23 Apr

Posted at 10:07h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 BY SAMU SAURAMA "Overall the general character of the unit is a balanced, smooth, pleasant sound that still doesn't lack resolution, this makes you listen to one album after another. A great multitool of a product for music listening that offers the listener many...

18 Mar

Posted at 08:55h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 BY MATEJ ISAK "I'm always happy to receive a new product for a review from Maurizio and his team from Tuscany. By each year the Gold Note is pushing themselves to deliver a pure Italian DNA based product with an exceptional value. The...

10 Mar

Posted at 11:18h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 BY PHIL WRIGHT "Gold Note’s DS-10 (£2.5k/€2.5k/US$3k) is 1) a network streamer, 2) a Bluetooth receiver, 3) a DAC, 4) a digital pre-amplifier and 5) a headphone amplifier. Five functions wrapped in an attractive half-width chassis. Let’s dive right in… Functionality The internal streaming board...

05 Mar

Posted at 09:53h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 BY CHRIS KELLY "2019 was without doubt, my year for Italian audio, and the foremost brand for me was Gold Note. I loved their PH-10 phono stage and PSU enough to buy them for my own system, so I was very intrigued indeed...

24 Feb

Posted at 10:25h in DS-10, PA-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 AND PA-10 BY SRAJAN EBAEN "Gold Note. Florence. Italy not US. One-stop hifi shoppe. Cables. Racks. Cartridges. Turntables. CD players. D/A converters. Streamers. Integrated amplifiers. Separates. Loudspeakers. They even do petite separates. Meet a DAC, streamer, preamp and head amp all in the...

29 Jan

Posted at 17:08h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 4IN1 DAC BY GARY LEA "Digital Streaming is a relatively new sound source for me. Call me old fashioned, curmudgeonly, resistant or even a snob, but I have been seriously engrossed in vinyl and transferring a bunch of it to reel to reel...

13 Jan

Posted at 09:39h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 BY MARJA & HENK "The new 4 in 1: D/A converter, streamer, line preamplifier and headphone amplifier." That's how Italian audio house Gold Note announced their DS-10. With it, Gold Note join the growing ranks of companies which embrace the new streaming reality....

05 Jan

Posted at 09:42h in DS-10

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03 Jan

Posted at 11:58h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 BY BERNHARD LIEBENBERG Text in German. "Klassisch ist, was immer gilt – ob diese Definition auch auf den digitalen Neuzugang in der Gold-Note-Produktpalette zutrifft? Das bekannte Marken-Logo mit dem ans klassische Rom gemahnenden Bucina-Spieler auf der Front und Oberseite des DS-10 legt es jedenfalls nahe....

05 Dec

Posted at 16:40h in DS-10

REVIEW OF DS-10 BY JOHN SCOTT "Fresh out of Florence, Gold Note’s new Streamer/DAC aims to bring versatility and sophistication to your digital setup. John Scott sets out to see if it succeeds in this, the first English language revue of this product. Italian high-end audio manufacturer...