KEF LS50 Wireless Nocturne Active Loudspeaker System $2500 Review
August 23, 2018 Comments Off on KEF LS50 Wireless Nocturne Active Loudspeaker System $2500 Review
“. A listen to LCD Soundsystem’s “Dance Yrself Clean” delivered expansive dispersion and some rather impressive lower-octave oomph. I never really felt tempted to bring out the subs. We’re not talking nightclub-level, cage-rattling bass here, but still far more depth than expected, especially from compacts. Of course, when I turned up the volume a few notches, some edges and aspects softened slightly in the bass, but the big picture didn’t fall apart. Per the specs, SPL maxes out at 106dB but I didn’t push that far. The LS50s conveyed this track’s broad-spectrum layers and gave all a great sense of groove and potent energy. I switched to Lila Downs’ “Aqua de Rosas” from La Cantina (Red Book CD rip), where multi-layered percussion was reproduced with crispness and clarity within a pleasing sense of airy openness. There was a rich smoothness to her smoky contralto vocals.”
AUDEZE LCDI4 REVIEW
August 23, 2018 Comments Off on AUDEZE LCDI4 REVIEW
“There has been a lot of debate on the comfort levels and degree of fit online due to this system. Ultimately, it is a personal thing getting a good fit and my own experience has been largely positive. That is only after moving the hooks around to get the right fit. Depending on where exactly you snap them on the experience can be comfortable or painful.
Threshold T-200 power amplifier $4300 Review
August 22, 2018 Comments Off on Threshold T-200 power amplifier $4300 Review
“The T-200 is protected from overload and short circuits by fast-blow fuses, accessed by removing the cover. I managed my usual trick of shorting the speaker cables, and one of the fuses did blow—and fast—so there was no damage to the amplifier. The type of fuse is sufficiently exotic that the guy at my neighborhood Radio Shack just shook his head in bewilderment when he looked at it. Threshold quickly Fed-Exed me a full set of fuses; they might consider including a set with each amp in case consumers are as butterfingered as reviewers.”
KONDO AUDIO NOTE JAPAN
August 22, 2018 Comments Off on KONDO AUDIO NOTE JAPAN
“You’re repeatedly asking me to post more upper echelon systems. Here is another (yesterday’s) extreme setup from Vietnam with Kondo Audio Note Japan GE1000 flagship preamplifier and GE10 phono preamp, Da Vinci Audio Gabriel turntable, Adam speakers, Meitner digital front end etc. And yes’m you can spot the one and only Patek Philippe sky moon tourbillon watch!Thanks Pham Thanh Coung. Enjoy…”
Kalista DreamPlay One CD player $43,000 Review
August 21, 2018 Comments Off on Kalista DreamPlay One CD player $43,000 Review
“One of the most poignant moments with the DreamPlay One came when I played Joanna Newsom’s masterpiece, Ys (Drag City DC303CD)—and my 20-year-old daughter, home from college, entered the room just as the first song, “Emily,” began. My Julia, who is very much a Joanna Newsom fan and has most of her albums on vinyl, exclaimed, “That sounds amazing! I’ve never heard a CD sound that good!” We both paused to listen, and as the strings and jaw harp and banjo and other elements of Van Dyke Parks’s lovely arrangement emerged, seemingly whole, from the mix, blending with Newsom’s concert harp—which had never sounded quite so full-size or present until now, at least from CD—I had to agree.”
Arcam SA20 Integrated Amplifier Review
August 21, 2018 Comments Off on Arcam SA20 Integrated Amplifier Review
“This low-end response is something that might be too much of a good thing depending on what you elect to partner the Arcam with. My current situation is very much standmounts only for test work but I suspect that connecting a pair of speakers that have a prodigious low end anyway might result in a slightly leaden presentation but for more ‘normal’ partnering equipment, the SA20 should be ideal for the task. This is in part because it feels very much like those claimed 80 watts are always raring to go and there never feels like there is any shortage of power. Purely subjectively as it isn’t possible to bench them to confirm it but it always feels like the Arcam has a little more in reserve than the Cyrus ONE at any given volume increment”
Paradigm Monitor SE 6000F Floorstanding Speakers Review
August 20, 2018 Comments Off on Paradigm Monitor SE 6000F Floorstanding Speakers Review
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I wouldn’t recommend this song for a first date with a Millennial, but for a solo session it’s ballsy listening. The fact that the Paradigm Monitor SE 6000Fs can hold up at 100 dB plus while being slammed by 200-watt Classe amps in a big listening room was amazing. Robert Fripp’s awkward tone is nothing short of eerie yet somehow compelling.”
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