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Builds Chinese digital transports, network streamers, and CD rippers for the digital-front-end audiophile.
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about soundaware
Soundaware is a Chinese digital-source specialist, founded in 2011 and based in Nanjing as Nanjing Xiangsheng Audio. The company built its reputation on digital transports and has stayed focused on the digital front end — transports, network players, and CD ripping rather than amplification or transducers. The current line is organized into a D series of digital transports, an A series of integrated music players, plus Mini and M series portable players. The reference piece is the D300Ref, a next-generation PCM and DSD network digital transport with a USB interface and femto-clock timing; it sits above the standard D300 and earlier D-series models. The A300 and A280C integrated players and the CD-One ripper round out a catalog aimed squarely at the listener building a digital-first system. This is a solid second-tier import known to digital-transport-focused audiophiles rather than a mainstream name — there is no Stereophile or TAS coverage. Review validation comes from 6moons, which covered the D300Ref, and HiFi Knights, which reviewed the A1, alongside a long-running official Head-Fi thread that anchors the brand's English-language following. US buyers reach the line through authorized international dealers that ship stateside — Linsoul Audio, Vinshine Audio, and Shenzhen Audio — plus an active secondary market on US Audio Mart. The competitive set is other digital-transport and network-streamer specialists serving the DAC-and-transport crowd. Production is in China, in Nanjing, where the transports and players are designed and built.