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Recent Posts. KEF Q Concerto Meta video review November 17, 2024; DUNU’s Concept R is a retro-futuristic portable CD player (and I want one) November 13, 2024 FiiO’s BTR 17 offers aptX Lossless & ‘Desktop Mode’ November 11, 2024 In Lisbon for review: KEF’s Q Concerto Meta November 11, 2024; More information on Marantz’s SACD 10 and Link 10n November 7, 2024
The best way to stream hi-res audio from Apple Music
Jun 10, 2021 · The best way is the only way. In my previous post on hi-res audio on Apple Music, I detailed how Apple’s ‘hi-res lossless’ content – 24bit/96kHz or 24bit/192kHz streams – are often downsampled or resampled by the playback hardware, often unbeknownst to the end-user and thus negating the benefits of streaming a hi-res file. …
Schiit vs. Benchmark vs. Denafrips - Darko.Audio
Dec 1, 2022 · Comparisons.In my humble opinion, they are critical in helping others understand the sound of a device under review. Comparisons give us context which other descriptions – as eloquent as they may be – lack the ability to convey in isolation.
10 'must-hear' active loudspeakers - Darko.Audio
Jun 19, 2018 · If the Grimm LS1 is the Grandaddy, then Kii Audio’s Three is the younger, cooler uncle. Also from the mind palace of Bruno Putzeys but with a Future-Fi twist, the Three is a large active standmount loudspeaker with optional custom stands (€more) and Kii Remote (€more) for volume attenuation, digital input extension and DSP-powered output customisation (which we’ll get to momentarily).
Take two: the REL T/5x subwoofer - Darko.Audio
Sep 25, 2021 · Anyone who thinks that experience doesn’t count should try setting up a subwoofer. Four weeks into the Elac SUB3030 review I was still making adjustments, never quite sure I’d got it right. Six weeks later Rob Hunt of REL set up two of his company’s recently introduced T/5x subwoofers – one per channel, each with …
Schiit Modi 3 DAC review - Darko.Audio
Nov 29, 2018 · Recent Posts. KEF Q Concerto Meta video review November 17, 2024; DUNU’s Concept R is a retro-futuristic portable CD player (and I want one) November 13, 2024 FiiO’s BTR 17 offers aptX Lossless & ‘Desktop Mode’ November 11, 2024 In Lisbon for review: KEF’s Q Concerto Meta November 11, 2024; More information on Marantz’s SACD 10 and Link 10n November 7, 2024
Audiophile-grade streaming with the AURALiC Aries Mini
Feb 19, 2016 · 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 product category where functionality often matters as much – if not more than – sound quality alone.
Second opinion: Cambridge DacMagic 200M - Darko.Audio
Jun 22, 2021 · Publisher’s note: The 200M is the latest iteration of the well-respected DacMagic D/A converter from Cambridge Audio. Upon release, it attracted favourable reviews but when I got to hear one, I found myself more impressed by its connectivity than its sound quality.
CD-quality Bluetooth audio is now a reality: but is it worth it?
Mar 21, 2024 · Lossless audio over Bluetooth? It used to be a pipe dream. Now, according to Qualcomm, it’s a reality. Over the last few weeks and months, I’ve been listening to music through three sets of true wireless IEMs, all supporting Qualcomm’s latest flavour of aptX: aptX Lossless.
Darko’s ‘Best of 2023’ - Darko.Audio
Dec 19, 2023 · The very best of the UK HiFi Show Live 2023 Munich High-End 2023 video review R.E.M.’s Up in 2023: more live material, similarly compressed sound