I’ve reviewed Audio-gd’s PCM1704-infused Reference 7.1 DAC and I’ve covered their C39-MK3 pre-amplifier. What happens when Kingwa gene-splices the two* together and adds a dedicated headphone stage to form the Reference 10.2? The short answer is you get the tonal richness and PRaT of a multi-but DAC implementation chrome-plated by the cleanliness of an ‘accurate’ pre-amplification stage.  Bi-winning! The new Tenor

“Carlsberg: probably the best beer in the world“.  Saatchi and Saatchi’s tagline dominated British media in the 1980s.  Carlsberg advertising was everywhere.  And who was anyone to say that it wasn’t the best beer in the world.  Taste in beer – like taste in music – is so utterly subjective.  But you had to admire their advertising chutzpah.  People are obsessed with the

Audio equipment reviews are time-sensitive missives. In the world of digital front ends, there is much work to be done. In this writer’s opinion, many manufacturers have a long way to before transports and DACs approach the liquidity and the detail of (what are now vintage) CD players from the 1990s. Hello Marantz. Rega’s standard issue CD players that sell

Towards the end of the 1980s, Prefab Sprout lead man Paddy McAloon had become increasingly obsessed with two music legends: The King and The King of Pop. The Sprouts’ 1990 masterpiece Jordan: The Comeback was laden with references to Elvis. However, one word in the chorus of “Machine Gun Ibiza” stood out as quite peculiar. This same word also popped