Recently I bought an Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 soundcard for my HTPC. This is a soundcard based on the Via Envy24HT "Vinyl Audio" controller and a Wolfson WM8770 CODEC supporting 96/24 A/D converters with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The new McIntosh MCD85 plays CDs and SACDs plus it has USB, ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

I've got a few hybrid sacd/cd discs... and how do I rip the cd layer on a dvd-drive? because, I have a dvd-rom drive and a dvd-writer.. and everytime I put the hybrid disc inside, it'll ignore the cd ...

If digital media in physical form is still your thing, you can join the contingent of audiophiles who are buying their last CD players from a small group of dedicated high-end manufacturers. The ...

The M5 is NAD’s most advanced 2-channel player with enhanced performance components and features CEDIA EXPO 2006, DENVER, CO., Sept. 14, 2006– NAD, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance ...

If you were wondering if people still buy CD players, McIntosh just pulled back the curtains on a mighty player built for CDs and high-res streaming. During our tour of the WoM (World of McIntosh) ...

The Denon DCD-1700NE is a high end CD/SACD player engineered to bring out the best possible sound from optical media. The death of physical media has been greatly exaggerated. Just look at how vinyl ...

Digital audio expert dCS has unveiled the Varèse Transport – an astonishingly expensive CD/SACD transport that promises to be the best CD player ever made. Possibly the priciest, too. The transport ...

Note that by looking at the difference between the Maximum and Average RMS Power (second last row), the statistics support the hypothesis that DSD has slightly higher dynamics (11.66dB) than MLP ...