Shinola Runwell Turntable Review
February 3, 2017 Comments Off on Shinola Runwell Turntable Review
“For those of you that haven’t been following the Shinola story, Mat Weisfeld, and his father Harry, the guys behind VPI have been very involved with the Shinola table, and this turntable shares a lot of visual as well as sonic DNA. Yet, this isn’t just a Camaro rebadged as a Firebird. On one level, the visual styling of the Runwell is a step above the basic VPI tables, with an overall look that is more reserved, yet more sophisticated than the VPI Classic Line. (And I say this as a happy owner of a Classic One and Two.) The Runwell is also more compact than the VPI tables, and even though these tables are brothers from the same father, they each have unique identities.”
Sound Lab Ultimate U-4iA electrostatic speaker $21,300 Review
February 2, 2017 Comments Off on Sound Lab Ultimate U-4iA electrostatic speaker $21,300 Review
“Depending on the music, the amount of bottom-end energy could be excessive and would call for tonal adjustments to the speaker. Hootie and the Blowfish’s “Use Me” continued the impressive demonstration of the U-4iA’s bottom-end capacity, but was so overtly present in the lower frequencies that it was in danger of overrunning the upper half of the spectrum. I adjusted the midrange and treble to +3dB to compensate and an acceptable balance was restored. To my ear, leaving the tonal controls flat brings a more “tube like” character from the Sound Lab, versus adjustment upward of them bringing out a touch of solid-state forwardness. Note that this effect can also be further increased or decreased to one’s satisfaction by proper selection of cables.”
The Best New Audio Products of CES 2017: Klipsch Forte Mark III, ELAC Adante, KEF LS50 + More – Video
February 2, 2017 Comments Off on The Best New Audio Products of CES 2017: Klipsch Forte Mark III, ELAC Adante, KEF LS50 + More – Video
SVS SB16-Ultra Subwoofer Reviewed
February 2, 2017 Comments Off on SVS SB16-Ultra Subwoofer Reviewed
“Probably everyone considering the SB16-Ultra would also consider the $1,599 SB13-Ultra, but the SB16-Ultra looks like the better buy. The SB16-Ultra is a little larger and $400 more, but surely has substantially higher output. The SB13-Ultra does offer parametric EQ, but it has two bands compared to three in the SB16-Ultra, and the center frequencies are fixed in 1/6th-octave steps rather than the 1-Hz steps of the SB16-Ultra. The SB16-Ultra’s EQ offers narrower Q settings, which would make it easier to “notch out” narrow peaks. However, the SB13-Ultra has an integral high-pass filter that can filter the bass out of your main speakers, which will come in handy in stereo systems using a preamp with no subwoofer crossover.”
Klipsch Forte Mark III Speakers Best of CES: – Video
February 2, 2017 Comments Off on Klipsch Forte Mark III Speakers Best of CES: – Video
Roon Labs release major update with version 1.3
February 2, 2017 Comments Off on Roon Labs release major update with version 1.3
“According to a release put out by Roon this morning, the latest build includes new streaming hardware support (Sonos anyone?), a new 64-bit pipeline architecture for audio processing, user-configurable DSP, faster file handling, and metadata management.”
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