If you primarily listen to LPs, this blog won’t be of much interest. But for everybody listening to digital music at home, the Schiit Bifrost Multibit digital converter can make a big difference. The Bifrost Multibit is small enough to fit on a shelf or desktop — it’s just 9 x 6.75 x 2.25 inches …

I didn’t check the price before I opened the 1More Mk801 box. Looking over the sturdy design and admiring the look, then donning the headphones and listening to a few tunes I guessed the Mk801 would sell for $150-$175 (£105 to £122). Then I checked the 1More site and saw they list for $80/£68, sweet! They’re also available from Amazon …

High-resolution audio has a long history, dating back to at least 1999, with the introduction of the Super Audio CD, aka the SACD. DVD-Audio followed a year later, and a hi-res format war was waged for a few years without a clear victor. Hi-res PCM and DSD download files are now widely available, but under the radar to most music …

Just when you thought the high-end headphone market peaked, along comes another mind-bending ‘phone! This new one’s from Focal, France’s best-selling speaker brand, and while they’ve been making perfectly fine headphones for years, the Focal Utopia is in a very different league. The Utopia digs deeper into the sound of music than other headphones, so as I listened to Miles …

CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy hands me a set of Bose SoundTrue Ultra in-ear headphones and says, “What do you think?” First impressions are really positive, so I keep listening; the sound is clear and extremely open, and these headphones are super-comfortable. It’s been ages since I wrote about a Bose product, but this one demanded my full attention. There …

Right after I finished working on the Tavish Design Vintage 6SL7 phono preamplifier review I wanted to check out another Tavish, namely the Minotaur integrated stereo amplifier. It arrived here in Brooklyn in a huge cardboard box, and I tell you upfront the sound more than lived up to my expectations. Tavish Design’s Scott Reynolds holds a Ph.D. in electrical …

Recorded music is more accessible than ever today. You can listen to almost anything, wherever you are, for free, or very little money. Music is all too easy to take for granted, but just how important is music in your life? To put it in perspective: Would you rather trade TV, movies, pizza, ice cream, beer, swimming, reading or –maybe …

I’ve always had a thing for high-performance speakers that come alive in small rooms. The best ones are invariably small, and the Dynaudio Emit M10 monitor ($799, £499, AU$1,099 per pair) definitely qualifies as tiny, it measures a mere 6.7 by 11.5 by 9.5 inches (170 by 292 by 240 mm), and it’s offered in black or white satin lacquer …

I reviewed the original AudioQuest DragonFly USB digital converter back in 2012, so I was eager to check out a couple of the latest DragonFlys, the Black ($99, £89, AU$160) and the Red ($199, £169, AU$320). The Black looks pretty much like the older DragonFly, but the Red is finished in snazzy red metallic paint. Enlarge Image From left to …

When CNET editor Ty Pendlebury told me to check out the Reference 3A MM de Capo BE speakers at the Park Avenue Audio showroom, I knew something was up. The store is just a block away from the office in NYC, so I figured why not? He knows what I like, and if anything Ty underplayed how good these speakers …