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Oppo HA-2 Portable Headphone Amplifier Review

The Good: An aesthetically perfect companion for a mobile music lover that adds depth and character to any high quality music source. The Bad: Nothing to speak of apart from the cost; your headphones will need to be good to get the full value of this product. The Verdict: This maybe a game changer for music…

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Oppo HA-2 Portable Headphone Amplifier Released This Week

I saw the Oppo HA-2 headphone amplifier as a pre-production version at the headroom portable audio show earlier this year. It was a sleek, thin, elegant and aesthetically pleasing piece of equipment that is soft to the touch. This week you can buy it, but for now just take a sneek peek, it’s lovely. We…

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Naim NAC-N 272 network streaming pre-amplifier announced for March

Naim has announced this week the launch of a new network streaming pre-amplifier, the new NAC-N 272 will be available from March. The 272 will have a zero jitter S/PDIF DAC and DSD64 compatibility. Naim suggests that future customers of the NAC-N 272 will be upgrading from SuperUniti, or NaimUniti 2. As a Uniti2 owner…

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A look at the Audioengine D3 – Portable DAC

Music is something that I am very passionate about, but in this digital age where downloadable music is favoured over physical editions, it has become increasingly difficult to enjoy genuine high quality music. (That’s a niche that streaming services like Tidal are trying to fill.) Also read: Goodbye Spotify, Hello Tidal? However, there is a simple solution to…