Buying guides
What to buy, and why, before anyone asks you to spend. Every pick names what is wrong with it.
Five picks for a desktop headphone amp or DAC around $150, including the one with a tube in it and the pair we would buy used.
Most people do not need an external DAC. The three situations where one earns its place, what to buy in each, and the gap in the middle.
Your laptop already has one. The question is whether a better one changes anything you would still notice a week later, and where it stops mattering.
Most people do not need one. Some need one and do not know it. How to work out which you are, before you spend anything on a box.
Two kinds of writing here
Learn explains how the gear works. The buying guides say what to buy, and name what is wrong with each pick. If you would rather settle it with your own ears, the listening room at 215 East Lewis Street in Livingston is free and by appointment.