All items tagged with DSD (68)
KEF Unveils New LS60 Wireless All-In-One High Fidelity Streaming Audio System
May 12, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

KEF Unveils New LS60 Wireless All-In-One High Fidelity Streaming Audio System

In celebration of their 60th anniversary, KEF has launched the LS60 Wireless - an all-in-one, high fidelity streaming audio system. The product features the latest high-performance KEF key acoustic technologies for the highest streaming performance available to date, including the 12th Generation Uni-Q driver array with Metamaterial Absorption Technology and two pairs of Uni-Core drivers. The two floorstanding active speakers can be expanded with up to two KEF subwoofers via sub output on each speaker and can configured to work either wired or wireless to allow for complete positioning freedom within a room.
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Cambridge Audio Celebrates 10 Years of StreamMagic Platform
December 21, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Cambridge Audio Celebrates 10 Years of StreamMagic Platform

Cambridge Audio is celebrating two milestones in 2021: the 10th anniversary of its StreamMagic platform, and the fact that 100,000 individual units that use the StreamMagic module have now been sold. StreamMagic is the clever combination of hardware and software that sits at the heart of Cambridge Audio’s network audio players (such as Evo, CXN V2 and Edge NQ), and allows listeners to play digital music from anywhere.
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Khadas Introduces Magnetic Snap-On Ultraslim Hi-Res Headphone Amplifier
October 28, 2021 by Joao Martins

Khadas Introduces Magnetic Snap-On Ultraslim Hi-Res Headphone Amplifier

Khadas is about to launch an interesting new Ultraslim headphone amplifier with high-resolution audio support for smartphones. The design will be compatible with Apple’s MagSafe (and all the copycat magnetic chargers that are about to arrive in the market), just clipping into to the back of an iPhone 12 or 13. The Khadas TEA features the high-performance ESS ES9281AC Pro DAC, as well as LDAC and aptX HD Bluetooth audio from a Qualcomm QCC5125 chip.
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Merging Technologies Introduces Music Recording Software for Anubis AoIP Network Interface
May 26, 2021 by Joao Martins

Merging Technologies Introduces Music Recording Software for Anubis AoIP Network Interface

As promised, Merging Technologies expanded the software features of its compact AD/DA converter and audio network recording interface Merging+Anubis. Merging calls its approach to application-oriented software sets "Missions". And following the original Monitor Mission, Merging now introduced Music Mission, a complete set of recording and processing features with a fully-featured low latency mixer and many configuration possibilities.
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CEntrance Launches DACport Pro USB DAC, Headphone Amp, and Monitor Controller with Balanced Outputs
March 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

CEntrance Launches DACport Pro USB DAC, Headphone Amp, and Monitor Controller with Balanced Outputs

CEntrance is now shipping DACport Pro, a portable D/A converter, headphone amplifier, and monitor controller for audio professionals. With the DACport Pro, the Chicago-based company builds on the success of its DACport HD, which was designed for HiFi enthusiasts. The professional version of the portable DAC adds balanced XLR output jacks, a large monitor volume control knob, and LED VU meters, ideal to connect a laptop to a mixer or professional sound setup. Shipping now for US $369.99.
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McIntosh Announces MCD85 SACD/CD Player For Serious Music Lovers
February 18, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces MCD85 SACD/CD Player For Serious Music Lovers

McIntosh introduced the MCD85 SACD/CD Player. A perfect companion to McIntosh's similarly styled amplifiers and preamplifiers, the new MCD85 SACD/CD Player is the ultimate music source that any serious music enthusiasts will be proud to own. The MCD85 is designed as a companion piece to McIntosh's monoblock MC830 Solid State Amplifier and C8 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, introduced in September 2020. But even on its own, this is a versatile player providing a myriad of format and connectivity options.
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Orchard Audio PecanPi USB/SPDIF receives Roon Tested Certification
February 1, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Orchard Audio PecanPi USB/SPDIF receives Roon Tested Certification

Orchard Audio, the company founded in 2017 by Leo Ayzenshtat, announced that its PecanPi USB/SPDIF has now received Roon Tested certification from Roon Labs. The PecanPi USB/SPDIF is an ultra-high performance DAC and headphone amplifier that works with USB and S/PDIF inputs. This DAC uses the company’s highly reviewed dual monaural Burr-Brown chip design to deliver very impressive performance as well as sonic accuracy.
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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 888 Mobile Processing Platform
December 3, 2020 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 888 Mobile Processing Platform

During the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020, Qualcomm introduced its latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform, which will set the benchmark for flagship Android smartphones in 2021. This new platform packs industry-leading mobile innovations in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), gaming, and camera technologies, while offering all the processing and connectivity power to enable next-generation immersive audio experiences, including support for Bluetooth 5.2 with LE Audio features.
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Fresh From the Bench: GeerFab Audio D.BOB Digital Breakout Box
November 3, 2020 by Gary Galo

Fresh From the Bench: GeerFab Audio D.BOB Digital Breakout Box

Gary Galo reviews GeerFab Audio’s D.BOB Digital Breakout Box, a valuable new solution for all the music enthusiasts who would like to listen to their Super-Audio CD (SACD) music collection by feeding the DSD datastream via HDMI from the player to an outboard digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in high-resolution audio. And GeerFab Audio created the first device that delivers! This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2020.
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Merging Technologies Introduces New MAD ASIO Driver for Windows With Enhanced Network Infrastructure Features
October 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Merging Technologies Introduces New MAD ASIO Driver for Windows With Enhanced Network Infrastructure Features

Merging Technologies has gained a justifiable reputation for supplying enabling tools for AES67/Ravenna AoIP networks that have more recently been incorporated into the ST2110 standards. The freeware CoreAudio VAD has been downloaded thousands of times and the Linux ALSA driver has found favor with a number of OEMs. Meanwhile, the ASIO driver supplied with Merging interfaces was beginning to show its age and lacked some key features. In response, Merging introduced a new Merging Audio Device (MAD) driver, which totally redefines possibilities and introduces a new enhanced MAD Infrastructure option.
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