10 Years HiFiBerry – Our DACs By Daniel 10 years of HiFiBerry – how it all started By Daniel Pi5 compatibility with HiFiBerry products By Daniel Some thoughts on the Raspberry Pi 5 By Daniel The new Amp4 is here By Daniel HiFiBerryOS: What’s going on? By Daniel ...
How do DACs work? We know that a DAC somehow takes a digital signal from a stored audio file and transforms it into a curvy, continuous analogue signal, but how? DACs work by taking tiny snapshots, or samples, of the digital signal and stitching these snapshots together into an analogue ...
Fortunately, we’re here to do that for you instead. While not being as imaginatively named as Alexa or Siri, Google Assistant is still a major player in the smart speaker game. Picking a Google product will tie you quite firmly to the brand, but if you're already using Google devices ...
. During his time at the publication, he has written countless news stories alongside features, advice and reviews of products ranging from floorstanding speakers and music streamers to over-ear headphones, wireless earbuds and portable DACs. He has covered launches from hi-fi and consumer tech ...
Which manufacturers make the streaming component and are there differences in quality between them (as in DACs)? If they are, for example, postage-stamp size chips that decode internet data and convert it to music files via the usual online streaming service interfaces, why isn't there a ...
Bluetooth Sound Quality Guide – What are the Codecs, and how do they work Today we are looking at Bluetooth codecs, all of them, aptX, aptX Adaptive, LDAC, SBC, AAC, LHDC, aptX HD, Scalable, aptX LL, everything in between and how they work. The review will focu...
in mind. It uses an integrated 25-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to receive information from the serial peripheral interface (SPI) so that an accurate differential voltage can be set across the TEC. Two additional integrated 9-bit DACs set the positive and negat...
What about phones that don't have built-in DACs and dongles output at weird sample rates (e.g. Pixel 2). Does it make sense to get an external DAC then? On some older phones: sure. But the errors and noise that you’re likely to come across in this situation will be minor at be...
It'll have Coax out as well giving you a greater choice of Dacs, you could probably pick up a 2nd hand one somewhere. With the Wiim Pro's coming out soon there'll probably be quite a few WiiM Mini's up for sale shortly after from those that do want the multiroom or more connect...
Clearly to do so at the end is advantageous? DSEE AI uses a strong Edge AI algorithm, but what AI does AWSM use? How does this compare with WPUP? DACs and ADCs can achieve so much. The common and affordable Apple USB-C to 3.5-mm Headphone Jack Adapter could potentially replace...