Digital Music Systems News & Reviews

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 Adds Spotify

Bang & Olufsen today announced that Spotify is now fully integrated into their BeoSound 5 music system. The integration adds yet another feature to BeoSound 5, expanding its range of digital...
Marantz Reference NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and DAC

Marantz announced an audiophile-grade digital music player equipped with proprietary multiple HDAM (Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Module) devices and dual master audio clock generators with jitter reduction. The new Reference Class NA-11S1...
Krell Connect Stream Player

Krell announced a high-resolution digital audio streaming player for audiophiles who demand up to 192kHz/24-bit sonic purity. The Wi-Fi-equipped Connect Stream Player is available in two forms: digital only, or with...
Behringer OMNI Music System with AirPlay

IP-Based Wireless Home Audio System to Bridge Gap Between New and Old Components Behringer just announced its OMNI System, which utilizes Apple’s AirPlay technology to create an audiophile-grade home music experience...
Wadax Hermes ClearStream Music Streamer and Server

Wadax of Spain announced the Hermes ClearStream digital music streaming solution for audiophiles. It adds plug n’ play streaming playback to the Wadax PRE1 and PRE1 Mk II universal digital preamplifiers....
Audio Research Reference DAC Digital Media Bridge

The Reference DAC Digital Media Bridge connects nearly all forms of digital media to a centralized unit with exceptional digital-to-analog processing, the same vacuum tube analog stage and power supply as...
Olive One Home Music Player

Olive Media today introduced the Olive ONE, an all-in-one high definition (HD) music player that helps people better store, organize, access and enjoy their music at home. The $399 digital music...
Chord DSX1000 Network Music Player

Chord Electronics expanded its top-of-the-range Reference line with the addition of an advanced, fully featured network music player. The new DSX1000 is a high-performance digital network streamer with proprietary DAC technology,...
Nexus Q Sold Out After First Day on Market

The Nexus Q media hub hit Google’s digital shelf Wednesday, and rolled off hours later. The Nexus Q media hub hit Google’s digital shelf Wednesday, and rolled off hours later. Google’s...
Nexus Q Made in America? Not Quite, Teardown Finds

Google’s new Nexus Q looks like something straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey – a ball of plastic and wires that connects to an HDTV and turns your Android phone...
Google Nexus Q Review

Google’s Nexus Q is a good-looking media hub, but its meager app selection and reliance on Android devices don’t come close to justifying its high price. (2 out of 5) Pros...
HP Wireless Audio Review

The HP Wireless Audio kit streams music from your PC to your home theater system, but there are less expensive ways to achieve the same result. (2.5 out of 5) Pros...
Rocketfish Rocketboost RF-RBUSB and RF-RBREC Review

Almost everyone can appreciate having a whole-home audio system, but not everyone has a home that is wired for audio or the ability to wire it. The number of truly wireless...
Simaudio MOON 180 MiND Music Streamer

Simaudio announced the MOON 180 MiND Music Streamer, an acronym for MOON intelligent Network Device, for streaming digitally stored music from a computer, Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, the Internet, subscriber-based...
Simaudio Moon 180 MiND Music Streamer Review

Simaudio showed off more than just their Moon phono preamplifier, they also introduced the Moon 180 MiND Music Streamer. MiND, an acronym for Moon intelligent Network Device, streams digitally stored music...
TA E-Series Music Receiver

T+A introduced the all-in-one high-end DAC, preamp, amplifier, CD player and networked music streamer with its new E-Series Music Receiver. It combines classic analogue technology with the very latest digital circuitry...
Denon DNP-720AE Review

Who is the target audience for the Denon DNP-720AE Networkd Audio Player? Obviously custom installers but we think there are quite a few others that will be interested. With Apple’s AirPlay...
Sonos PLAY:3 Review

Sonos makes wireless music streaming more compact and a lot more affordable. (3.5 out of 4) The Super Simple Streamer The PLAY:3 isn’t the best-sounding product that Sonos makes, but it’s...
NAD C 446 Review

The NAD C 446 looks to pick up the streaming ball dropped by some of their recent receiver offerings. With on board FM/AM tuner (with optimized performance and transcoding to optical...
Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 Encore Digital Music System

Bang & Olufsen introduced the BeoSound 5 Encore digital music system that allows for easy navigation to one’s preferred digital music library, access to over 13,000 internet radio stations and a...