This is the last chip that Philips made before moving away from Multi-bit technology, and it's the one that AMR says has a "startling analogue character". If you want to hear it for yourself, then the ...

No need for a second take, the company is indeed called Schiit Audio and it's pronounced just as you'd expect. Though rather suggestive of audio products best avoided at all costs, the company ...

Sunnyvale, Calif.—Fulfilling the industry's requirement for high-precision multichannel DACs with design flexibility, Maxim Integrated Products has introduced a family of quad (MAX5134/MAX5135) and ...

When someone notices that two 8-bit DACs can be bought for less than one 16-bit DAC, a classic question is often asked: Why can’t you simply take two 8-bit DACs, assign one to the MSByte, the other to ...

A high-performance stereo digital-to-analog converter, the WM8471, targets high-end audio applications. The DAC delivers up to 128-dB SNR (mono) and can be configured to meet the performance ...

Introduced as the industry's smallest and most flexible multi-channel d/a converters, the AD57xx family includes 12 converters ranging from 12- to 16-bit dual- and quad-channel devices operating over ...

Few electronics engineers can boast a CV and reputation as esteemed as Rainer Finck’s. In the mid-’80s, his career got off to a flyer as an application engineer at Philips Semiconductors, where he ...

How easy is it to build your own Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)? Although you can readily purchase a wide variety of DACs these days, building your own can be very instructive, as the [Sine Lab] on ...

Yamaha today introduced the DVD-S1800 universal DVD player and the DVD-C961 Super Audio CD/DVD-Audio Changer. Both offer 1080p video output via HDMI and also support DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD ...

Not even its weight and somewhat unwieldy form factor can take away from the fact that the iFi hip-dac2 is one superior portable DAC/headphone amplifier for under $200. Walking into our local AMC to ...