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reTONE: A Free App That Turns an Old Android Phone Into a Dedicated Music PlayerIida Piano, a Japanese audio importer, has built reTONE, a free, ad-free app that turns a retired Android 4.0-or-later phone into a dedicated file player with its own audio engine,...
- 02 Magnetar UDP900MKII and UDP800MKII Earn THX Certification — a Badge on Unchanged Hardware
- 03 Qobuz Signs an International Partnership With Warp Records
- 04 JBL Rebuilds the 3 Series Studio Monitors as MkIII From $199 — but North America Waits Until 7 January 2027
- 05 Pro-Ject Revives the 2012 Debut Carbon as 'The Original' at About $670
- 06 OLLO Audio X2 Open-Back Studio Headphone Lands at $629, Shipping 7 December
- 07 Spotify Reportedly Eyeing Early 2027 for a Paid AI Remix Add-On at $4–$5 a Month
- 08 Everest Audio Labs' Ascent Server Goes All-Linear: Seven Regulators, a 320,000uF Reservoir and an OCXO Clock, About $8,970
- 09 El Magni 6 de Schiit devuelve el precio del Magni a 99 $, con 3 vatios y una salida «Halo» de 4,4 mm
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Resortes, Sorbothane o cable de acero: lo que realmente midió un estudio revisado por pares bajo una plataforma giratoriaUn estudio revisado por pares midió la vibración que llegaba al cartucho de un tocadiscos con seis soportes diferentes, y descubrió que...
¿Altavoces activos o pasivos más un amplificador? ¿Qué cambia realmente cuando divides el mismo presupuesto en dos?La mayoría de los argumentos a favor de los altavoces activos frente a los pasivos comparan los altavoces sin mantener constante el...
¿Módulos Atmos de disparo hacia arriba o altavoces en el techo? Qué determina realmente tus canales de alturaLos canales de altura de Dolby Atmos pueden provenir de módulos orientados hacia arriba o de altavoces empotrados de verdad, y la...
