American manufacturer Audio Research has announced the launch of the CD6 – a combined high-resolution CD player and digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) designed to replace the CD5. The company says ...

The FiiO Warmer R2R DAC serves up three stems of audiophile catnip for €379/US$349: tubes, resistor ladders and analogue VU ...

Cirrus Logic Inc. CRUS recently unveiled four new additions to its Pro Audio product family — two analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and two digital-to-analog converters (DACs) — that aim to deliver ...

Everything you need to know about digital-to-analog converters If you're an audiophile or gamer hoping to improve the sound quality from various devices you use daily, you might need a DAC, or digital ...

Consumers are looking for more and better functionality on their portable multimedia players. System designers have responded by creating increasingly complex systems, yet they must continue to ...

In 2015, there’s not much question about audio storage, transmission, or streaming: it’s digital. Apart from rare sightings of vinyl or open-reel tape in boutique sales or creative enclaves, audio is ...

If you’ve ever listened to an MP3, watched a movie on Netflix, or jumped on a Zoom call, you’ve used a DAC. Digital-to-analog converters (or DACs for short) are the unsung heroes of the digital audio ...

To borrow a line from the Talking Heads' David Byrne, the basic digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is the same as it ever was. In today's designs, though, DACs rarely stand alone. They tend to be ...

Our trip through the world of audio technology has taken us step-by step from your ears into a typical home Hi-Fi system. We’ve seen the speakers and the amplifier, now it’s time to take a look at ...

If you want to hear Apple Music’s lossless catalog the way it was meant to sound, you will need a little extra hardware. iPhones and most wireless headphones still have limitations when it comes to ...