New Analog Products From Cyrus, TEAC and Clearaudio At AXPONA 2016 – Video
May 2, 2016 Comments Off on New Analog Products From Cyrus, TEAC and Clearaudio At AXPONA 2016 – Video
Chord DAVE $13,000 Review
May 2, 2016 Comments Off on Chord DAVE $13,000 Review
“The layering of the orchestra in its proper location and sound staging was wide and deep with air and space between each section of the orchestra. The DAVE just played music. The sound was more like listening to a analogue record without any of the drawback that you would get listening to vinyl and had the explosive dynamics and range that only digital can provide. The DAVE sound was not digital in any way. The musicality and tonality were exceptional.”
QUESTYLE CMA800R HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW
May 2, 2016 Comments Off on QUESTYLE CMA800R HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW
” Essentially, current mode acts as it sounds like it acts: the signal is amplified by modulating the current rather than the voltage. Current and voltage are not exactly strange bedfellows, their relationship is forged in Ohm’s law, and the resultant current mode amplifier creates an inherently low distortion and wide bandwidth design. Current mode is a very common amp design in high-speed communications and video processing. The CMA800R features an additional voltage-controlled current source and a current amplifier in front of a more traditional Class A output stage, but creating those two amplifier stages requires a low-impedance negative feedback circuit that reacts a couple of orders of magnitude faster than conventional voltage mode amp designs. In addition, the amplifier’s slew rate achieves a linear increase as input signal amplitude increases, in direct proportion to the input signal amplitude. When receiving a high amplitude signal, a current mode’s amplifier’s slew rate is much faster than traditional voltage mode devices, eliminating intermodulation distortion and ensuring a high amplitude signal, with an extremely wide linear bandwidth and an almost distortion free realistic playback.”
VANDERSTEEN AUDIO TREO CT LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
May 2, 2016 Comments Off on VANDERSTEEN AUDIO TREO CT LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
” Throughout this evaluation there was one trait that, like an addiction, continually fueled my excitement for the Treo CT. It was the speaker’s of-a-piece coherence. This is not always a given in the high end. Many multiple-driver loudspeakers—primarily designs with three or more transducers—fail to speak with one voice. Instead, the listener can identify each driver as it jockeys for prominence up and down the front baffle. In contrast, the Treo CT was like a top-drawer two-way compact—a segment long celebrated for its ability to reveal three-dimensional space while remaining invisible as a sound source. Similarly, the Treo CT (far better proportioned across the frequency spectrum than a two-way) projected a vast image of the legendary Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing the Beethoven Ninth. Its spread across the soundstage was replete with height cues that reached well above the speaker, and depth cues that drew my eye to the back wall of the hall each time the percussion section lit up and the vast chorus rose in intensity.”
Schiit Audio Ragnarok integrated amplifier
May 1, 2016 Comments Off on Schiit Audio Ragnarok integrated amplifier
” The Ragnarok does have two balanced (XLR) and three-single-ended (RCA) inputs, and four vulcanized rubber feet. (Don’t laugh—no other Schiit product of my experience has had feet of any kind.) This four-footed legend also has one balanced and one single-ended preamplifier output.”
Klipsch Reference R-26F Review – Video
May 1, 2016 Comments Off on Klipsch Reference R-26F Review – Video
Waterfall Audio Glass Loudspeakers Review
May 1, 2016 Comments Off on Waterfall Audio Glass Loudspeakers Review
” Yet keeping the speakers safe from being dropped or other handling errors was also greatly improved by following the included, easy to read one-sheet directions found in each of the packages. So often, the operations manuals for Hi-Fi and AV gear is a multi-page opus that has little originality to it and often goes completely unnoticed until after a handling mistake has occurred. But the Waterfall Audio products are an exception, since the one-sheet directions were the first item at the top of each speaker’s box of contents; providing a clear and concise explanation of how to deal with one’s new purchase without reading a chapter of War & Peace. And the color illustrations offered a friendly opportunity to browse the handling directions that cannot be over emphasized as a critical, mostly overlooked opportunity of interacting with a new product. If only more manufacturers would apply this simple protocol to the purchasing experience, I suspect a lot less needless damage would transpire, which so often results in the return of a product due to owner error at this critical starting point: that of opening the box and setting up your new gear”
GERMAN PHYSIKS UNLIMITED MK II Review
May 1, 2016 Comments Off on GERMAN PHYSIKS UNLIMITED MK II Review
” The big question perhaps is should existing Unlimited Mk II listeners with the older crossover feel short-changed? No. The Unlimited Mk II is a good loudspeaker, whether it has the old or new crossover. Moreover, if you chose an Unlimited Mk II and picked out a good amplifier partner, a lot of what the change to the crossover actually does is academic; the revised crossover brings more amplifiers to the party, but if you already made that choice and made it well, the new crossover’s benefits in greater compatibility are not really needed. The new crossover brings a little more clarity and quite a lot more bass, but the change is more a subtle development than a radical shift in performance. I have a feeling that those who like the German Physiks sound are fans for life, and if you already have a Limited II or an Unlimited Mk II, the better option would be to consider a full-on upgrade further up the German Physiks ladder, maybe to the HRS-130 or even to the Borderland Mk IV.”
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