Acoustic Research AR-M2 hi-rez portable player Review
April 7, 2016 Comments Off on Acoustic Research AR-M2 hi-rez portable player Review
” Acoustic Research doesn’t include lossily-compressed MP3 or AAC files in the list of formats the AR-M2 will play. However, it did play a 256kbps AAC file of Nat King Cole singing “Nature Boy” (Capitol), which I’d bought from iTunes, as well as a 256kbps MP3 file of “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” from Smashing Pumpkins’ (Rotten Apples) Greatest Hits (Virgin), purchased from Amazon. Also, AR lists DXD files under the formats supported, which are sampled at 352.8kHz. I don’t have any DXD files, but playing a WAV file of a 1kHz tone sampled at 384kHz resulted in pink noise.”
Acoustic Research M2 Hi-Res Portable Music Player – 24/192 DACs plus DSD. High power headphone amp and much more
Pylon Audio Sapphire 23 Loudspeakers Review
April 7, 2016 Comments Off on Pylon Audio Sapphire 23 Loudspeakers Review
“These features will also emerge in the case of any other material and make us enthusiastic each time. When we get used to such presentation, any other will seem flat to us, even if it is more natural. The price of this is lower bass saturation and a lack of a solid “foundation” under the sound. The instruments are not precisely focused within their 3D images and they sound more like a live concert, which is not always true. If a microphone was placed close to an instrument, the recorded sound of the instrument is tangible and clear. It is a departure from neutrality, but it is part of the world of recordings and of the art that it constitutes. So, the musical message is always very spatial and it is not tangible, while there is no low bass at all.”
Audiobytes Black Dragon Amp/Dac Review
April 6, 2016 Comments Off on Audiobytes Black Dragon Amp/Dac Review
“The Black Dragon amplifier puts out a maximum 700mW into 32 ohms and the less efficient HE-1000 performs best with amplifiers that have high current and can deliver over watt or more of clean power. The Dragon still was able to drive it without running out of steam on jazz or acoustic recordings but was challenged during large-scale dynamic recordings. Connick’s vocal and Marsalis’ sax sounded live and organic. The HE-1000 had them hovering in space and gave me that out of head experience that I often get while listening to this magnificent headphone,”
ArtVibes Audio DaVinci Loudspeaker Review
April 6, 2016 Comments Off on ArtVibes Audio DaVinci Loudspeaker Review
” This design was then submitted to a highly reputed cabinet maker that turned the drawing into a real world speaker enclosure. Pierre and his team were determined to make the speaker look as good as it sounded and so, to provide the livery for the speakers, they employed the services of a painter who specializes in painting Lamborghinis. Although they were very pleased with the Lamborgini quality finish, the ArtVibes team decided to go one step further. Being ardent art lovers they decided to give their customers an option that no other speaker manufacturer in the world has hitherto offered. They decided to combine art with the sound of music by offering their speakers with the exterior painted by a choice of four well-known, highly revered artists.”
GamuT Superior RS3i Stand Mount Speaker Review
April 6, 2016 Comments Off on GamuT Superior RS3i Stand Mount Speaker Review
“Kivst Industries is a Danish company that designs and manufactures high-end furniture. They have their very own sustainable forest from which they take various woods to manufacture their furniture designs. Kivst is also a major partner in GamuT Audio. As a result of this relationship, GamuT has access to the various woods that are used in the construction of their speaker enclosures. ”
Audionet AMP and PRE1 G3 preamplifier Review
April 6, 2016 Comments Off on Audionet AMP and PRE1 G3 preamplifier Review
” Listening to the second movement is even more intimate and emotional for me. Perahia starts off the second movement Largo superbly, making me feel as if time has stopped and as if I had been transported into a different world. This is Beethoven. The Audionet is not just about power and smart design. It also has finesse. Tons of it. This combo was able to get me so involved with the music that I forgot I was in the middle of reviewing this stuff. Can’t give a higher compliment than that.”
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay B&O H6 Headphone – REVIEW
April 6, 2016 Comments Off on Bang & Olufsen Beoplay B&O H6 Headphone – REVIEW
Abyss AB-1266 Planar Magnetic Headphones Review
April 5, 2016 Comments Off on Abyss AB-1266 Planar Magnetic Headphones Review
“Soundscape is fantastic as well, easily rivaling my reference HD800. The transition between individual image placements across the soundstage with big drum rolls is absolutely seamless. You can easily close your eyes and imagine the placement of each individual drum, with zero obfuscation. Listening to The Bucky Pizzarelli Trio’s “Three for All” on 24-bit/96kHz FLAC, the soundscape feels transparent and borderless. Each of the three guitarists occupies a distinct space, and it feels very much like you are right there in the room sitting with them. If I had to nitpick, the front and rear depth toward the center of the stage could be just a pinch deeper, but this is really splitting hairs.”
isoACOUSTICS Aperta 155 Speaker Stands Review
April 5, 2016 Comments Off on isoACOUSTICS Aperta 155 Speaker Stands Review
“In practice the Aperta stands I have for review are not really the ideal size for the DBA Envy 3 speakers so the affect is reduced as the speaker is less stable in the horizontal direction.Even so the sound improvement is evident and if these were my speakers I would look at sourcing the configurable version of the IsoAcoustics isolation stands.
Sony RSX-GS9 Hi-Res Car Audio Stereo Receiver – Video
April 5, 2016 Comments Off on Sony RSX-GS9 Hi-Res Car Audio Stereo Receiver – Video
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