It's also one of the more affordable hi-fi gadgets that the company makes.

Astell&Kern ends 2025 with the new AK HC5 USB DAC featuring the AK4499EX and the STELLA reference IEMs developed with VOLK Audio and Michael Graves. $4,500 for the package.

The A&K HC5 DAC launches alongside the luxury Stella in-ear headphones ...

If you're an audiophile or gamer hoping to improve the sound quality from various devices you use daily, you might need a DAC, or digital-to-analog converter, to get the best results. The DAC has one ...

Scan the shelves of your local bookseller, and you’ll be hard pressed to find many publications dedicated to home audio. You might get lucky and dig up a current copy or two of Sound & Vision, ...

Onboard audio has gotten a lot better in recent years but it's no match for even basic peripherals ...

Cirrus Logic Inc. CRUS recently unveiled four new additions to its Pro Audio product family — two analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and two digital-to-analog converters (DACs) — that aim to deliver ...

But times have changed. The Lightning port is dead (hooray), and HDMI ports on some MacBooks are, just like that gum you like ...

In 2015, there’s not much question about audio storage, transmission, or streaming: it’s digital. Apart from rare sightings of vinyl or open-reel tape in boutique sales or creative enclaves, audio is ...

The build is based around a Raspberry Pi Pico, chosen for its feature set that makes it easy to configure as a USB audio device. It’s paired with a Waveshare Pico Audio module, which is based on the ...

Consumers are looking for more and better functionality on their portable multimedia players. System designers have responded by creating increasingly complex systems, yet they must continue to ...

Got a LG27U850-W 4K monitor hooked up via USB-C to my 2017 full spec MB. Trying to use a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB-Audio interface for playback, music & podcast recording. The device will connect and ...