Etsuro Urushi Bordeaux Moving Coil Cartridge Review
July 24, 2018 Comments Off on Etsuro Urushi Bordeaux Moving Coil Cartridge Review
KLIPSCH HERITAGE HP-3 HEADPHONES $1200 REVIEW
July 23, 2018 § 1 Comment
“The Klipsch Heritage HP-3 Headphones are everything you would expect from a reference headphone produced by a company with Klipsch’s pedigree. They are definitely a look into the limits of dynamic driver headphones, producing extreme dynamic range with epic concert levels of bass, without compromising the tonal balance of the low mids, mids and highs. If you are familiar with Klipsch’s Legacy speakers, you will know what to expect from the HP-3s as they have truly captured that big horn sound. While not forgiving of certain recordings, they appear to work well with any source and are efficient enough to run off a phone or one of those tweaky “high end” DAPs that usually require an external amplifier.”
Cary Audio DMS-500 Media Center Review
July 23, 2018 Comments Off on Cary Audio DMS-500 Media Center Review
“The DMS-500 not only comes with a quite serviceable dedicated remote control, but also an extremely good control app for both iOS and Android devices. The dedicated remote’s layout is clean and easy to navigate, despite the fact that it was designed to work on multiple Cary components. I especially like the mute button placement–right at the top right corner of the remote–because when you need to mute, you need to mute right now. The iOS version of the app proved to be rock-solid and fully-featured. My only complaint is that it looks much better and is easier to use on a tablet than on my iPhone SE’s smaller display.”
Meze Audio NEW EMPYREAN Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone – Video
July 23, 2018 Comments Off on Meze Audio NEW EMPYREAN Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone – Video
DAN D’AGOSTINO MASTER AUDIO SYSTEMS PROGRESSION PREAMP AND STEREO AMPLIFIER REVIEW
July 22, 2018 Comments Off on DAN D’AGOSTINO MASTER AUDIO SYSTEMS PROGRESSION PREAMP AND STEREO AMPLIFIER REVIEW
“I am of two minds about the D’Agostino Progression, both of them good. First, I can’t help feeling that the Progression is just that – progress by D’Agostino. This series is not simply D’Agostino making more attainable products; it’s adding things to the amp concept, some of which I can’t help thinking will end up in the top line. Second, I have a distinct impression that these amps sound ‘almost’ as good as the big guns. In some respects, they may even sound better. Far from being Momentum-lite or MyFirstD’Agostino, the Progression amplifiers are well-matched, well engineered, and well nigh endlessly powerful for most modern systems. What’s great here is not just that D’Agostino managed to make something as attractive and as good sounding for almost half the price, but that for most people those more attainable Progression models are more than enough. In a straight fight, the D’Agostino Momentum models are the better products, but their biggest rivals are their little brothers.”
Lost recordings uncover John Coltrane’s timeless talent
July 22, 2018 Comments Off on Lost recordings uncover John Coltrane’s timeless talent
Bowers and Wilkins 705S2 Review
July 21, 2018 Comments Off on Bowers and Wilkins 705S2 Review
“Along with wide frequency response and wide dynamic range, the 705d2s have a cleaner, more natural tonal rendition than their past iteration. Acoustic instruments feel correct and that bastion of audiophilia, the female vocal, is well represented. Whether it’s the quirky delicacy of Aimee Mann or the raw power of Chrissie Hynde (don’t make me go you-know-where) these mighty mini monitors are right at home.
Grado Labs PS2000e Headphone $2695 Review
July 21, 2018 Comments Off on Grado Labs PS2000e Headphone $2695 Review
“The soundstage was cleanly defined from edge to edge or, uh, ear to ear. A good example was Dean Martin’s “I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)” from Dream with Dean, where the spread of the soundstage places the bass and lightly brushed drumkit at opposite sides of the stage but acoustically linked together in purpose by the wealth of ambient cues. Generally speaking, the Grado soundstage wasn’t the narrower, more vertically oriented representation of my resident HiFiMan Edition X ’phones, but rather a truer horizontal, reasonably dimensional stage that supplies relevant cues to the acoustic weight and breadth of an orchestra in full song. There’s a whole-cloth continuousness about the soundstage with the Grado.”
YG Acoustics,Nagra, Highend Munich 2018 – Video
July 21, 2018 Comments Off on YG Acoustics,Nagra, Highend Munich 2018 – Video
Audeze LCD2 closed-back $899 version
July 20, 2018 Comments Off on Audeze LCD2 closed-back $899 version
“You’re still getting the same planar magnetic drivers. Unlike normal headphones, they use a thin, vibrating diagram that’s driven by magnetic fields to produce sound, instead of a traditional coil system. This has come to be expected from Audeze, which created the same warm sound that made the LCD-2 so popular in the first place. Now, you can enjoy it with better sound isolation, and perhaps more importantly, you won’t irritate all your co-workers or fellow commuters with your personal jams.”
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