‘1964Ears Adel A12′ Review
September 15, 2015 Comments Off on ‘1964Ears Adel A12′ Review
The 1964Ears Adel A12 has a similar kind of effect. It seizes you by your ears, delightfully coaxing you to rediscover the music that you’ve apparently taken for granted all these years. Singers and musicians seem to materialise around you, and your mind panics for a moment as it frantically tries to regain its balance. But then that moment passes, you start to calm down, and for the first time you stop listening and begin experiencing. With the curiosity of a newborn baby, you find the A12 has harry-pottered you to the studio, the club, or the stadium where your music was recorded. It is a staggering experience, sweet yet sour. Your music may sound the same with other IEMs, but somehow it will never feel the same.
Mytek Manhattan DAC review
September 15, 2015 Comments Off on Mytek Manhattan DAC review
The option to alter the sound slightly via a choice of digital or analog attenuation allowed wiggle room for tweaking source material of differing genre and quality. Newfangled digital recordings often benefitted from the smoothing and texturally rounding effects of the analog option while the digital volume control created an at times tighter, less bass-heavy effect which I found useful for sorting out some modern classical recordings. Often this volume method toggle was made on a ‘tune by tune’ basis.
BRICASTI DESIGN M28 MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIERS
September 15, 2015 Comments Off on BRICASTI DESIGN M28 MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIERS
Bricasti takes this one step further/better than the Seta Buffer: the M28 monoblock pair has matched user-configurable, fully analog, fixed-attenuation settings built-in. That is, each has a Buffer On Board, though Bricasti calls it “trim control”. From the manual:
SVS SB13-Ultra Sealed Subwoofer Review-Video
September 15, 2015 Comments Off on SVS SB13-Ultra Sealed Subwoofer Review-Video
Wilson Benesch Square One Series 2 loudspeaker
September 15, 2015 Comments Off on Wilson Benesch Square One Series 2 loudspeaker
The Square Ones were the perfect match for this music. Their soundstaging abilities made the studio’s sound larger and freer, while the music’s bass demands didn’t outrun the speakers’ bass capabilities. The clarity of the sound of Flanagan’s piano was exemplary. While the Square One didn’t sound “analytical,” it also didn’t sound like a traditional British BBC-heritage loudspeaker, by which I mean a tailored frequency response with midrange warmth on almost all recordings.
XTZ Cinema Series 3X12 Subwoofer Review
September 14, 2015 Comments Off on XTZ Cinema Series 3X12 Subwoofer Review
The cabinet of the 3X12 is built from one inch thick medium density fiber board. The internal construction features a pair of large cross braces spaced at about the 1/3rd points of the panels and connecting the side walls and front and back panels together rigidly. The slot vent is quite large and features a flared opening for less air noise at high output and it also helps to stiffen the bottom of the cabinet.
Creek EVOLUTION 100A
September 14, 2015 Comments Off on Creek EVOLUTION 100A
Bass is this element of the presentation one will notice at once and appreciate it. It is a deviation from a perfect tonal balance but it was done on purpose and in such a way that it does not have any negative “side effect”. One doesn’t really feel like there is any emphasis in the sound. One plays any newly bought album knowing that one will be able to listen to the whole of it and not stop listening mid first piece to quickly sell the album on eBay.
Bricasti Design, M1 DAC, M28 amplifiers, Tidal loudspeakers, Capital Audiofest
September 14, 2015 Comments Off on Bricasti Design, M1 DAC, M28 amplifiers, Tidal loudspeakers, Capital Audiofest
ASTELL & KERN AK380
September 14, 2015 Comments Off on ASTELL & KERN AK380
Which is to say: the AK380 has the ability to perform, but you have to really coax it. It is held back by a poor balanced output the use of which I cannot with good conscience endorse outside of passing signal to outboard amps
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