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Kevin Gilmore CFA3 Headphone Amp Measurements

4th July 2022 by Golden One

Sporting immense power and excellent objective performance in a purist-friendly topology, the CFA3 is a very impressive amplifier indeed.

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, balanced, CFA3, headphone amp, kevin gilmore, super symmetry, susy Leave a comment

Pi2Design Mercury Streamer / Server Measurements

9th June 20223rd June 2022 by Golden One

The pi2design mercury is a compact, high performance network audio streamer and server, with a price that makes other products hard to justify

Categories Measurements Tags DDC, jitter, measurement, measurements, mercury, pi2design, spdif, USB 5 Comments

Chord Mojo 2 Measurements

26th May 2022 by Golden One

The Chord Mojo 2 is an excellent portable DAC and headphone amp with some handy features on top. If you’re looking for a high quality portable option, it’d be hard to find something definitively better than this

Categories Measurements Tags chord, dac, measurements, mojo, mojo 2, pulse array, rob watts 7 Comments

Gustard X26 Pro Measurements (F20 Firmware + 10Mhz clock)

14th April 2022 by Golden One

The Gustard X26 Pro is an excellent, fully balanced DAC with clear attention to detail and no corners cut in its design. And the objective performance clearly reflects this

Categories Measurements Tags aoshida, balanced, dac, gustard, measurements, x18, x26 pro 2 Comments

Gustard U18 DDC Measurements

8th April 20227th April 2022 by Golden One

The Gustard U18 is an I2S DDC with some impressive design aspects. Unfortunately it’s not quite as impressive with real world performance.

Categories Measurements Tags DDC, di20he, jitter, mc3+, measurement, measurements, mutec, singxer, sotm, spdif, su-1, su-2, su-6, su6, U18, ultracap, uptone, USB, zen 6 Comments

Benchmark DAC3 B Measurements

10th May 20226th April 2022 by Golden One

The benchmark DAC3B offers some mixed objective results, with some areas going beyond any other manufacturer and some falling behind

Categories Measurements Tags balanced, benchmark, dac, dac3, dac3b, measurements 1 Comment

Gustard X18 Measurements

4th April 20224th April 2022 by Golden One

The GustaX18 is currently the lowest THD+N / highest SINAD of any DAC I’ve tested. And backs it up with excellent performance in just about all other areas too!

Categories Measurements Tags aoshida, balanced, dac, gustard, measurements, x18, x26 pro 5 Comments

Chord Hugo M-Scaler Measurements and Technical Evaluation

17th March 2022 by Golden One

The Chord MScaler is a truly exceptional hardware upsampler which will no doubt bring an improvement to nearly any audio chain.

Categories Measurements Tags chord, DDC, di20he, jitter, mc3+, measurement, measurements, mscaler, mutec, singxer, sotm, spdif, su-1, su-2, su-6, su6, ultracap, uptone, USB 2 Comments

Chord DAVE Measurements (With MScaler)

14th March 2022 by Golden One

Technical measurements and analysis of the Chord DAVE DAC. This is a high end DAC with some great and not so great aspects

Categories Measurements Tags balanced, chord, dac, dave, measurements, rob, rob watts, watts 3 Comments

Rebel Amp Measurements

25th January 2022 by Golden One

The Rebel Amp is a pretty interesting product as it shows that a well measuring amp can still sound warm and lush! No sterile sound here!

Categories Measurements Tags amp, amplifier, headphone amp, rebel, unbalanced 3 Comments
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Latest Comments
  1. Simon Clark on Pi2Design Mercury Streamer / Server Measurements1st July 2022

    Ps audio pin out makes it a none starter, that seems a very US centric choice. They barely exist over…

  2. guy on Gustard U18 DDC Measurements30th June 2022

    U18 not measuring up to the competition at it's price point, Pi2AES currently unavailable in AES - I2S form, if…

  3. Hello on Chord Mojo 2 Measurements30th June 2022

    Good point and I like your reviews. Another suggestion: how about showing frequency response in high precision like 10Hz to…

  4. Graham P on Pi2Design Mercury Streamer / Server Measurements29th June 2022

    How do you like the "ifi iPower 12v power supply"? I am about to test a ifi ipower elite 12V.…

  5. Pino on ifi Zen Stream Measurements and intro to streamers25th June 2022

    Hi. Nice tests, would be anyway even nicer to have something more compete now . I would like to share…

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