According to musician and YouTuber Benn Jordan, Qobuz comes out on top with US$0.0136 per stream. Amazon isn’t too far behind with US$0.0096. The screenshot above is from Jordan’s latest video: ...

Today, FiiO has formally announced the S15: a low-profile full-width streaming DAC with no headphone amplifier and a custom Android OS where installable apps come from a white list – just like ...

The primary SC-CX700 speaker’s plastic top plate gives us touch controls for input selection and click buttons for volume up/down, power on/off and mute. Vinyl spinners aren’t left out in the cold: ...

The first order of business for 2025 was to cancel my Spotify Premium subscription. I’ve been a paid-up member of the Swedish ...

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 ...

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 ...

Best? When I say best, I mean favourite. My favourite hi-fi products for 2024 were chosen on merit and my predilection for (what I call) Future-Fi. Part one can be found here. Part two is here. This ...

🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video – and other videos – can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko ...

Best? When I say best, I mean favourite. My favourite hi-fi products for 2024 were chosen on merit and my predilection for (what I call) Future-Fi. Part one can be found here. This is part two… The ...

UPDATE 17th December: an abridged video version of this gift guide can be found here. Meze didn’t send me the 105 AER. I bought a pair from my local hi-fi store. Shout out to Hifi im Hinterhof in ...