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Spotify to Launch a New Platinum Tier for ‘High-Res’ Audio Quality?
Back in early 2021, Spotify announced the launch of its upcoming ‘HiFi’ subscription tier platform. While very little was known or revealed about it at the time, the overall ethos was that it would look to provide users with a super high-resolution audio experience. Albeit, likely at a higher price…
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Creative Release its New Sound Blaster X1 USB DAC
Creative Technology has announced the launch of its new Sound Blaster X1, the ultimate USB DAC and headphone amplifier which offers the heralded Sound Blaster Acoustic Engine technology, together with the multiple award-winning Super X-Fi Headphone Holography first seen in the iconic SXFI AMP. As small as a finger, it…
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Creative AE-5 Plus PCIe DAC and Amp Review
Creative has long been a leader when it comes to desktop audio. I’m sure most of you have owned or do own some Creative hardware. It’s likely you don’t even know it, as they product chipsets for all kinds of hardware too. I’m a big fan of what they’ve been…
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Creative X3 Hi-Res 7.1 SXFI USB DAC and Amplifier Review
Creative were once gods of PC audio, they’ve been around longer than many of our readers! However, a couple of years ago they stopped mucking about with a few gaming headsets and really put their foot back in the door. Super XFI, monster-sized and genuinely innovative soundbars, new amplifiers and…
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Audeze Unveils the LCD-GX High-End Purist Gaming Headphone
Unprocessed Audio for Gamers Audeze unveiled their LCD-GX at High End in Munich this weekend. According to the company, this is the “world’s first high-end purist gaming headphone”. That means it is purely analog and there are no digital signal processing involved. It features an open back design with Audeze’s…
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EVGA’s NU Audio PCIe Sound Card is Now Available
High-End Sound Card from EVGA Unveiled recently at CES 2019, the NU Audio card from EVGA is a PCIe-based solution engineered by Audio Note. Audiophiles will quickly recognize that name as a UK-based maker of high-performance audio equipment. While EVGA years of experience with making graphics cards, sound cards are…
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1More Triple Driver On-Ear Hi-Res Headphones Review
1MORE The premium headphone market is an interesting one. You can pick up some decent brand name headphones for around £100, in fact, it’s pretty darn hard these days to find a bad pair. Sure, there are your lifestyle brands like Beats, which are fashion first, sound quality second. However,…
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Brainwavz Launches the B400 Audiophile Earphones in the UK
Brainwavz B400: Audiophile Earphones Audio specialist Brainwavz is announcing the launch of their latest B400 earphones in the UK. These are geared for audiophiles who want high quality sound reproduction in a compact earphone form. As anyone in the audio world would know, creating high quality audio in small spaces…
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Sennheiser Announces HD 820 Headphones with Gorilla Glass
While Gorilla Glass is commonly known for phone and laptop screens, it has now found its way on Sennheiser‘s latest HD 820 headphones. The HD 820 is a closed back headphone targetting the high-end market. It actually looks like an open back on first glance. That is until you realize…
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Sennheiser Launches HD 660 S Headphones
It took 14 years, but Sennheiser is finally replacing their HD 650 headphones. You have to admit, that is quite admirable for a company to stand by their product for that long. That is almost unheard of in this day and age where high-end products get replaced every year. Then…
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Sennheiser Reveal Absolutely Bonkers $55,000 Headphones & Amp
Sennheiser has just revealed a new set of headphones with an accompanying headphone amp, that much in its self may not sound all that surprising, this is the kind of thing Sennheiser does regularly. What’s so shocking about this new piece of tech is that it’ll set you back a…
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Pioneer Announces Portable Music Player For Audiophiles
The smart phone revolution has integrated a number of dedicated devices from cameras to audio players into one portable solution. However, a large quantity of smartphones suffer from poor audio reproduction and lackluster battery life. As a result, there is still a legitimate reason to own a premium audio player…
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Tidal Offering Audiophile Quality Music Streaming for $20 a Month
There is a big community out there that really care about their audio performance; I am one of those people. On my desktop I have a dedicated headphone AMP a digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) and a whole range of other audio devices to get the best from my music collection. Streaming…
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Silverstone Release Desktop EB03S Desktop Headphone Amp and EB01-E Desktop DAC
For audiophiles, getting the most out of their high-end headphones is more than just about getting the best source or music format. High-end headphones often have higher resistance so if the equipment connected to them are subpar, the sound quality will suffer. With the Ensemble EB03, SilverStone aims to provide…
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