Australian manufacturer Burson Audio has announced two new desktop headphone amplifiers under the Stellar banner, slotting between its entry-level Party Playmate 3 and Grand Tourer ranges. One Stellar unit has an internal DAC, and the other does not. Soloist Stellar The Soloist Stellar is the DAC-less option: a pure headphone amplifier and pre-amplifier that accepts … Read more
LEAK has announced its first streaming DAC. The TruStream follows the Stereo 130 and Stereo 230 integrated amplifiers, the CDT CD transport and the Sandwich loudspeaker into a product lineup rebuilt from scratch since the brand’s revival in 2020. The aesthetic carries over from the rest of the range: a walnut wood-veneered cabinet over an … Read more
Southport’s iFi has refreshed its mid-range digital lineup with three new boxes, all sharing a common thread: JVCKENWOOD’s K2HD processing, upgraded capacitor arrays and revised internal circuitry. Each product targets a different listener, but all three sit within the same ecosystem, controlled by iFi’s Nexis app. NEO iDSD 3 The flagship of the trio is … Read more
The Singapore-based company behind the well-received Harmony DAC has unveiled a new product line. The Crescendo series sits below the flagship Harmony range, and the Verse is first out of the gate: a three-in-one combining R2R DAC, active pre-amplifier and discrete Class A headphone amplifier. LAiV says the Verse shares the same “design DNA” as … Read more
dCS has announced the Lina X, a full-width streaming DAC that retains the modularity of the original Lina DAC — and to which the outboard Lina clock and Lina headphone amplifier can still be added. According to the bare bones press release, the Lina X features the Cambridge company’s Ring DAC and Digital Processing Platform … Read more