There are two ways of implementing USB audio on phones. Manufacturers like Samsung, Google and now Apple with its USB Type-C iPhones, prefer to output Digital audio from the USB port and trust your ...

Astell&Kern manufactures some of our favorite high-resolution digital audio players, and now the company is bringing a high-end mobile digital audio converter/amplifier combo to market. As its name ...

This $60 USB-C dongle DAC features analogue volume control with support for hi-res audio including MQA, DSD and PCM. If anyone can make a $60 Dongle DAC that doesn’t sound like every other product in ...

I’ve got some bad news: Those nice headphones and great speakers that you spent so much money on? They probably don’t sound as good as they could. You spent the time searching for the best audio gear ...

For a limited time, a hot-rodded version of the Overdrive DAC, the Overdrive Signature, is available. The Signature version includes: A large number of Black-Gate electrolytic capacitors ...

How does a usb dac work with speakers? I would like to get a dac to hook my z533 speakers up to. I don't use headphones. Is it just power and a usb cable to the dac from the pc then I plug my speakers ...

The death of the headphone jack has been widely lamented. Pick up a flagship phone and you won't see one, it's gone and it's not likely to come back. But that doesn't mean we're left using Bluetooth ...

When it comes to mobile audio, sometimes the sound your phone and headphones muster just isn't enough. That can be especially true if you prefer a set of wired cans over anything wireless. To achieve ...

Now that pretty much every major streaming music service — except Spotify — offers lossless audio options at CD-quality or better, you may be wondering how you can hear that extra level of sound ...

Campfire Audio has launched the Wallet DAC, a MagSafe backpack for your portable DAC. It's also announced the Time Link, a "future-proof" headphone cable. The Campfire Audio Wallet DAC is just £59 / ...

Scan the shelves of your local bookseller, and you’ll be hard pressed to find many publications dedicated to home audio. You might get lucky and dig up a current copy or two of Sound & Vision, ...

There's always a comparison to be made with technology, especially with audio tech, whether it's vinyl records vs. streaming music or your choice of headphones.