Dardo Audio1d
2023’s hottest hi-fi product just got an upgrade
The hottest hi-fi product of 2023? That was Eversolo’s DMP-A6: a streaming DAC (with hard-wired digital inputs) that married a landscape-oriented touchscreen to a whitelist of installable apps for bit ...
Dardo Audio3d
Which streaming service pays artists the most?
According to musician and YouTuber Benn Jordan, Qobuz comes out on top with US$0.0136 per stream. Amazon isn’t too far behind with US$0.0096 per stream. The screenshot above is from Jordan’s latest ...
Dardo Audio3d
T+A’s Pulsar S 130 are designed for sub-optimal listening rooms
The Pulsar S 130 is a new metre-tall floorstander from T+A: a 3-way bass-reflex loudspeaker – made in Germany – that features two 15cm bass drivers, two 11.5cm midrange drivers and a 2.5cm magnesium ...
Dardo Audio3d
FiiO teases full-width S15 touchscreen streaming DAC
We awarded FiiO’s R9 Product of The Year 2024 for being a vertically oriented streaming DAC with THX headphone amplifier and a native Android OS with Google Play Store-derived app installs – unlike ...
Dardo Audio6d
In Berlin for review: Technics’ SC-CX700 streaming loudspeakers
Technics’ SC-CX700 is an active two-way standmount loudspeaker with streaming smarts whose Ethernet and wireless inputs talk to Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, Google Cast and Roon ...
Dardo Audio6d
Buh-bye Spotify
Spotify Connect’s extensive hi-fi hardware support. If a product offers network streaming, it usually does Spotify Connect ...
Dardo Audio13d
More thoughts on our ‘BEST OF 2024’
For a hi-fi or head-fi product to qualify for ‘Product of the Year’ or ‘Best of 2024’ at Darko.Audio, I must have spent several weeks with it. That immediately disqualifies products seen and heard at ...