PSB Alpha P5 Loudspeaker $399 Review
August 4, 2020 Comments Off on PSB Alpha P5 Loudspeaker $399 Review
“As with virtually every small monitor—that is, every two-way restricted to a single four- or five-inch woofer—spatiality and orchestral soundstaging were strictly small-scale affairs. The ability to define the full contours of an auditorium or to reach upstage to the furthest corner of an acoustic venue are beyond this segment’s purview. Nonetheless, within its limitations, P5 conveyed string section layering, orchestral depth cues, and image focus that outclassed much of the competition.”
Empire Ears ODIN and HERO In-Ear Monitors
August 4, 2020 Comments Off on Empire Ears ODIN and HERO In-Ear Monitors
KLH ULTIMATE ONE HEADPHONES REVIEW
August 3, 2020 Comments Off on KLH ULTIMATE ONE HEADPHONES REVIEW
“Sonically, the KLH Ultimate One delivers a classic large-diaphragm dynamic driver sound. The soundstage (with the right music) is large, cohesive, and dimensional. Listening to my recent live recording of the local neo-old-timey band, Masontown, I noticed that the KLH Ultimate One reproduced all the subtleties of the recording. Compared with several of my reference headphones the KLH harmonic balance was quite close, with the exception being the bass, which was fuller and slightly less controlled than through the Focal Elegia or Abyss Diana Phi. Lateral focus and image definition was good through the KLH Ultimate Ones, but again the two reference headphones delivered a somewhat more precise and better-defined three-dimensional image.”
AURALIC SIRIUS G2 UNIVERSAL UPSAMPLING PROCESSOR £5,499 REVIEW
August 3, 2020 Comments Off on AURALIC SIRIUS G2 UNIVERSAL UPSAMPLING PROCESSOR £5,499 REVIEW
“The traditional digital brightness and thinness that people associate with streaming begins to go away here. Interestingly, the more components you build into the AURALiC G2 stack, the more those criticisms of streaming became outdated and unfair. The graunch of guitars in the Puscifer track showed this in stark relief; the tone of the track takes on a truly malevolent disposition here, something it rarely does through Tidal.
Is there a downside? Sonically, I don’t think so. However, to get the best from the SIRIUS G2 does involve some fairly complex app-wrangling, matching the upsampler to your DAC’s performance and if you get technofear, terms like ‘Parallelize Sigma-Delta Modulator’ might send chills along your heatsinks. Everything is explained in multiple places, however, but you might feel the need to hand setting up over to an expert. That being said, it’s not complexity for its own sake, but digital matchmaking… almost like Tinder for DACs. ”
Allnic Audio A-2000 25th Anniversary Power Amplifier $9,900 REVIEW
August 3, 2020 Comments Off on Allnic Audio A-2000 25th Anniversary Power Amplifier $9,900 REVIEW
“Triode: I’m a big fan of SETs. With the right speakers and a great vinyl setup, there’s nothing I enjoy more in high end audio. The sweetness, the light, the layering of subtleties, the inner workings of musicians’ minds laid bare. All are heard under a quality SET setup. I found that less so under the push pull variety. So, although the folks at Allnic quite rightly suggest ‘SET like’ sound for its triode mode, it was more of an aspiration than a full SET experience. Beetles suggestion regarding the 200 hours break in may well add some delicacy to the triode sound. I wish I had the unit longer. ”
CHORD ELECTRONICS HUEI PHONOSTAGE £990 REVIEW
August 2, 2020 Comments Off on CHORD ELECTRONICS HUEI PHONOSTAGE £990 REVIEW
“The Huei is not without criticism, but the criticism is functionality-led rather than performance-led. The polychromatic colour-coded controls are a clear indicator of set-up but do require a look-up table to determine precisely what ‘orange’ denotes in terms of loading. Also, even though they can be dimmed, this means the often fit-and-forget phono stage is potentially the most illuminated and colourful part of a whole system. Finally, there’s the power supply. In fact, Huei has a secondary switching power supply internally to create the operating voltages from the external supply, so whether you use linear or switch mode external it doesn’t matter; although changing the power supply will void the warranty! Not many people realise, and it’s not clear anywhere, really, that the main power supply is inside the unit and Chord just uses the external brick to feed ‘raw’ power into the product; the external power supply doesn’t directly power any of the audio electronics. However, the fact remains that audiophiles are allergic to ‘wall-warts’ and I hope this doesn’t put people off what is a stunning phono stage.”
SHANLING ME700 $549 REVIEW
August 2, 2020 Comments Off on SHANLING ME700 $549 REVIEW
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“The mids on ME700 transition smoothly into the treble range, which is mild, very rounded, and controlled without any harshness. Sibilant tones are well pressed down, but there is still some energy in it to brighten up the treble a bit for clarity, making the overall tuning slightly v-shaped.
With some higher-pitched vocals, you may feel some depression and dampenings with higher notes. This is the downside for those who like bright and clean upper mids and treble. I recommend listening to thicker, darker male vocals or very high pitched clean female singers, nothing with a fast BPM too.”
D’Agostino Relentless Mono Power Amplifier Review
August 1, 2020 Comments Off on D’Agostino Relentless Mono Power Amplifier Review
“Dan has been threatening to produce a true, no-limits amplifier for as long as I have known him. This is it. What I heard the Relentless amps do was – without any notion of hyperbole – demonstrate what sound without power limitations can be. This is not to suggest for a moment that one cannot live with less; neither is it to insinuate that there are no other systems so blissfully free of constraint. That said, they are few in number, and must be built around the most sensitive of speakers. The Relentless needs no such accommodation.”
PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube DAC USB Tube DAC Review
August 1, 2020 Comments Off on PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube DAC USB Tube DAC Review
“Turning to wolfgang.com’s vast selection of rare live gigs, I selected Warren Zevon in 1982 in Boston, for his rousing ‘Werewolves Of London’ at 48kHz. It proved massive in scale and sounding as it should: as if played via FM radio. Switching on Fidelia, I listened to the EVO 100 at 192kHz with a download of BB King’s ‘Sneakin’ Around’, a mono session of dubious sonic merit but musically a gem. I played it against the original LP, The Great BB King [United Records 728] and it was a dead ringer. I want an EVO 100.”
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