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MOON Reveals All New Hi-End Audio Components All Image Credit: MOON Canadian hi-fi brand MOON by Simaudio has launched its 2023 North Collection. A range of six separates sporting new technology and designed to deliver high-performance streaming sound, all manufactured at their home base of Montreal, Canada. The North Collection […]

MOON Reveals All New Hi-End Audio Components

May 5, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 641 / 681 / 761 / 791 / 861 / 891 / DAC / Integrated Amplifier / Moon / Network Player / Network Streamer / Power Amplifier / Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

exaSound S82 Mark II Streamer, DAC & Roon Server – Quick Look All Image Credit: ExaSound Canadian Hi-Fi brand exaSound recently announced the release of their upgraded s82 streaming DAC, the s82 MarkII. This upgraded model provides all the same functionality as the original S82 but becomes an all-in-one Roon […]

exaSound S82 Mark II Streamer, DAC & Roon Server – Quick Look

April 6, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / exaSound / Roon Server / S82 / Streamer by fromvinyltoplastic

Luxman Introduces D-07X CD/SACD Player & DAC All Image Credit: Luxman Luxman America, based in Ballston Spa, NY, was founded in 2017 as a subsidiary of Luxman Corporation of Yokohama, Japan. Luxman was among the world’s first consumer electronics companies being founded in 1925. The company is synonymous with timeless […]

Luxman Introduces D-07X CD/SACD Player & DAC

March 20, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / D-07x / DAC / Digital Player / Luxman / SACD Player by fromvinyltoplastic

FiiO K9 Pro ESS Desktop DAC And Headphone Amp This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. All Image Credit: FiiO The Chinese company Fiio have recently released their flagship K9 Pro ESS Desktop Hi-Res DAC and Headphone Amp that features dual THX AAA 788+ analog amps, dual […]

FiiO K9 Pro ESS Desktop DAC And Headphone Amp

March 16, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / FiiO / Headphone Amp / K9 Pro ESS by fromvinyltoplastic

Orchard Audio New PecanPi+ Streamer And DAC – First Look All Image Credit: Orchard Audio Well known for their high performance Class D power amplifiers, Orchard Audio has expanded its line of PecanPi products with the introduction of the PecanPi+ Streamer and PecanPi+ DAC. These two new products include the […]

Orchard Audio New PecanPi+ Streamer And DAC – First Look

March 9, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / Orchard Audio / PecanPi+ / Streamer by fromvinyltoplastic

NAD CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer – First Look All Image Credit: NAD NAD Electronics has launched the NAD CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer, a compact and simple design aimed at making it easy to add streaming capability to any music system. NAD’s affordable CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer uses audiophile-grade components and […]

NAD CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer – First Look

January 25, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CS1 / DAC / NAD / Network Streamer by fromvinyltoplastic

PS Audio Announces MK2 DirectStream DAC All Image Credit: PS Audio American HiFi brand PS Audio is now shipping its PerfectWave DirectStream DAC MK2, the successor to the original version. This latest high performance DAC features; an array of digital inputs; 2 x I2S, 2 x AES, coaxial, TOSLINK and […]

PS Audio Announces MK2 DirectStream DAC

January 18, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / DirectStream / Network Streamer / PerfectWave / PS Audio by fromvinyltoplastic

Mission 700 Speakers & LX CONNECT DAC All Image Credit: Mission Heralding from Cambridgeshire, England, Mission are well known for their famed range of audiophile speakers. After the launch in 2022 of the reincarnation of their famous 1978 Mission 770 2-way speaker, the Mission 700 2-way speaker is presented as […]

Mission 700 Speakers & LX CONNECT DAC

January 2, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / LX CONNECT DAC / Mission / Mission 770 / Speakers by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh’s Future-Proofed MDA200 DAC All Image Credit: McIntosh This new DAC from McIntosh should be able to meet all your decoding needs into the foreseeable future due to its upgradable DAC module. The MDA200 is their latest upgradable DAC being based upon the well established DA2 Digital Audio Module that […]

McIntosh’s Future-Proofed MDA200 DAC

November 22, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / McIntosh / MDA200 by fromvinyltoplastic

New iFi Audio Uno DAC – First Look Never used a DAC before? Then this new, low cost, palm sized DAC from iFi maybe your ideal introduction to a new world of audio. It will definitely take your listening experience beyond that found in the average laptop or smartphone. This […]

New iFi Audio Uno DAC – First Look

November 9, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / iFi / Uno by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh MCD12000 CD/SACD Player & DAC – First Look All Image Credit: McIntosh Clearly McIntosh strongly believe in the longevity of the CD/SACD format as they have just released a truly high-end, flagship, reference player that also doubles as a high-end DAC and is Roon compliant. This new “plastic” player […]

McIntosh MCD12000 CD/SACD Player & DAC – First Look

May 12, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / DAC / MCD12000 / McIntosh by fromvinyltoplastic

“Organik” DAC Upgrade For Linn Klimax Range Recently the Scottish manufacturer Linn has developed their first, in-house, home grown DAC, the Organik. This new D/A converter can be retrofitted to all the variants of Klimax streamers and Klimax integrated speakers. This new Organik D/A converter was originally introduced in ’21 […]

“Organik” DAC Upgrade For Linn Klimax Range

May 5, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged DAC / Linn / Organik by fromvinyltoplastic

AKM New Flagship DAC – AK4499EX – Quick Look All Image Credit: AKM Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (AKM) has developed a new flagship stereo D/A converter (DAC), the VELVET SOUND | VERITATM AK4499EX, which is based upon its world-class predecessor the AK4499 Current Output DAC. This new DAC supports the complete […]

AKM New Flagship DAC – AK4499EX – Quick Look

April 28, 2022 in Audio / News / Technical Posts tagged AK4191EQ / AK4499EX / AKM / DAC by fromvinyltoplastic