AudioQuest will be launching their Beetle DAC alongside the JitterBug at Munich High end this year. The Beetle will easily fit in the palm of your hand and offers 3 different inputs. USB up to 24/96 – Optical up to 24/96 and also ASYNCHRONOUS Bluetooth. Something that Gordon Rankin has been working on a while to get the best performance from a bluetooth connection.  This means that all those iPhone users with no aptX on their phones can still achieve a better quality connection to the Beetle. […]

After announcing the baby AK the AK Jr early this month Astell&Kern have made another announcement about a new player the Astell&Kern AK380 that looks to be the new flagship. The full details are still tentative, however speculation suggests it will not be using dual Cirrus Logic DACs any longer, instead it will use 2 proprietary DAC chips to improve on the performance of the other portable players in the Astell&Kern range. […]

Astell&Kern are at it again and producing another game changer by announcing the Astell& Kern AK Jr. Offering a 3.1 inch 240×400 display, Wolfson wm8740 single dac, 1.95 Vrms output and weighing just 93g. We are still not sure what the price is of this new portable audio player, however looking at the spec I can imagine it will be cheaper than their AK100 II. […]

We can finally announce the bigger brother of the world acclaimed Hugo portable DAC / headphone amplifier with the introduction at CES of the Chord Hugo TT or Table Top. This 10″ x 10″ industrial slab of aluminium shouts class and sophistication. Benefiting from additional outputs, Formula 1 super-capacitor technology and a remote control the Hugo TT is the ideal partner for your hifi system.  […]