After teasing it at Munich High-End 2024, Shanling has formally announced the SM1.3: a touchscreen streaming DAC where an Android 12 OS runs in conjunction with Wifi-6 (or Ethernet) and a 5.8″ ...

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The Super Linton borrows the Linton’s 20cm woven Kevlar bass driver but its more powerful motor system and increased magnet strength promise improved attack and slam. In tandem with a cabinet that’s ...

We normally talk about hi-fi gear on these pages but today I want to discuss the furniture used to arrange and display that hi-fi gear. I’ve got three everyman hi-fi furniture suggestions, two of ...

Good, better, best. It’s a marketing strategy as old as stereo sound. We’ve already seen Eversolo’s ‘good’: the DMP-A6 was 2023’s runaway hit (review here and here). Later that year came the DMP-A8, ...

First came Ferrum’s flagship headphone amplifier, OOR (€1995). Then came the Polish company’s flagship DAC and pre-amplifier, WANDLA (€2795). Now comes WANDLA HP, which adds a 4.4mm balanced headphone ...

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