Dec 19, 2024 · OPRA (and not Winfrey). That’s the name of the new headphone EQ functionality recently folded into Roon. OPRA’s control panel can be found in Roon’s desktop app: press the little speaker icon at the bottom right of the screen followed by the squiggly wave symbol.

Mar 21, 2024 · Lossless audio over Bluetooth? It used to be a pipe dream. Now, according to Qualcomm, it’s a reality. Over the last few weeks and months, I’ve been listening to music through three sets of true wireless IEMs, all supporting Qualcomm’s latest flavour of aptX: aptX Lossless.

Aug 20, 2024 · Something for every budget: good, better, best. “Good. Better, Best.”.Bluesound’s press notice doesn’t say those three words exactly (I’ve added them to the image above) but it’s how one might reasonably interpret today’s announcement of three new streaming DACs: the NODE Nano, the (2024) NODE and the NODE Icon.

Sep 20, 2024 · Rotel is expanding its line-up of Michi-branded high-end electronics.The incoming Q5 is a large CD player/transport and DAC whose disc mechanism is spring-mounted.

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Oct 28, 2024 · 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, which (to these ears) sounded quite a bit ‘better’ (review here and here).Now comes the Chinese company’s moonshot: the DMP-A10.

Dec 14, 2024 · UPDATE 17th December: an abridged video version of this gift guide can be found here. It's that time of year when we treat ourselves... Meze 105 AER headphones 🛒 https://amzn.to/4iAaF0K Meze didn’t send me the 105 AER. I bought a pair from my local hi-fi store. Shout out to Hifi im Hinterhof in Kreuzberg. And

Nov 11, 2024 · If you think you’re seeing double it’s because you are. We’ve already previewed KEF’s new Q Concerto Meta in Berlin (US$1299/pair) so why are we doing it again a month later and almost 3000km away in Lisbon?. The answer: the quest for helpful side-by-side comparisons. Long-time readers will know of my aversion to comparisons pulled across time windows unable to support them; audio ...

Dec 1, 2024 · Recent Posts. Podcast #59 – Back to the Future-Fi w/ AURALiC & more January 29, 2025; Musical Fidelity announces 600.2 integrated amplifier January 29, 2025; Podcast: 10 hi-fi ‘myths’ busted by Eelco Grimm January 24, 2025; A …

Jul 11, 2024 · Right up front, I want to tell you ev-er-y-thing that I don’t like about the Studio 89 (€2350/pair), the latest two-way standmount loudspeaker to spill from the UK’s Monitor Audio: I don’t like the high-gloss black finish that needs to be dusted daily and causes untold reflective trouble for anyone wielding a camera.We shot the first round of …