Here’s something interesting from Channel Islands Audio. Their new Transient MKII USB convertor doubles as a DAC. There aren’t too many of these 2-in-1 products doing the rounds at the moment but we’re sure to see more of them in the future. Another way to think of the Transient MKII is as a DAC and a DDC.  It has both

The CYP AU-D150 looks like an interesting little DAC.  It offers only mini-USB and optical inputs, but outputs can do simultaneous analogue (RCA) and digital (optical).  It’s both a USB-optical converter and a DAC!  A neat trick. What Hifi seemed to like it . There is currently no Australian distributor but the UK RRP is GBP95. Features Optical sampling rate

Increasingly more people are using computers in their home hifi setups. However, the standard USB output has held back most computers from true audiophile-grade digital audio transports. Standard computer USB outputs are synchronous: the computer itself controls the digital audio clock speed (the rate at which the data is sent). From an audiophile’s perspective this isn’t good news – such

New to the high-resolution revolution, MHDT Labs have recently released an asynchronous USB DDC unit.  Powered directly from the USB bus, no additional power supply is required. Supplied with custom drivers the USBridge is able to fully support up to 24bit/192kHz via both S/PDIF and I2S outputs. The USBridge sports two MHDT-commissioned oscillators: 49.152MHz for 48/96/192KHz sample rate data and