Editorial April 2023
April 2023 It is no Fool's Joke. I couldn't help but wonder to myself as I engaged in an ever diminishing spiral of infinitely decaying customer (lack of) service with Samsung recently how it is [...]
GMI BD-A1500 4k Bluray Player
VITAL STATS Model GMI Audio DAC Engines Mediatek MTK8581 Soc, Quad-core ARM Cortex A53 CPU Cluster, ARM Mali-T860 MP2 GPU Audio DAC DSD64/128, Multi channel DSD64, 192 kHz/24-bit PCM and down Inputs Ethernet, USB 2.0 [...]
GMI BD-A1500 4k Bluray Player Unboxing
This is a new kid on the block. Very new. So new in fact that this is our first encounter with the brand. It's very exciting and we'll be sure to fill you in on [...]
Editorial March 2023
March 2023 The pace of life continues to astound. There is much happening and you might have noticed we are dipping our toes into the world of video via YouTube, since, well, this is the [...]
BLUESOUND PULSE M WIRELESS MUSIC PLAYER STREAMER
Supported audio formats MP3, AAC, WMA, WMA-L, OGG, ALAC, OPUS Supported high-res formats FLAC, MQA, WAV, AIFF, MPEG-4 SLS Native sampling rates Up to 192 kHz Amplification Smart DSP amplifier Rated power output 80 W [...]
Editorial February 2023
February 2023 Happy Valentine's day to all! Got me to thinking about the romance of it all - what could be better than a glass of good wine, a good meal in your tum tum [...]
FiiO Q3 MQA DAC/AMPLIFIER
Dimensions 105 x 59 x 12.5 mm Weight 110 g DAC AK4452 Headphone Amplifier THX AAA-28 Decoding 384 kHz/DSD256/MQA Outputs 2.5/3.5/4.4 mm Battery 1 800 mAh Output Power PO > 160 mW (32 ohm) BAL [...]
Editorial January 2023
January 2023 We managed to avoid some Boney M, heavens be praised. But on holiday we didn't avoid Jesse Clegg who played the last of his tour dates at, of all places, the Pig & [...]
Editorial December 2022
December 2022 That time of the year, the annual reminder that ear worms are an actual thing. That retail therapy is an actual thing. And that giving is better than receiving. Tell that to anyone [...]
Audiolab Omnia
VITAL STATS Model Omnia Power Output 2x50W (8ohm), 2x75W (4ohm) Class AB Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz (+/-0.1dB) Signal to Noise Ratio >110dB (Line,A-weighted), 76dB (Phono MM,A-weighted) Inputs 2 x SPDIF (Optical), 1 x DTS Play-Fi Streaming, [...]
Editorial November 2022
November 2022 Doesn't time fly? We're already into silly season and Black Friday and the madness that this entails. Will be interesting to see what real bargains will present themselves and what deep discounts pose [...]
FiiO Jade Audio KA3 USB Dongle
DAC Chip ES9038Q2M Input Type C USB DAC decoding 32-bit/768 kHz DSD 512 Output 3.5 mm single-ended/4.4 mm balanced Output Power 130 mW@ 32R (PO) / 240 mW 32R (BAL) Noise Floor <1.7 uV (dbA) [...]