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HiFi Rose's high-end DAC looks stunning and promises accurate, pure and natural sound
By Kashfia Kabir published
HiFi Rose RD160 is a sophisticated, high-end DAC and preamplifier that aims for accuracy and purity of signal.

FiiO KA15 'cassette player' portable DAC is super fun, flexible and affordable
By Becky Roberts published
The all-new portable DAC resembles a tape recorder, not only in its compact cuboidal shape but also with its one-inch colour screen’s graphic interface.

FiiO’s latest portable DAC wants to be your next hi-fi Swiss Army Knife – but it has stiff competition
By Alastair Stevenson published
Need a compact, affordable Bluetooth DAC and headphone amp? FiiO may have you covered with its new BTR13 USB DAC.

What is a DAC? And why do you need one anyway?
By Verity Burns, Becky Roberts last updated
Got digital music? You should probably learn about digital-to-analogue converters and what they bring to the digital audio party.

Forget AirPods, this is the hi-fi accessory every student should be taking to university
By Alastair Stevenson published
Wireless is great, but if you’re a student eager to explore the world of hi-fi, a portable DAC is a cost and space efficient starting point.

This portable DAC helped me get my hi-fi ‘Mojo’ back
By Alastair Stevenson published
There are very few times I use the word “game changer”, but this portable DAC justifies it.

Prime Day can't beat this! The Award-winning iFi Zen DAC V2 has crashed to its lowest ever price
By Verity Burns published
Not many DAC/headphone amps have wowed us quite like the iFi Zen DAC V2, so don't miss out on this cracking deal.

iFi's new wireless DAC features Bluetooth streaming in lossless CD-quality audio
By Kashfia Kabir published
iFi Audio has launched two products with next-gen tech, including a DAC that can transmit and receive Bluetooth streams in lossless audio.
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