Klipsch R-28PF Powered Floorstanding Speaker Review
June 24, 2018 Comments Off on Klipsch R-28PF Powered Floorstanding Speaker Review
“Keeping this connection configuration, I queued up Marvel’s Doctor Strange on the Netflix app in the OPPO. The hero music sounded as triumphant as it should. Dialogue quality was strong. In one scene where Dr. Strange speaks with the Ancient One, Benedict Cumberpatch’s voice was deep and authoritative, while Tilda Swinton’s was calm and even keeled. In all the fight scenes, the combatants use magical weapons that give off wisps and whiffs of air that the Klipsch system effortlessly detailed. In the final battle scene, as buildings collapse and reassemble and all sorts of mind-bending, physics-defying attacks are traded off between Strange and the evil Kaecilius, the Klipsch speakers captured every beat with clarity and dynamism that drew me into the action.”
Monster Solara Speaker Review – Video
June 24, 2018 Comments Off on Monster Solara Speaker Review – Video
HIGH END 2016 – Demonstration of the Radialstrahler System mbl 101 X-treme
June 24, 2018 Comments Off on HIGH END 2016 – Demonstration of the Radialstrahler System mbl 101 X-treme
Bricasti Design M15 power amplifier $18,000 Review
June 23, 2018 Comments Off on Bricasti Design M15 power amplifier $18,000 Review
“This pattern of less-than-ideal bass and a toned-down top end continued through a wide range of recordings. In the sublime aria “Se potessero i sospir’ miei,” from Handel’s opera Imeneo, from Philippe Jaroussky and Artaserse’s The Händel Album (24/96 WAV, Erato 33572994), timbres were true, but the high extension was darkened. As much as I appreciated the tanginess of theorbo and violins and the subdued tinkle of harpsichord, and could hear slight changes in the weight and color of countertenor Jaroussky’s voice during one long-breathed phrase, nothing shone. Jaroussky is an exquisite artist, but a key element of his brilliance was dimmed due to the Bricasti’s darker range of colors.
finished making SPEAKER STANDS! Upholstery process – Video
June 23, 2018 Comments Off on finished making SPEAKER STANDS! Upholstery process – Video
BorderPatrol P21 EXD power amplifier $14,450 – Review
June 22, 2018 Comments Off on BorderPatrol P21 EXD power amplifier $14,450 – Review
“As a for-hire Stereophile scribe, my job is to communicate my impressions of the sound of the audio component I’m assigned to review, warts and all. If I can’t describe an amplifier’s sound in a clear, concise, convincing, and hopefully somewhat entertaining manner, I’m not worth what Stereophile pays me. I like to think that, most of the time, I get it right—my 22 years of hi-fi reviewing put me in good stead: in the black, not the red. But for all my juggling of sources and speakers, spinning numerous LPs, and quizzing Gary Dews until he was ready to bust, any characteristic sound that the BorderPatrol P21 EXD may have had evaded my ears, at least at first. Its standout trait seemed to be its unerring transparency. But is any audio component truly transparent, imposing on the music no personality of its own and thus influencing the listener’s perception of that music not at all? Balderdash, I say. Nonetheless, I heard what I heard—or didn’t hear
Audiophonics Armature Hecate LT USB to SPDIF converter – Video
June 22, 2018 Comments Off on Audiophonics Armature Hecate LT USB to SPDIF converter – Video
Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2 loudspeaker $57,900 Review
June 21, 2018 Comments Off on Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2 loudspeaker $57,900 Review
“Yes, I’m an engineer, but I don’t mistake the road for the destination. Designers can and do take many roads, but their ultimate destination is the same: to allow listeners to be transported by their music to that place where worldly cares cease to exist. And that the Alexia Series 2 did to perfection—without smoothing over the recordings’ imperfections, without bowdlerizing the meanings of the music. I can’t pretend that the life of a magazine editor is not stressful—I knew it was going into it. But evening after evening, after taking the subway home from the office, I cracked open a beer—Dale’s Pale Ale, or New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale, or Firestone-Walker Union Jack IPA, or Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, or even Raging Bitch Belgian-style IPA from Flying Dog Brewery (footnote 1)—settled back in my listening chair, fired up my iPad, set the Roon app to its random-play Radio function, and let the Wilson Alexia Series 2s take me far, far away. That is what great speakers do.”
Audio Research REF 75SE $10,000 REVIEW
June 20, 2018 Comments Off on Audio Research REF 75SE $10,000 REVIEW
“One of the toughest parts of the musical spectrum for tube power amplifiers to reproduce is the lowest register. More often than not, tube amplifiers don’t have that last bit of grip that the best solid-state amplifiers do, yet some solid-state designs can come across over damped at times. Hair-splitting for sure, yet the 75SE produces a hefty amount of bass extension, combined with control and definition. Listening to Jaco Pastorius tear up and down the fretboard on his self-titled album, the 75SE gives an exciting and engaging performance, full of low bass grunt, combined with the harmonics of Pastorius’ complicated technique.”
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