The ECI 80D is a €2,999 integrated amplifier from Norway with 80W of power, phono stage (MM), DAC and Bluetooth streaming. JVH took it for a ride.

Unique in its ribbon technology, open-baffle design and sound quality, the SR1b is a must-listening for all audiophiles. They are one of the best headphones I've ever heard – if not the best in some items, like transparency, speed, micro dynamics, and soundstage.

The Audeze MM-500 are perhaps the headphones that best reproduce the acoustic feel of listening to a good pair of studio monitors in the near field.

Hificlube.net now has audio versions of new articles and reviews originally published in English and Portuguese in text form.

A secção 'Diário' do Arquivo do Hificlube foi criada para eu ir lá debitando opiniões, pensamentos, ideias, piadas, bocas, projectos, e até alguns disparates que me vão passando pela cabeça. Se não diariamente, pelo menos com mais regularidade do que tem sido hábito.

Robert Watts revela os segredos do DAC64. Saiba o que nunca foi escrito antes sobre o seu funcionamento. Robert Watts reveals the hidden secrets and operational principles of DAC64

Robert Watts revela os segredos do DAC64. Saiba o que nunca foi escrito antes sobre o seu funcionamento. Robert Watts reveals the hidden secrets and operational principles of DAC64

JVH walked around the M.O.C. with his video camera and caught some loudspeakers in the act of playing good music

Vicenza, 27th March, Sonus Faber will disclose to the press 'something extraordinary' at Teatro Olimpico. Stay tuned.

The new Ferrum Wandla DAC completes the state-of-the-art trilogy by HEM, a Polish company, that offers German quality at Chinese prices.