I wonder if someone heard those strange (and may be overprices/hyped) beasts ? the HAMT-1 Signature is a hybrid semi-open headphone featuring a single 57mm dynamic driver and fairly hefty 40mm AMT tweeter (AMT is an electroacoustic transducer, unlike traditional planar ribbon designs. AMT...

I am rebuilding my music library, i have a Cayin N30LE AMBER DAP, and I wonder what will be the best file format for best sound quality for my Cayin DAP: FLAC ? ALAC ? AIFF ? or... WAV ?

I wish to get the complete 9 Beethoven symphonies collection. Idealy on Vinyl to use at best my new Thorens TFD160 turnable . Of course, Karajan is the most logical choice ( but what year, he did a complete 9 Beethoven symphonies recording every 10 years: 63, 71, 80'), but... it is really the...

I discovered this great Musical work. But... there are so many recordings that it is hard to find the best version. what is according to you the best version that I should download ? i have this one, but are there better versions ? Thanks in advance ? .

World premiere review here First time "Cocobolo wood" is used by Grado for Headphone Grado Direct Price: $1,795.00

I am proposed a used W20, but I Wonder if getting a used W20 instead of a (new) N10 make sense with a DAC that do NOT has Dual AES/EBU and NO Clock Input. thanks for your advice

I have been told by several people that they hear that the AIFF (un-compressed) versions are better than the ALAC (or FLAC) versions. So I tried to listen to several identical tracks in AIFF and ALAC, and... I have hard time to hear the difference ! ( ARIES -> HUGO -> BHSE -> SR009 ) -->...

Oriolus just released 2 new portable devices. The BA10 (OAK) which is a balanced tube amp The BD10 (CEIBA) which is a SS balanced DAC/AMP I am mostly interested by the BA10 tube Amp since most DAP now have already a very good DAC inside. Plus, with 135 mm x 75 mm, it match exactly the new...

To connect my A&K player to an external SSD USB Disk, I am looking for a USB " Type-C to Type-C " OTG cable like this. 10 cm maximum and L shaped if possible. Anyone know where to get it ?

Is anyone here planning to attend the High End Show this year ? I will be there with another head-fier, 3 days Thursday to Saturday. I hope to be able to hear/see : CANEVER ZeroUno Tube DAC, Chord HUGO-2, Auralic Aries 2, Hifiman ED6 (v/s HEK2), Unique Melody ME-1 planar IEM (IF they are...

This AMP pretend to re-create binaural listening out of "standard" recording !! Has someone listened to it and experienced this "magic" ? I am septical.... From Goldmund web site: "....and it now comes with a new feature that will ravish headphone aficionados: The Binaural encoding. This...

This april fool published almost 3 years ago might becomes reality very soon now    At least for the specs...       So, let's start a thread of wish list & rumors for the next A&K TOL DAP.    My guess is that it will be announced in May 2017 at the Munich's High-End show. this will be 2...

Has someone listened or own a VERACITY DAC ?     It is an English hand made tube based Dual-mono DAC with 2 separate internal circuits : one for PCM and one for DSD, with automatic switching... !           

Quite a promising new DAC is on approach from a company specialised so far in analog: the BRINKMANN Nyquist   It has all we can hope:   - ROON - MQA - Headphone out - Tube output... - User-replaceable and field-upgradable Digital Module (against obsolescence)   Now we need to wait few...

At MUNICH High-End, Nuprime showed prototype of a new DAP due for year-end: the Nuprime OMNIA   It will spot 5,5" screen, could offer 1 To storage, and act also as a NAS, a DLNA server, a streamer...   More infos here    I have no picture. So, if someone has more infos or picture, please...

On the CanJam 2016 thread swampsong mentioned that he saw a prototype of a new DAP from HifiMan ! A successor to the vénérable 901 ? Did someone else saw it or has any info ? Any pics ....

Has someone used the Microsoft Surface Pro as a source ?     With ROON installed on it, the V4 with 1Tb version could be the ultimate source when attached to a HUGO or another portable DAC ?  . . . as long as the USB-out is clean of jitter and sound good.  

Has someone heard about this unit ?  they call it "Digital Speaker / Headphone Processor"  !!   Does someone understand what is the real benefit of it compared to a standard headphone amplifier ?   

Since I need a CD player AND a good DAC, I am considering the ESOTERIC K-01x but also the EMM LAB XDS-1, the VITUS SCD-025, the T+A PDP 3000HV, the TAD D-1000 and of course the Accuphase DP-720 !   Does anyone know how they compare ( as CD player but ALSO as USB DAC) ? Do each have specific...

A new R2R  DAC :-)   Is it the new kind in town ?  

A new TOL guy in town ? the CEMBALO Spring 1 headphone AMP   Apparently it will be at the end a complete system  :    Spring 1 headphone AMP + Spring DAC + Spring streaming player.     anyone has more infos about this ?   

Is there a music server/CD Player which can PLAY a CD and in the same time Rip it on it's HD ?   This will be a great time saving : everytime I play a CD, it is also saved as a HighRes music file ! !    It may be tricky, but.... may be a Music server with a built-in CD-Player that read ahead...

According to some simple tests it looks like my power system is totally mess-up:   I should get LOAD on the right prong and neutral on the left one (and ground in the middle), but...according to the tester which light-up on EACH prong, It seems that I have load on right and on left ( see...

This may be against the curent high-res trend, but for some reasons I need to change my strategy !    Indeed, I just bought from a friend of mine who is an audiophile/opera fanatic a lot of 2500 rare classical CD  .  This was  unexpected but now... I have a loooong ripping job to do   ...

I open this thread because I do not see any talk here about this no-compromize  1543 DAC (and the associated CAT music server/riper ) from the UK company Computer Audio Design ?   This NON oversampling DAC uses the 16 bits Philips 1543 chip + R2R lader technology (in fact it uses 16(Sixteen !)...