Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

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Everybody is streaming over smartphones, smart computers and smart speakers. But a “smart” anything may be doing its best to outsmart your ears. You need a DAC. That is to say, you probably need ...

Astell&Kern manufactures some of our favorite high-resolution digital audio players, and now the company is bringing a high-end mobile digital audio converter/amplifier combo to market. As its name ...

The rise of streaming audio over AirPlay has made it possible to wirelessly play music from your iPhone over your home speakers. But that data comes through as a raw stream of 0s and 1s, and the sound ...

Our trip through the world of audio technology has taken us step-by step from your ears into a typical home Hi-Fi system. We’ve seen the speakers and the amplifier, now it’s time to take a look at ...

So, I have recently bot the Onkyo TX 8050 receiver. It is a stereo speaker (not A/V), but it does have digital inputs, optical and coax. I am using Apple TV as source audio, into the optical input in ...

PS Audio has announced that it is now shipping its new Stellar DAC. The new DAC (digital-to-analog converter) includes features like PS Audio’s Digital lens technology, I2S inputs, and a Class A ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

In past we described an S/PDIF tester, consisting of a special decoder IC with integrated D/A converter. Two implementations of the ‘IEC 60958 audio DAC’ from Philips could be used here: the ...