FIDUE A73 HYBRID IN EAR HEADPHONE REVIEW
July 13, 2016 Comments Off on FIDUE A73 HYBRID IN EAR HEADPHONE REVIEW
” The housing of the earphone is, it has to be said, pretty large. If you have small ears look elsewhere but if you consider yourself in the normal to large size the Fidue A73 are going to be spot on in terms of comfort and ease of insertion. The housing itself is made of some good quality plastics and despite our preference for metal units, this earphone feels surprisingly strong. It’s not going to be knocking down the doors of the tank like campfire audio models but then it costs just a fraction of the price. As long as you don’t stand on them or drop them from any great height you should be good to go.”
AvantGarde Uno G2 Review
July 12, 2016 Comments Off on AvantGarde Uno G2 Review
” This is likely also something induced by the tube amplifiers with which I drive the AvantGardes, but the combination really manages to inject a “magical” quality into the midrange, and this is in spite of the aforementioned peakyness and my reservations with respect to vocal delivery. Especially with piano and keyboards, the sounds are so free-flowing and room-filling, so natural and convincing and so very emotionally appealing that it is hard to switch back to my own speakers.”
JBL 4312 Mk2 KENRICK’s Beryllium Custom ones at Membership Private Bar – Video
July 12, 2016 Comments Off on JBL 4312 Mk2 KENRICK’s Beryllium Custom ones at Membership Private Bar – Video
FIRST WATT F7 STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
July 12, 2016 Comments Off on FIRST WATT F7 STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
” Since just about all pop music is being recorded in a studio and mixed on a multitrack console, sound engineers are given the opportunity to play various games with the final mix, which may include vocal overdubs, canned reverb for individual tracks, pan-potting, eq, flanging, gain riding, and compression. The F7 was able to dig deep into a mix and resolve such trickery without much effort, a tribute to its superb transient control and laser-sharp image focus. The Eximus DP-1 DAC makes it possible to upsample a Red Book 44.1kHz input to 192kHz on the fly. Discerning a sonic change with some amps is not an easy task. That was not the case with the F7 in the chain. It highlighted significant sonic changes, the opening up of the treble range and tightening of image focus being two major ones. There’s no doubt in my mind that this amp is a high-resolution device.”
PS Audio DirectStream Junior Review
July 12, 2016 Comments Off on PS Audio DirectStream Junior Review
” I’ve been on a huge music-discovery roll of late, listening to lots of old and new music that’s new to me. While I did run through some of my review chestnuts, i.e test tracks, from Tom Waits, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Jordi Savall, John Coltrane, Eric Whitacre, Jimi Hendrix and more, it didn’t take a helluva lot of time to suss out the fact that the DSJ made listening to music fun. This accounts, in part, for my musical sojourning during its stay.”
UBSOUND ORCHESTRA IEM
July 12, 2016 Comments Off on UBSOUND ORCHESTRA IEM
” The Italian company UBSOUND have just launched their new ORCHESTRA ergonomic HD in-ear earphones worldwide. UBSOUND is an Italian consumer electronics company, based in Milan, specialized in portable audio products like high-quality IEMs, headphones, speakers, DAPs and amplified DACs. After the great success and increase of worldwide brand awareness thanks to their first 2 series of IEMs and 1 model of headphones (Fighter, Smarter, Dreamer), the company starts its new challenge on a third model of IEMs with a new ergonomic “around the ear” style, a slightly more natural acoustic signature and a really competitive price point with a worldwide launch price of 24$. UBSOUND is still focused on a clear upcoming roadmap of products which includes DAPs, amplified DACs and wireless speakers.”
Why USB Audio Isn’t Music for Consumers’ Ears
July 11, 2016 Comments Off on Why USB Audio Isn’t Music for Consumers’ Ears
” Proponents of the switch to USB audio also state that the type-C port allows for larger amounts of data to be transferred, which allows you to make the most of high-resolution audio formats which pack in more data into the files. This brings me back to the argument that on a mobile device and with basic headphones, you’re unlikely to notice the faint difference in quality that high-resolution audio provides. Due to limited storage on mobile phones, mp3 remains the most popular file format for audio. And provided you’re using high bit-rate mp3 files, you’re unlikely to find any fault in sound quality, and 3.5mm headphones are more than adequate.”
u-Jays On Ear Headphones Review – Video
July 11, 2016 Comments Off on u-Jays On Ear Headphones Review – Video
REL T/9I SUBWOOFER REVIEW
July 11, 2016 Comments Off on REL T/9I SUBWOOFER REVIEW
“”This works by installing the T/9i in precisely the places where traditionally you shouldn’t place loudspeakers – the corners of the room. It also works by very careful listening tests, and having the testicular fortitude to be able to own two £900 boxes that you turn down to the point where they are all but inaudible. And it’s here where things go wrong for most systems, and why subs get a poor rap in the audio world. The idea of a subwoofer as bass tamer and active room treatment device seems counter intuitive, and the temptation to set a pair of subs up by using organ music, cinematic explosions, or dubstep is almost unavoidable. But do that and you will invariably set the T/9i (or any other sub) too high.”
PS Audio PerfectWave P10 Power Plant AC Regenerator Review
July 11, 2016 Comments Off on PS Audio PerfectWave P10 Power Plant AC Regenerator Review
” When the PerfectWave P10 Power Plant was feeding my entire system, based on DeVore Fidelity The Nine loudspeakers and including a Leben CS-600 amplifier and analog and digital sources, I experienced exceptional musical moments more often, finding myself sitting up and taking notice of some musical detail. Streaming the Tidal playlist “Wildwood Flower: Best New Folk and Americana” at CD resolution, I was startled by the creaminess of Dori Freeman’s voice in “Where I Stood,” from her eponymous first album (CD, Free Dirt DIRTCD 0074). The percussiveness of Kristin Fossheim’s fortepiano was visceral in the first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata for Cello and Piano 2 in G, Op.5 No.2, and Bjørn Solum’s cello had a pleasant buzz (24-bit/96kHz download, 2L 79). When, on a low note (as at 2:32), the cello’s body resonated strongly, the room shook; could this be the “better bass” that PS Audio says on its website that I should expect? Of course, the P10 doesn’t get all the credit—it’s on the recording, and it takes a whole system to reproduce it—but it was less impressive with my system plugged straight into the wall.
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