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Google Chromebooks are extremely popular among users who primarily use the cloud to store their documents, pictures and mostly need some sort of a cheap laptop to browse the web. In some way they mark the resurgence of netbooks who died a slow death with the advent of tablets. One major distinction is that Chromebooks […]

As an iPhone user, you definitely aren’t stuck inside Apple’s eco-system as the general media wants you to believe. Far from it! If audiophile playback capabilities are what you’re after, whether that is getting a digital SP/DIF signal from the Lighting connector of your iPhone or just because you’re a mobile audiophile carrying your entire

My readers have often asked me what type of computer setup I personally recommend, something that is suitable for a decent music server. First of all, I’m not going to recommend a specific OS. All major operating systems whether that would be Windows, Mac OS X or Linux are perfectably capable in 2020. In addition,

I make it no secret that I prefer coaxial or USB inputs to Toslink inputs on digital-to-analog converters. In my opinion, these yield the best measured performance. However we have to live with the digital output types that the device we want to use is equipped with. Even highly acclaimed set-top boxes including Apple TV

Build a Remote Control Preamplifier for under 100 Euros Some time ago, I published an article on my other blog loudspeaker-building-guide.com. I explained why analog preamplifiers are still useful in our digital age. It’s just that I don’t see the need to spend a fortune on such a simple device. So I came up with

Introduction Unfortunately, since their invention, many digital to analogue converters, including home stereo digital amps, were released without readily equipped USB inputs. It seems that, a couple of years ago, manufacturers didn’t consider computer audio when they developed these products. In any case, I am still pretty disappointed to see brand new, top-of-the-range DACs being

Introduction Apple’s iPhone is pretty well known to offer excellent sound quality through its analog outputs that is head and shoulders above the competition. Apple has been using Wolfson chipsets from the very beginning but later moved to Cirrus Logic chipsets – pretty good choices for a mobile device. The sound quality is actually more

Today I’d like to bring up a sensitive topic which deserves all our attention. It’s about our priorities in this hobby. Are we into audio gear or do we value the actual music more? With so many enthusiasts quitting their hobbies and selling off their hifi-possessions at massive losses, this seems to be a valid

Although audiophiles often prefer to use a number of different programs for copying CDs to their music server library, I like to keep it simple and just use iTunes for that purpose. After all, the whole point is to extract bit-perfect copies to our hard drives, right? For me there’s a lot to like about

[modular_content id=”3899″] Today I want to shed some light on the major three ways of archiving your music collection and the best ways of having access to it via Ethernet or WIFI. Large storage space is great for music aficionados. A question I get asked frequently is what the best storage options for a music