The CD80 II is a headphone-focussed CD player with 3.5mm and balanced 4.4mm sockets on the front panel to respectively offer 215 Watts and 850 Watts into 32 Ohms. Output impedance on both sockets is ...

FiiO K11 R2R + SR11 video review.The biggest bargain in hi-fi right now by John Darko August 3, 2025, 18:31 ...

5. Does the K11 R2R do DSD? Yes — and no. The K11 will accept DSD streams over USB, but according to FiiO’s data flow diagram, all DSD signals are converted to PCM upon entry.

Two of the most popular affordable audio products of the last few years have been the WiiM Ultra DAC (€399, review here) and the Eversolo DMP-A6 (€749, review here). These streaming DACs are where ...

Rhino’s Super Deluxe reissue treatment of Talking Heads’ catalogue continued last Friday with the release of a new 2LP version of the band’s second album, the Brian Eno-produced More Songs About ...

When we listen to loudspeakers playing music in a room, we hear more room than loudspeaker. What can we do about the room’s negative impact? Many of us tackle low bass resonances with room ...

One thing that I don’t think I made clear enough in my video was that the Michi Q5 is a CD player in addition to being a CD ...

In a recent video, I said that I didn’t see the utility of multi-room streaming for smaller apartments; that if I wanted to hear music while I was upstairs in my 80sqm one-bedroom duplex, I’d simply ...