Mark Levinson No5105 Turntable £5799 Review
February 14, 2021 Comments Off on Mark Levinson No5105 Turntable £5799 Review
https://www.hifinews.com/content/mark-levinson-no5105-turntable
For all the wrong reasons – looks, build quality, ease-of-use – I adore the No5105. Enough for the purists among you to castigate me, perhaps, but my admiration for it would only be meaningless if the sound didn’t match the form. This is a sublime device which does everything you’d want of a deck at its price, while delivering pride of ownership usually restricted to luxury pens and watches. I’m dazzled.
Altec 19 McIntosh 2125 McIntosh C28
February 14, 2021 Comments Off on Altec 19 McIntosh 2125 McIntosh C28
Grimm Audio MU1 Music Library/Server Review
February 13, 2021 Comments Off on Grimm Audio MU1 Music Library/Server Review
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Tempting though it may be to think ‘but it’s just a computer and some storage’, Grimm Audio’s MU1 is all about delivering the best possible digital data to your DAC. To that end, this is an entirely convincing ‘transport’ solution, and is capable of sparkling results. The ‘analogue/digital’ thing may be a blind alley, but the MU1 still delivers one of the most musical sounds I’ve heard from digital to date.
Sonus Faber Heritage Collection Maxima Amator Loudspeakers $15,000 REVIEW
February 13, 2021 Comments Off on Sonus Faber Heritage Collection Maxima Amator Loudspeakers $15,000 REVIEW
Sonus Faber’s target audience for its Heritage Collection, and for the Maxima Amator in particular, is not audiophiles who are cross-shopping designs from Focal, Magico, and/or Wilson Audio Specialties. This is an artisanal loudspeaker. The marriage of so many materials—solid walnut, leather, brass, marble—into such an evocative form gives the Sonus Faber a presence and a gravitas that are difficult to describe. It’s also a very good loudspeaker, with admirable output down to 35Hz, and a commendably linear, uncolored mid band. The Maxima Amator’s tipped-up tweeter means that its sound is not strictly neutral, but Sonus Faber’s skillful voicing has maximized the speaker’s dynamics without making it sound harsh or bright.
Reel-To-Reel Recorders
February 12, 2021 Comments Off on Reel-To-Reel Recorders
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The successor to the A77, the B77 represents a development of the older model rather than an entirely new design. A number of changes have been made, significant enough to say at the outset, that while I had considerable respect for the A77, I did not personally favour certain aspects of its performance, notably poor level matching, premature overload of electronics and poor control ergonomics. However, all these have been resolved in the new model, as well as refinements made.
For example, the capstan motor – the famous direct-drive tachogenerator design – has been further developed and is now closer to that of the Revox A700. The deck will also accept an accessory that allows fine control of capstan speed and hence of musical pitch, when required. Improvements to head quality have resulted in increased life as well as a more uniform frequency response, and the transport section has now eliminated those occasionally troublesome relays, with their function now carried out by semiconductors, bringing an expected increase in reliability.
NAD Masters M28 Seven-Channel Power Amplifier Review
February 12, 2021 Comments Off on NAD Masters M28 Seven-Channel Power Amplifier Review
https://www.soundandvision.com/content/nad-masters-m28-seven-channel-power-amplifier-review
But how would the NAD compare with a well-regarded separate class-A/B amp in the same two-channel, no- subwoofer setup? For that I turned to the Parasound Halo A 52+, a five-channel amp I’ve used in many of my recent audio reviews. At matched levels, my back-and-forth listening comparisons favored the NAD by a hair. The Parasound was slightly darker and warmer (though not by much), and the NAD dryer, with more incisive leading edges on high frequency transients. Any given listener’s preference here might easily shift depending on the system. I ultimately leaned in the direction of the NAD but could live happily live with the Parasound (and have for some time now). The five-channel Parasound does have a $2,000 price advantage ($3,000, or $600/channel), while the NAD offers a premium cosmetic design and seven channels ($4,999, or $714/channel).
McIntosh Announces MHA200 Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier
February 11, 2021 Comments Off on McIntosh Announces MHA200 Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier
The MHA200 takes advantage of unique McIntosh technologies to create the best possible personal listening experience. The Unity Coupled Circuit transformers have been adapted to produce 4 headphone impedance ranges of 32 – 100, 100 – 250, 250 – 600, and 600 – 1,000 Ohms at 500mW so that virtually every headphone can receive legendary McIntosh sound quality and performance.
Yamaha A-S3200 Integrated Amplifier $7499 Review
February 11, 2021 Comments Off on Yamaha A-S3200 Integrated Amplifier $7499 Review
https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/1509-yamaha-a-s3200-integrated-amplifier
There’s much to be said for simple elegance, whether in a graceful haiku or Yamaha’s exquisite A-S3200. With the latter, you simply connect your turntable and CD player, or any source with analog outputs, connect your speakers, sit back, and enjoy impeccably musical sound. There’s no app to install, no digital inputs to configure, no calibration to be done. To sound its best it needs quite a bit of burn-in, as well as time to warm up each time it’s turned on—but as I sat there watching the needles of its beautiful level meters dancing along in time to the sublimely reproduced music, I knew it was worth the wait. The A-S3200 isn’t cheap, but considering the quality of its construction, the uniqueness of its handsome, classic visual design, and the quality of its sound, it’s a stunning integrated amplifier that I’d be proud to own and prominently display in my audio system.
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