolo’s ‘good’: the DMP-A6 was 2023’s runaway hit (review here and here).Later that year came the DMP-A8, which (to these ears) sounded quite a bit ‘better’ (review here and here).Now comes the Chinese company’s moonshot: the DMP-A10.
Denon’s DCD-3000NE is a ‘Reference Series’ SACD/CD player
Dec 12, 2024 · Denon has announced the DCD-3000NE – a new ‘Reference Series’ SACD and CD player – that will read SACDs, CDs, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs.
LAiV Harmony DAC review | Darko.Audio
Apr 26, 2024 · TEAC VRDS-701 CD player & DAC video review Cen.Grand DSDAC 1.0 Deluxe DAC review
Shanling’s CR60 is a $269 CD transport + CD ripper
Sep 16, 2024 · New from Shanling: the CR60 is an all-new affordable CD transport with a TOSLINK, coaxial and – less common – USB-A digital output. The latter means two things: 1) the CR60 can send the CD’s digital stream out to a DAC kitted out with only a USB input, including many dongle DACS, and 2) any DAC with an asynchronous USB input will handle the digital signal’s clocking — not the CR60 ...
20 more thoughts on the new Quad 33 and 303 | Darko.Audio
Nov 27, 2024 · The 2024 Quad 303 power amplifier. 16. Quad refers to the original 303 as “the world’s first low-distortion transistor amplifier”, so claimed because of the 303’s ‘triples’ output stage that effectively formed a feedback amplifier-within-an-amplifier.This reportedly required less negative feedback to net lower distortion and better thermal stability.
In Berlin for review: Wharfedale’s Super Linton | Darko.Audio
Nov 22, 2024 · A souped-up version of the exceedingly popular Linton. Loudspeaker designer Peter Comeau has elevated the Wharfedale Linton to Super Linton status by adding 1) thicker walls to a taller cabinet that now houses 2) a more powerful bass driver motor, 3) back-wave absorption to the midrange driver and tweeter, 4) the latter pulled from the Dovedale and 5) a completely reworked crossover.
Cambridge Audio readies EXA100 amplifier, EXN100 streamer
Oct 9, 2024 · New from Cambridge Audio: the EXA100 integrated amplifier and the EXN100 streaming DAC. Let’s dive in. According to Cambridge, the EXA100 is the spiritual successor to the Azur 851 range, promising 100wpc of Class A/B amplification from power transistors pulled from the company’s more costly Edge M monoblocks.
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