The BTR17 is small, but it’s packed with functionality and specified in a way that seems beyond the tiny physical confines of ...

CanJam London 2025 showcased groundbreaking desktop DACs and Headphone Amplifiers with diverse sounds and innovation. North ...

The K11 R2R has three digital inputs on its back panel: USB-C, TOSLINK and coaxial. I connected it to a MacBook Pro via USB ...

TA-84 The new TA-84 DAC/Headphone Amplifier is an OTL (Output Transformerless) design that utilizes EL84 power tubes and 12AU7 driver tubes. Xduoo’s TA-26 OTL Headphone Amplifier which was clearly the ...

If you have a laptop, the internal DAC is fine for the audio coming out of the laptop’s speakers. And if it has a headphone jack, the internal DAC will let you listen with your wired headphones ...

More Periodic Audio As you might expect from a budget-priced headphone DAC, the Periodic Rhodium isn’t overly powerful and it won’t cope well with earbuds or headphones that are hard to drive.

In addition to being a standard hi-res DAC/amp for wired connections to phones, tablets, and PCs, it also supports UAC 1.0 for wired use with game consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch.

That makes wireless headphones a tradeoff. If you’re listening to a lossy stream from Spotify and like what you hear, there’s no reason to investigate the investment and hassle of a dedicated DAC.

Not so with the new Pixels, which means should consumers decide they want to invest in a pair of USB-C to go alongside their new phone, they’ll need to buy a pair of headphones that includes a ...

This tiny pocket DAC and amplifier from iFi is a great way to upgrade sound from a smartphone using wireless or wired connection. The iFi GO blu is available now and costs £199.