SVS PRIME WIRELESS PRO POWERED SPEAKER PAIR $899 REVIEW
January 15, 2023 Comments Off on SVS PRIME WIRELESS PRO POWERED SPEAKER PAIR $899 REVIEW
With various inputs on the right speaker’s back panel, you can access your wired or wireless network. You can plug in your source components, and even a TV using the HDMI port. As I reviewed this unit and listened carefully, I could think of many uses for this system around my home, putting it somewhere where I didn’t have any music or replacing some other system that wasn’t as good, like my office speakers. Without a subwoofer, I don’t think this system is designed for, or at its best, in a large room. But in an office, bedroom, or small family room, this system is hard to beat in sound quality.
In the right room, or with a subwoofer added, something like the SVS 3000 micro, you’d have a great system with minimal investment at this quality level. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find individual components of this quality that can beat the SVS Prime Wireless Pro Speakers at the price.

LSA HYPERDRIVE 2 HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER $999 REVIEW
January 15, 2023 Comments Off on LSA HYPERDRIVE 2 HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER $999 REVIEW
The LSA HyperDrive 2 Headphone Amplifier was a treat to listen to. The excellent engineering, solid construction, and very smooth sound add up to a very dynamic listening experience. On classical, vocal, acoustic, or rock and roll the HyperDrive 2 properly drove a wide variety of headphones and rendered music realistically and when needed, forcefully. Whether the source was digital, or pure analog, there was a lot to like.

Primare A35.8 8-channel power amplifier Review
January 14, 2023 Comments Off on Primare A35.8 8-channel power amplifier Review
https://www.stereophile.com/content/primare-a358-8-channel-power-amplifier
The Primare A35.8 amplifier surprised me. Its performance in my system corroborated Primare’s claim that they can make a great amplifier from Ncore modules, one that can rival amplifiers based on the newer Purifi technology as well as amplifiers utilizing traditional, nonswitching technology. Its eight channels and bridged gain options endow it with tremendous versatility. To me, the Primare A35.8 is worthy of an audition in any multichannel setup. It is a pleasure to use and to listen to.



SHANLING M6 ULTRA REVIEW
January 14, 2023 Comments Off on SHANLING M6 ULTRA REVIEW
The M6 Ultra, just like the other Shanling DAPs, feels great in the hand, and the aluminium chassis has good weight and toughness. The premium feeling is close to the A&K and Sony players. The sides of the player feel great in particular when holding the device. This is one of the best portable compact players I’ve held in terms of overall feeling and quality. It even gives a better feeling than the flagship M9 with its compact body. That M9 is massive.

This Hong Kong Shop Has the World’s Rarest Records
January 14, 2023 Comments Off on This Hong Kong Shop Has the World’s Rarest Records
Boulder 866 Integrated Amplifier $14,250 Review
January 13, 2023 Comments Off on Boulder 866 Integrated Amplifier $14,250 Review
Gentle Ben is one of my most favorite albums in my entire high resolution jazz collection. The 866 DAC grabs this digital file and makes it something special. On the first track, “Ben’s Blues,” Ben Webster on saxophone and Tete Montoliu on piano provide the perfect balance of urgency and despair for this beautiful blues ballad. Again, we have the suddenness and dynamic contrast that only the very best components can bring to the table. These musicians and these instruments were now in the room! I also have the outstanding 45 RPM vinyl pressing from Analogue Productions. This was one of the few times that digital was able to really satisfy all that this recording can offer.
Final Thoughts
The Boulder 866 is a star performer and a true standard of excellence. With its superb industrial design and musical presentation, the 866 can easily be the center piece of the very best sound systems. The optional integrated DAC provides tremendous value and performance and competes well with DACs many times it price. Bottom line. The 866 indisputably pushes the envelope for what current integrated amplifiers can now provide—even for the most sophisticated Audiophiles. Highly recommended!

Dynaudio Focus 30 Active Loudspeaker System Review
January 13, 2023 Comments Off on Dynaudio Focus 30 Active Loudspeaker System Review
At the end of Gordon’s exhaustive review, he concluded that the Focus 30 system “deepened” his “admiration for Dynaudio’s active speakers,” and that he was “won over by the Focus 30’s transparent presentation, effortless dynamics, pinpoint imaging, and bass extension.” Gordon added that he “loved the look of the speakers” in his living room, but the support for Dirac Live is “the clincher” when it comes recommending this speaker system to readers. Gordon’s praise in his review earned the Focus 30 speaker system a Reviewers’ Choice award at the time it was published—and that same praise has now earned it a Recommended Reference Component award. Suffice it to say, DSP-based active speakers have come of age for those who are serious about sound—and Dynaudio’s Focus 30 has the features to optimize that sound, too.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 Headphones $699 Review
January 12, 2023 Comments Off on Bowers & Wilkins Px8 Headphones $699 Review
https://www.soundandvision.com/content/bowers-wilkins-px8-headphones-review
Even without looking at, feeling, or listening to the Px8, there are so many things I love. I truly love that they have button controls instead of touch pads on the earcups. I end up accidentally doing “something” when wearing touch-pad headphones– advancing a track, pausing, adjusting volume, whatever, when I was only rubbing my ear or moving my hair. I love being able to assign different functions to the Quick Access button. I love the pass-through ANC mode. And I love the high-quality streaming function. And did I mention how much I love how they look, feel and sound?
They are expensive and have extravagant finishes. But you really do get what you pay for. With the Bowers and Wilkins Px8, you get luxurious ANC headphones with exactly the sound quality you would expect.

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