Digital Audio/CD Players - Stereo Times

DENAFRIPS PONTUS II R2R DAC by Greg Voth

January 19, 2022

You’ll get the idea that the DENAFRIPS PONTUS II R2R DAC might be something special as you lift it out of its packing. It’s beautiful to both the touch and the eye and surprisingly heavy [Read More]

NETWORK PROJECT. THE ANATOMY OF A NETWORK SYSTEM by Moreno Mitchelll

September 24, 2021

This writing will break down into five Phases of how I built a personal home streaming network. I started as a novice and graduated to a respectable level. It took a great deal of study [Read More]

Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 Transport

August 16, 2021

I have had a long history (thirty years), having highly-regarded CD transports in my systems to spin my vast collection of over 12,000 CDs. I have owned and enjoyed some of the most notable CD [Read More]

Audio Note DAC3.1x/II Balanced by Terry London

May 14, 2021

I’ve been on an odyssey the last three years when considering how many DACs (twelve in total) I have had in-house for review. These units have ranged in price from $1,000 up [Read More]

Core Power Technologies USBe Perfect by Greg Voth

March 24, 2021

Preamps with built-in high-quality internal DAC’s are lovely things. My current favorite is the PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC preamp with its internal asynchronous USB DAC, capable of 24/384 kHz (max) PCM, as well [Read More]

Core Power Technologies USBe Perfect by Greg Voth

March 24, 2021

Preamps with built-in high-quality internal DAC’s are lovely things. My current favorite is the PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC preamp with its internal asynchronous USB DAC, capable of 24/384 kHz (max) PCM, as well [Read More]

Core Power Technologies USBe Perfect by Greg Voth

March 24, 2021

Preamps with built-in high-quality internal DAC’s are lovely things. My current favorite is the PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC preamp with its internal asynchronous USB DAC, capable of 24/384 kHz (max) PCM, as well [Read More]

Mhdt Labs Balanced Pagoda DAC by Terry London

March 16, 2021

In the last seven months, I have received scores of emails from readers on two superlative balanced DACs (Bricasti Design M3/Rockna Audio Wavelight, which retail for around $5000). Many readers wanted to [Read More]

Denafrips Ares II DAC

January 14, 2021

Okay, I’ll admit I was smitten. There is just something addictive, even special, about the sound of an R2R ladder DAC. After spending several months this summer with R2R DACs from Bricasti and Rockna Audio, [Read More]

Wireworld Platinum Starlight 8 Twinax Ethernet Cables by Mike Girardi

October 7, 2020

Some two and a half years ago, I evaluated a series of Ethernet cables and the Uptone Audio JS-2 Linear Power Supply (here). One of the Ethernet cables included in the cable [Read More]