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Darko’s Holiday Gift Guide 2024 (video redux) | Darko.Audio
Dec 17, 2024 · Darko’s Holiday Gift Guide 2024 A video review of Sony’s Xperia 1 V as a portable audio player FiiO R7 video review
More thoughts on our ‘BEST OF 2024’ | Darko.Audio
Dec 27, 2024 · For a hi-fi or head-fi product to qualify for ‘Product of the Year’ or ‘Best of 2024’ at Darko.Audio, I must have spent several weeks with it. That immediately disqualifies products seen and heard at hi-fi shows. How do I communicate this …
Darko’s Product of the Year 2024
Dec 24, 2024 · End-of-year ‘best of’ lists should be easy to put together: take a breezy look back at the year almost gone and pick a few favourites. Job done. If only it were that simple. I think calling ‘best’ is a fool’s errand, largely because no single …
Darko’s Best of 2024 (Part 2): Campfire Audio’s Clara IEM
Dec 17, 2024 · But there’s a catch. The insistent treble of many IEMs keeps his volume control on a tighter leash than he would like. “The treble is usually the first thing I notice when I turn up the volume”, says Cortini, “and that kind of tuning can be distracting in the long run”. Inside the acrylic (and titanium) earpieces sit 1) a dual-magnet dynamic bio-cellulose driver for the bass, 2) a ...
Darko’s ‘Best of 2023’ - Darko.Audio
Dec 19, 2023 · The very best of the UK HiFi Show Live 2023 Munich High-End 2023 video review R.E.M.’s Up in 2023: more live material, similarly compressed sound
We need to talk… - darko.audio
Oct 10, 2024 · This is not a drill -- but it's also not a complaint. …about time.The time that goes into making a Darko.Audio video. I’ve been trying to make this BTS explainer for at least two years but review videos have always come first.
Six killer hi-fi demo tracks (from the left field) - Darko.Audio
Mar 18, 2024 · 🎥 Camera: John Darko 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan. 🎵 Song IDs?
The madness of Dolby Atmos for music | Darko.Audio
Jun 29, 2023 · Now for our first question (which isn’t for movie buffs): would you wire a 7.1.2 audio system (or 5.1.4 or other combination) into your lounge room just to hear The Lexicon Of Love remixed as a Dolby Atmos experience? It’s a definite no from me. Wilson could transform ABC’s debut album into a come-to-Jesus moment and that ‘no’ would hold fast.
More information on Marantz’s SACD 10 and Link 10n
Nov 7, 2024 · When Marantz unveiled the MODEL 10 last month, the supplied photos didn’t make it obvious that this new ‘reference integrated amplifier’ would be something of an audio behemoth.It measures 44cm across the front panel – as do most full-width hi-fi components – but it’s also 42cm deep. That’s too deep for a standard …