An external DAC is an essential purchase for anyone looking to stream hi-res music from services like Apple Music, Qobuz, or Tidal, and the DragonFly Cobalt combines portability with incredible ...

Fosi Audio has announced that it will be showing off new products at CanJam Dubai 2026 from January 24 - 26 and is part of the world-renowned CanJam shows.

Charge it for just 40 minutes and it’ll give you up to 10 hours of battery life, plenty of juice for pumping out your ...

Austin, Tex. Cirrus Logic Inc. has introduced the CS4354, its lowest-cost 24-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with integrated stereo line drivers. Targeting consumer home audio applications, such ...

AKM Semiconductor has introduced the AK4480 high-performance 32-bit stereo DAC. Based on the high-performance architecture of the company's AK4397 and AK4399 DACs, the device is suited for ...

Many audiophiles say you need a DAC to get your system's best sound quality. And while I don’t consider myself an audiophile, I love listening to music and appreciate the fine detail you hear in every ...

What’s also changed is scope. Fosi is no longer just a DAC-and-amp company. The lineup now stretches into headphones, turntables, subwoofers, and passive speakers, signaling a brand that’s trying to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This article is more than 3 years old. The iFi Zen Air DAC ...

Our trip through the world of audio technology has taken us step-by step from your ears into a typical home Hi-Fi system. We’ve seen the speakers and the amplifier, now it’s time to take a look at ...

Astell & Kern — the company best known for its high-end portable digital audio players — is making a USB-C DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that’s designed to help get better-sounding audio from ...

DACs can offer a huge uptick in sound quality. Our DAC buying guide explores budget options for audiophiles starting from $129. That’s not to say that you can’t get state-of-the-art playback from a ...

The audio you get from your computer, and that includes soundtracks from each and every video project you've worked on, is objectively poor, if you don't have a good Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC ...