Perhaps something like Rotel’s slick new DX-3. It’s the company’s first headphone amp and it combines premium amplification circuitry with state-of-the-art digital-to-analog conversion.

Six months down the line from its Autumn 2024 announcement, Rotel has dispatched a second press release about the Michi Q5 ‘transport DAC’ — a high-end CD player that can be used as a CD transport, a ...