JBL Speakers 4351 & McIntosh MC901
August 11, 2021 Comments Off on JBL Speakers 4351 & McIntosh MC901
Core Power Equi=Core 1000 Review
August 10, 2021 Comments Off on Core Power Equi=Core 1000 Review
Core Power Equi=Core 1000
How will you know you’ve gone too far? If you’ve gone way too far and overtax the current capability, the circuit breaker on the front panel will pop. It’s worth mentioning here that staffer Jerold O’Brien uses an Equi=Core 1800 in his main system, and on a recent lightning strike to the house, only the sacrificial breaker on the front panel was damaged (an easy fix) but his beloved ARC SP-10 mk 2 and D76 power amplifiers were unharmed. So we know for a fact that the Equi=Core stuff will protect your gear. If you don’t push the EQ1000 hard enough to blow the breaker, you will notice a subtle flattening of the soundstage. Should you get to this point, take a quick look at how much power the components you have plugged in draw. You’ll probably only notice it when you’re really playing your system at high level. Remember, think about that 1800 if you have a big amp,
and/or really like to crank it up.
ampsandsound Rockwell Amplifier Review
August 10, 2021 Comments Off on ampsandsound Rockwell Amplifier Review
Switching gears to the Mountain Goat’s Jordan Lake Sessions, the acoustic and vocal heavy music really showed off the mid-range strength of the Rockwell. To be clear the Rockwell is not a one trick amp, it sounds awesome with dance, jazz, rock, classic rock, electronic, and modern pop. But, there is something special about its presentation with acoustic and vocal heavy music. This is not a surprise, DHTs are known for this, the thing that is incredible though is that Weber has created a DHT that performs universally well. Coming back to the Mountain Goat’s, when listening to “This Year” you can hear the emotional toll that this past year has taken on the band. The Rockwell provides this tight emotional coupling that once heard, is hard to forget.
Vienna Acoustics • Beethoven Concert Grand Reference Loudspeakers $13,495 Review
August 10, 2021 Comments Off on Vienna Acoustics • Beethoven Concert Grand Reference Loudspeakers $13,495 Review
http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/vienna_acoustics_beethoven_concert_grand_reference.htm
The second movement of Peteris Vasks’ Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra (Maxim Rysanov and Sinfonietta Riga, [BIS-2443 SACD]) is both beautifully recorded and performed — and a one-stop shop when it comes to appreciating the qualities of the Beethoven Concert Grand. The dispersed, pizzicato phrases that scatter across the stage to create the staccato opening reveal the scale and nature of the church acoustic, the Concert Grands not just re-creating a coherent sense of that towering space, but locating each section of the orchestra precisely within it, defined in terms of height, lateral placement and depth, scale and specific tonal character. It’s a spatial tour de force, helped of course by the depth and transparency of the speaker’s bottom end. But that is only the start. The plucked notes have a real sense of life and attack, naturally rich harmonics and the size of the sound box behind them. There’s no confusing the violins and violas, or the identity and character of the solo instrument, with its plangent, almost melancholy tonality.
Dynaudio Confidence 30 loudspeaker $21,000 Review
August 9, 2021 Comments Off on Dynaudio Confidence 30 loudspeaker $21,000 Review
https://www.stereophile.com/content/dynaudio-confidence-30-loudspeaker
I continue to be impressed by how immediate and gripping the Dynaudio Confidence 30s make music sound. Their presentation with smaller-scale works is clear and lively. With larger ensembles in larger spaces, the C30 soundstage is wide and detailed. Across a broad range of styles and recording perspectives, they seemed balanced, neither bright nor muted, with, often, a comfortable warmth. As for dynamic range, I never approached their output limitations in my room.
Goldmund Telos 590 Nextgen II Integrated Amplifier $29,750 Review
August 9, 2021 Comments Off on Goldmund Telos 590 Nextgen II Integrated Amplifier $29,750 Review
And it wasn’t just Lucille that benefited from the Nextgen II treatment. So did King’s smooth, vaguely Nat Cole-like tenor, which makes such a sweet contrast with his epigrammatic style of guitar playing. (As Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker put it in a 2015 piece honoring the great bluesman’s passing, as an instrumentalist B. B. King was “not at all showily virtuosic…but no one made a guitar talk as he did, as an…instrument of human expression more than of the adolescent finger-mania [of all those young British whiz kids].”) The Nextgen II not only brought Lucille and King back to life, it also had a similar effect on the sound of his marvelous rhythmsection, which, though reduced in size, impact, and presence (due to gain-riding), I could almost see again, playing and twirling in unison from stage left to right.
xDuoo MT 604 tube amplifier $169 Review
August 9, 2021 Comments Off on xDuoo MT 604 tube amplifier $169 Review
A Tour Of My Hi-Fi Stereo in 2021 New Additions New Wilson Alexandria
August 8, 2021 Comments Off on A Tour Of My Hi-Fi Stereo in 2021 New Additions New Wilson Alexandria
he Mola Mola Kula Integrated Amplifier Review
August 8, 2021 Comments Off on he Mola Mola Kula Integrated Amplifier Review
Accuphase DG-68 Digital Voicing Equalizer Review
August 7, 2021 Comments Off on Accuphase DG-68 Digital Voicing Equalizer Review
https://www.stereophile.com/content/accuphase-dg-68-digital-voicing-equalizer
Each time I altered room treatments, or cabling, or power treatment, or equipment supports, or component resonance damping, I created new “Smooth” and “Flat” curves with the DG-68, turning VC/EQ on and off and listening intently. Over the same period, I also changed optical (internet) cabling and upgraded optical-to-electrical converters and SFP (small–form-factor pluggable; don’t ask) modules. In due time, I created and implemented 18 different “smooth” and “flat” VC/EQ curves.
Under ordinary circumstances, making changes to my reference setup during the course of a review would be verboten. But in the context of a Digital Voicing Equalizer review, each change provided a new opportunity to evaluate the DG-68’s efficacy. While the journey was more stressful than fun, it led me closer to Oz. In nonmythological terms, as I made successful changes, the system sound with the Accuphase bypassed got progressively closer to sound with the unit activated. The room itself was doing more of the heavy lifting, and the Accuphase was proving itself a useful tool.
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