At €3311/US$3599, the Gustard R30 wants to be your next streaming DAC. The Chinese manufacturer has put discrete R2R ...

Shanling’s SCD3.3 treats SACD like it never died—true DSD output, a 212-resistor R2R DAC, tube stage, and enough engineering muscle to shame most “modern” players. Let’s be honest: outside the ...

The engineers at FiiO don’t appear to sleep. Hardly a day goes by without another product launch being announced by the audio brand. The latest is the FiiO K11 R2R – a desktop DAC and headphone ...

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At $799, the versatile EF600 serves as a headphone stand, high-resolution Bluetooth transmitter and balanced desktop DAC/Amplifier. CanJam NYC 2023 starts in 3 days but that hasn’t stopped HiFiMAN ...

FiiO's new CD deck is a portable player with a powerful desktop mode and seven hours of battery-powered playback. It features an R2R DAC, Bluetooth, and is reasonably priced at $269. With streaming ...

FiiO's new K13 R2R desktop DAC and headphone amp uses a resistor ladder to deliver ultra low distortion and high accuracy. This latest model has higher output power and more connection options, for ...

Last year, Fiio introduced the DM13, a portable CD player with modern features (such as USB-C charging and built-in Bluetooth) and priced at $150, making it a relatively affordable excuse to revisit ...

FiiO's latest portable CD player is a real step on from its predecessor. Because the DM15 R2R not only has way more features, it has a cool transparent look too, so you can see the compact disc ...

Since most engineers went through intensive course work in engineering school studying the analog-to-digital converter (ADC), operational amplifier (op amp), digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and ...

FiiO has announced a new desktop DAC and amplifier to match with the best headphones (when wired) – the K13 R2R. Using a resistor ladder to deliver low distortion and high accuracy, it takes the same ...