Driving the software side is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680, running Android 13 for a responsive and genuinely modern DAP experience. With 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, plus microSD expansion ...

Shanling’s SCD3.3 treats SACD like it never died—true DSD output, a 212-resistor R2R DAC, tube stage, and enough engineering muscle to shame most “modern” players. Let’s be honest: outside the ...

The engineers at FiiO don’t appear to sleep. Hardly a day goes by without another product launch being announced by the audio brand. The latest is the FiiO K11 R2R – a desktop DAC and headphone ...

The FiiO DM15 R2R CD Player is a brand NEW cd player for all your physical music CDs. Could it be worth the cash to go back ...

Welcome back to another edition of Golden Ears. In this week’s column, we’re taking a look at the HIFIMAN EF600, a powerful desktop DAC/amp that replaces the sound from your PC and doubles as a ...

The new FiiO DM15 R2R is a new next-generation portable CD player that is designed to redefine what a portable CD player can do with Bluetooth streaming, CD ripping and DAC duties. Hardly a week seems ...

The HiBy RS2 player is a new portable digital audio player based on Darwin Audio Architecture and equipped with the R2R Resistor Ladder Network DAC Array which is now available to preorder priced at ...

Resistor ladder decoding for more natural, organic audio Excellent connectivity both in and out £279 / $319 / €319 (about AU$570) If you'd like to your music to take you higher, FiiO has just the ...

SMIC18_R2RDAC_02 is a 11bit 4MHz DAC IP. It implements an 8-bit (from D [0] to D [7]) R2R_Ladder and 3-bit thermometer decoder architecture. It has ve ...

However, the standout trend for 2025 is that many CD players now include digital inputs, allowing them to serve as DACs for our streaming devices. In this list, that’s the bigger Shanling, the Rotel, ...

SMIC18_R2RDAC_04 is a 11Bit 500KHz DAC IP. It implements an 8-bit (from D [0] to D [7]) R2R_Ladder and 3-bit thermometer decoder architecture. It is s ...