HOW-TO: Roon 2.0 with ARC released, running Android ARC on Windows. Roon's...
The big news this week among the audiophile channels I think is that Roon 2.0 has been released which allows remote access to your Roon Core when on-the-go. Nice, it's about time considering that I've...
View ArticleAquantia/Marvell AQC107 10GbE Network Cards (eg. ASUS XG-C1001C): Driver and...
While this blog is primarily about audiophile stuff, over the years I have discussed modern audiophile systems including thoughts on networks. Like it or not, computer audio/video is ubiquitous and...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: "CheapDAC'22" - Cheapest DAC in 2022? US$3.57 S/PDIF DAC from...
"CheapDAC'22" - box, pamphlet, optical cable, USB 5V power cable.While we've recently been examining high performance, high-fidelity DACs with amazing measurements, once awhile, I think it is good to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Beelink Mini S (Celeron N5095A 4C/4T CPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD)...
In the image above, we see the Beelink Mini S computer. I was sent this product from one of the distributors (thanks to MinixPC - see here for the current price) for an honest opinion in the context of...
View ArticleUsing low-power Beelink Mini S as Linux Roon streamer - HQPlayer (PCM 8x,...
No worries! Putting a little low-power computer like this on top of the DAC did not affect noise level from the Sabaj DAC RCA/XLR outputs. Don't do this with more powerful computers obviously...As...
View ArticleBlog Post #502: Musings on a decade of audiophilia, maturation, objectivism...
Well guys and gals, this marks post 502 since the start of the blog back in 2012, although articles really only started flowing by 2013. As we are approaching the latter months of 2022, it's amazing to...
View ArticleThe studio production: The Audiophile Society & Chesky's Mega Dimensional...
Above, you see some recently added albums on my Roon server. I thought it might be fun to focus this week on the music instead of hardware and discuss a little more on this so-called "absolute sound"...
View ArticleAccurate Sound's Hang Loose Convolver Multichannel on low power Mini PC. The...
Over the last few weeks, I've been using the inexpensive Beelink Mini S Intel Celeron N5095A PC in my music system. Recently, I posted on using it in Linux as a streamer with HQPlayer upsampling and...
View ArticleEARLY LOOK: The E1DA Cosmos Scaler prototype. As usual, Neil Young (in "World...
Today, let's talk about something rather unique.In the image above, we see the E1DA Cosmos Scaler in use as I was running measurements of some DACs I have around here. As I mentioned last time, this...
View Article"High End" Audiophile Science? On Milind N. Kunchur's hard-to-believe...
It has been a busy week so let's keep this article somewhat shorter. ;-)Beyond the typical audiophile magazines, websites, and videos, I think it's interesting once awhile to think about some of the...
View ArticleREVIEW: E1DA #9038D6K Dongle DAC / Headphone Amp (Part I) - PCM DAC...
Little E1DA DAC to Sennheiser HD800 headphones via 1/4" adaptor... Looks ridiculous if walking around in public with this! But sounds great. ;-)A few weeks back, I received a package from Ivan Khlyupin...
View ArticleREVIEW: E1DA #9038D6K Dongle DAC / Headphone Amp (Part II): Headphone Amp...
A great sounding music listening station! (Samsung Galaxy Tablet, Drop+HiFiMan HE-4XX, classic Jacky Cheung cantopop.)Okay friends, today we continue with Part II of the discussion on E1DA's #9038D6K...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On audio gear appearance and design. (A case of the HiFi Rose RA180...
As work calms down into the holiday season, I thought it would be fun today to talk about what's obviously a subjective matter... Appearance.Clearly, aesthetics are matters to be adjudicated "in the...
View ArticleAs We Hear It: Yet Another Christmas Playlist (2022) - Guest post by Allan Folz
Greetings and Merry Christmas Archimago and readers. For new readers, the Christmas playlist is a recent tradition (2020, 2021) at Archimago Musings that had as its genesis recognition that great...
View ArticleHome Network: Update on mixed 10 gigabit network, Roon stability & value?...
Happy 2023, dear audiophiles!While I typically publish articles like measurements of audio hardware, discuss albums (usually as part of reviews or examination of things like dynamic range), and offer...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Knockoff "Kimber Kable" 12TC Speaker Cables. And do cable...
As I'm sure we're all aware, in the world of luxury goods, there will be fakes out there. Wandering the streets of basically any city these days, we'll run into all kinds of cheap "Gucci" and "Hermès"...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On Michael Fremer's "How Best to Hear Patricia Barber's 'Clique!'" -...
A little bit of dramatics for effect. ;-)Like many audiophiles, I've been well aware of Patricia Barber's recordings over the years. Her discography of "reference"-sounding quality albums have already...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Intona 7055-C USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Isolator. And Darko & Lavorgna...
Over the last couple years, I've shown in my PC measurement system the benefit of using USB isolation to break ground loops when test devices are connected to the ADC. There was the ADuM4160 device...
View ArticleSURVEY: What audio playback system and/or streaming music service are you...
Hey there gals and guys. I've been busy over the last while getting some things at work going, so this means it's time for a survey to hear from you ;-).It's always good to know what audio lovers are...
View ArticleRETRO-MEASURE: Dynaco A-35 speakers (1972-1976). Technological maturity and...
Audiophilia has a rich history filled with many products and ideas over the decades. Many of the "vintage" products can still be found these days on the used market and many carry with them an...
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