I wonder if the xMEMs technology will find their way to Headphones and Speakers. Or whether this will be limited to in ear monitors (IEMs)

My understanding is that Thorsten is still doing some consulting work for AMR & iFi. And they've added John Curl to their design team. Looking forward to seeing and hearing what is to come!

I assume iFi will tell us more about the AMR Diablo DAC in the future. In the meantime, check the RMAF Report in Positive Feedback for initial details.

It was quite a cool "tease". I'm definitely looking forward to hearing the Diablo DAC when it emerges from the design phase! https://positive-feedback.com/show-reports/a-return-to-denver-rmaf/

From the ESS posts on their Facebook page, looks like there will be two model 422 headphones. A hybrid model (422H) and an AMT model (422AMT). Would be interesting to hear these! https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/ess-252-ess-422h-headphones/

Hadn't heard that. Where did AIX move their recording studio? Still in California?

The Bacch processor is designed to play binaural recordings, like the Chesky Binaural + series and the Binaural DSD Downloads you find on NativeDSD Music, over loudspeakers. Different from the Smyth which is designed to take movies and surround sound music recordings, not made binaurally, and...

  Use a program like the Free program DFF to DSF from Signalyst (makers of HQ Player).  Very easy and then you can tag the .dsf files with an app like Tag and Rename.  http://www.signalyst.com/professional.html http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

  And here's another from Paul McGowan, CEO at PS Audio http://www.psaudio.com/forum/directstream-all-about-it/mqa-controversy/#p55837

Having heard the MQA demo by Meridian, same here.  It's a step backwards in sound quality compared to playing 24/96 FLAC and DSD files.

No, the iDSD Nano and the iDSD Nano LE are both DAC/Amp combos.  So you would get one or the other - not both.

A little pricey when yon look at the iFi Audio portable products.  Their new iDSD Nano LE gives you DSD 128 and PCM playback for only $129 - less than half the price of the Clef. Or you could get their iDSD Nano which adds DSD 256 and costs $199 - a substantial savings vs. the Clef.  ...

Received my Walkman 1Z from Wayne at The Source AV with UPS 1 Day Shipping.  Definitely recommend The Source AV.

The adapters let you use 3.5mm and 1/4" jacks in a 4.4 TRRS input.

$172 for both via PayPal including shipping.