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Luxury and Precision W2 Review

9th September 20218th September 2021 by Golden One

The L&P W2 is a high performance portable DAC and headphone amplifier with plenty of customization features.

Categories Reviews Tags balanced, dac, dongle, l&P, luxury and precision, measurements, portable, W2 2 Comments

Rockna Wavedream NET Review and Measurements

31st August 202128th August 2021 by Golden One

The Rockna Wavedream NET is an immensely high performing streamer, music server and CD transport. But the performance and features don’t come cheap.

Categories Measurements, Reviews Tags DDC, di-20he, di20he, hqplayer, I2S, jitter, measurement, measurements, NET, rockna, roon, signature, singxer, sotm, spdif, su-1, su-6, su6, ultracap, uptone, USB, wavedream, zen 8 Comments

ifi Zen Can Balanced Headphone Amplifier Review

2nd August 20212nd August 2021 by Golden One

Review of the excellent and affordable ifi Zen Can balanced headphone amplifier.

Categories Reviews Tags amplifier, balanced, budget, ifi, preamp, review, small, zen, zen can 2 Comments

Denafrips Ares 2 Measurements and Review

21st July 202113th July 2021 by Golden One

The denafrips ares 2 is an absolutely fantastic dac for the money and at the $700 pricepoint it’s one of my two current favourites, alongside the SMSL VMV D1SE.

BUT, it’s not actually a NOS dac….

Categories Measurements, Reviews Tags ares 2, dac, denafrips, goldensound, measurements, nos, r2r, review 12 Comments
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