the Rotel offered low noise and distortion and high power, though JA noted that the headphone output's very high source impedance won't be optimal for low-impedance headphones. The D/A section had limited resolution, between 17 and 18 bits, and ...
wire, solder—even the washers used in the component's casework—that have all been obsessively selected by designer Fredrik Lejonklou after hundreds of comparative listening tests. Out of the box, the Entity sounded bleached, felt AH, but after about 50 hours of use, the preamp "began to ...
I have my headphones in around 6 hours at work listening to social media. I probably take them out to charge them walking around the shop or going on break and I’ve never seen the buds really go below 80% after hours of listing tbh which is kinda wild. For the price it’s worth ...
The DAVE—an acronym for Digital to Analog Veritas in Extremis—derives from the work of Chord designer Rob Watts, whose Watts Transient Aligned (WTA) filter is claimed to eliminate the timing uncertainty associated with conventional DACs of comparatively limited processing power. And the DAVE's pr...