LOUDSPEAKERS WILSON AUDIO TUNE TOT STAND-MOUNT £10,998 REVIEW
July 10, 2019 Comments Off on LOUDSPEAKERS WILSON AUDIO TUNE TOT STAND-MOUNT £10,998 REVIEW
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Obviously the caveats are going to be well understood by anybody in the market for these Wilsons. But once you have come to terms with that I reckon you will be surprised at how good they are with horns and orchestral pieces. There is no sense that the music is being squeezed out of such a small box. No unwanted edge or tonal nasties from the cabinet. Even drums are enormously coherent and totally understandable as are pianos, often a real contentious proposition for such small speakers. This is due to the superb way they cope with the leading edge, or attack of instruments and voices. Vocals and solo acoustic guitar can be mesmerising. Don’t expect to feel your chest cavity resonate along with the Timpani though.
These tiny Wilsons completely live up to the reputation of quality, long established by the company. They are a niche product in so many ways. Designed to allow you access to very high quality music in situations where few speakers even begin to work. They take full musical advantage of all the great things that a small speaker can provide. Speed, lightness of bass touch, out of the box sound staging, and the ability to start and stop very, very quickly… these are all strong points of the Tune Tot and are vital to good music making. They have exceptional pace and pinpoint timing if your installation is precise and tonally they never stop surprising, even at surprisingly low levels.”
VALVET A4e Monoblock amplifier $9,890 Review
July 10, 2019 Comments Off on VALVET A4e Monoblock amplifier $9,890 Review
“The Valvet A4e Mono-Blocks mated with my highly efficient (98dB!) Tekton Double Impacts wonderfully. Even with a solid state preamp in the mix, the music felt very relaxed, rich and sounded, in a word, lush. Each note was delivered with panache over the brute force of other power amplifiers and in a way that subtly coaxes and charms the listener to continue their musical journey rather than submit to over-arched and brutally dynamic intensity. These Valvet a4e’s are the real deal… get where I’m coming from?”
RHA CL-2 First Planar Magnetic In -ear Headphones
July 10, 2019 Comments Off on RHA CL-2 First Planar Magnetic In -ear Headphones
The audiophile heaven!
July 10, 2019 Comments Off on The audiophile heaven!
“Another audiophile dream listening room with drool-worthy system setup that includes Nagra HD Preamp, Nagra HD Amps, Kronos Pro turntable with phono, DarTZeel NHB-468 power amplifier and NHB-18NSa preamplifier, Raidho D5.1 speakers…”
FiiO M7 Digital Audio Player $199 Review
July 9, 2019 Comments Off on FiiO M7 Digital Audio Player $199 Review
“A discriminating DAP buyer, given the means, could easily spend two, three, or more times the Fiio M7’s price, yet only modestly outpace its sonic performance. I found the M7 to be an outstanding value that had a quick and intuitive user-friendly interface and sonically valued detail and transparency. In A/B comparisons to DAPs three times its price, the M7’s presentation was perhaps a bit too forward and bright, but compared to DAPs of equal or slightly higher price, Fiio’s M7 proved a sonic heavyweight to be reckoned with. For an example of the open transparency I came to associate with the M7, listen to the Gary Bartz’s opening saxophone on “Love Ballad” from the 1977 jazz-fusion classic Music Is My Sanctuary [Capitol]. The effortless detail and space around Gary’s saxophone immediately let you know the M7 is worth every penny. For $199 you are going to have a tough time finding better bang for your buck.”
Primare Prisma I15 Integrated Amplifier/Dac $1,999 Review
July 9, 2019 Comments Off on Primare Prisma I15 Integrated Amplifier/Dac $1,999 Review
“Leaving to one side the late French maître’s insistent and occasionally heavy-handed Catholic mysticism and bird- song obsessions, Messiaen’s cornucopia of colorful sonic delights is nearly boundless. Listening to a performance of Eclairs sur l’Au Delà (Lightning over the Hereafter) , a late orchestral work, I was stunned by its ninth section, an astonishing, rhythmically free representation of forest birdsong that may well be the best musical representation of a naturalistic soundscape ever composed. The tumbling, teetering jumble of high woodwinds—flutes, piccolos, clarinets—demanded clarity, treble finesse, and top-octave air in great quantities, and the Prisma I15’s digital-to-analog and amplifying processes delivered these unrestricted for one of those literally hair-raising listening moments.
Meze Empyrean Headphones Review
July 8, 2019 Comments Off on Meze Empyrean Headphones Review
“The midrange of the Empyreans is truly exceptional. With a full and complete body weight, the midrange is emotive while also being balanced, detailed, and organic. As with the HiFiMAN Edition X, the Empyreans exhibit a tonally agreeable sound that has a touch of warmth, but with larger amounts of crispness, clarity, and texturing. It is nice to see how forgiving the Empyreans are, as they really are headphones that, combined with their comfort, can be listened to for hours on end. With the alcantara pads, the midrange does possess a wider soundstage and airier presence. This is contrast to the leather pad’s more solid and slightly closer midrange within the overall soundstage. While the HiFiMAN Susvara’s midrange does output greater detailing and decay, the Empyreans offer a subjectively more addictive and involving tuning. In London Grammar’s “Help,” Reid’s vocals are captivating and sonically immersive. Similarly, in “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X, vocals are crisp and detailed without ever sounding clinical or devoid of engagement. Also impressive is how the Empyreans manage to portray detailed transients in the midst of a musically affable sound signature.”
Bel Canto Designs e.One Stream Review
July 8, 2019 Comments Off on Bel Canto Designs e.One Stream Review
“For this review I used a dedicated Apple MacBook Air 11-inch running the latest version of Roon sewn up via Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet to a four-port 10/100/1000 router. The e.One was connected off the router then fed into the line stage of a McIntosh Labs C2600 tubed preamplifier via its unbalanced 2V output, or into the C2600’s internal 32-bit/384kHz DAC through its SPDIF/Coaxial output bypassing the internal e.One DAC completely. The C2600 in turn was driving a pair of McIntosh MC611 mono blocs hooked into a pair of Harbeth M40.1 loudspeakers. All analog, digital and speaker cabling was a mix of TelluriumQ Black, Ultra Black and Diamond. AC cabling was TelluriumQ Black (for the e.One) and PS Audio for everything else. Clean power was supplied by a Power Plant 20.
Cost no object
July 8, 2019 Comments Off on Cost no object
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As requested, here are a few more photos from the installation of the HQ-Flagship DAC in a true cost no object ultra-high-end audio system in Thailand. Living Voice Vox Olympian – Vox Elysian loudspeaker system, is the center stage attraction with the plethora of upper echelon gear galore.”
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