High-resolution
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The successfully-crowdfunded ZuperDAC from Zorloo, for example, is about the size of a USB thumb drive and supports audio file resolutions right up to 24-bit/192 kHz. We've spent the last few weeks diving into our hi-res FLAC and WAV vault for some lossless easy listening.
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Fiio's new X7 high resolution digital audio player features a multitouch screen, quad-core processor and runs Android KitKat. That may seem a little ordinary by today's smart device standards, but for Fiio users this DAP represents a gigantic leap into the 21st century.
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The Colorfly C10 personal music player shares some high end technology with its more expensive C4 sibling, but the audio resolution is bumped up to 32-bits/192 kHz, with support for native DSD128 decoding.
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Back in May, British headphone maker RHA announced a new pair of in-ear headphones that debuted something called DualCoil dynamic driver technology. The T20s promised a true-to-life reproduction and support for high resolution audio. We got to plug in for some hi-res, and lo-res, listening.
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After a successful Indiegogo campaign earlier this year, Hong Kong-based Zorloo has now started shipping its Z:ero digital earphones to backers. The company's Andy Ho sent Gizmag some to try out.
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For its first foray into a crowded earphone space, PSB Speakers is aiming straight for the audiophile jugular with a combination of hybrid dual-drivers and its own Roomfeel technology.
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Astell&Kern has announced a new flagship portable audio player aimed squarely at audiophiles and sound professionals, which is capable of 32-bit/384 kHz bit-to-bit decoding without the need for conversion but comes at a rather high cost.
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RHA has announced the T20 in-ear headphones featuring a brand new dynamic driver technology named DualCoil. As well as promising true-to-life audio reproduction, the new earphones conform to the Hi-Res Audio standard as defined by the Japan Audio Society.
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Gizmag reviews the T10 in-ear headphones from Reid Heath Audio, which include interchangeable tuning filters to alter the frequency response from the company's reference signature to focus on either lows or highs.
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Audio-Technica has launched a new range of SonicPro in-ear headphones, including the ATH-CKR10 and ATH-CKR9 earphones, which feature proprietary push-pull driver technology that's said to rival larger headphones for clarity and accuracy, particularly in the mids and highs.
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This week at the Farnborough Airshow, BAE Systems showed off its latest Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD), the Striker II flight helmet. The unit provides digital, visor-projected night vision and tracking systems that are equivalent or better than current HMD systems.
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Scientists in the UK have developed created a prototype device that features pixels just 30 x 30 nanometers in size. The development could lead to extremely high-resolution displays that put the pixel densities found in current displays to shame.