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Audio Analogue AAdac

DAC

£3750

Audio Analogue was founded in 1995, and since then has become known for producing classy, capable yet usually understated premium electronics. This Tuscany-based brand has never really had a stint in the limelight, but that doesn’t make its products any less worthy.

While Audio Analogue has made numerous CD players and other digital products throughout its history, it’s really in amplification where the company has shone, with classic analogue integrated designs such as the original entry-level Puccini and, at the other extreme, the monster 62kg Class A model coming to mind. The latter was huge with rather ungainly proportions; but it sounded as sweet as they come – a real high-end gem in our opinion.

EXPERIENCE SHINES THROUGH

Is the new AAdac good enough to sit alongside these analogue classics? Having spent some considerable time with this DAC (digital-to-analogue converter) we certainly think so. While not revolutionary in any way, this number-cruncher is the kind of well thought out and hugely

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