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There are a growing number of DACs in the marketplace: affordable and competent and mainly Chinese: Topping, S.M.S.L, Gustard, Denafrips, Holo Audi...

My product development iteration involves improving my output chain as I reveal more transparency at the DAC and upstream. So when a change is made...

I have updated my REFERENCE•M2 Systems. I want to emphasize the following updates: USB and DX (DBNC) Version. The DX (DBNC) version is now compleme...

PGGB-RT for foobar2000 has been updated to PGGB v7 core technology and has been overhauled to support 64-bit foobar plus improve performance and st...

The consensus among audiophiles, who are invested in both analog (vinyl or tape) and digital (CD’s or digital downloads), is that analog provides t...

Thanks to R. Lee for his posted comments (transcribed from this Head-Fi Post ) Audiowise RF Isolation SystemLet me start by saying that the sound c...

This blog post (final in the series) describes the component layout inside RF•STOP Faraday Box. The picture above is my layout for the Toronto Aud...

I developed RF-STOP Faraday Isolation Box in 2019 after determining that using OPTO-DX to optically isolate DAVE from MSCALER was only part of the ...

AudioWise will be exhibiting at EARVANA - part of the Toronto AudioFest. EARVANA is a 8000sqft dedicated headphones-only exhibit space where I will...

Mojo2 has been winning awards and accolades since its launch. At a street price of $500, it is a hi-fi bargain that has allowed the audiophile mass...

Thanks to Bruce C., Georgia, USA I purchased PGGB•IT! in June 2024 and consider it a bargain. It actually works as advertised and is well worth the...

My testing for this comparison was using my REFERENCE Mojo2 system. Mojo2, like all Rob Watt's DAC design, has an internal PCM signal path. Note th...