The remarkable quality of Birdland Audio high-resolution gear is the combination of sonic accuracy, relaxation, and transparency that it delivers. That is no doubt a result of strategic choices: short signal paths, superior material, and the extraordinary care that designer Gilles Gameiro takes with his work.
Each Birdland Audio piece is a promise of exquisitely detailed, unfatiguing sound. Listening to it, one is not impressed with the so called "Wow Factor." Instead, you hear real music precisely as it was recorded. No false dynamics, no added colorations, no melodramatic emphasis. The music is presented exactly -- dead-on.
What is on a disc or tape comes through a Birdland digital front end, reproduced stunningly by a Birdland amplifier, without degradation of any discernible sort. I can attest to that integrity because I have heard material that I recorded and mastered recreated with truthful immediacy by Birdland Audio gear. The experience for me was wonderful, spooky, and deeply engaging.

Jim Merod, Audio Editor and BluePort Jazz with Jim Merod