HIFIMAN ANANDA NANO $599 REVIEW
August 9, 2023 Comments Off on HIFIMAN ANANDA NANO $599 REVIEW
The ear pads, which are user-replaceable, attach to the headphones via small clips. They are made from polyester and pleather, filled with medium-density foam. The portion that comes into contact with your skin is perforated polyester, effectively mitigating any sweat-related discomfort. The ear pads are large-sized and asymmetrically shaped to completely envelop your ears. This design ensures that your ears don’t touch the inside of the pads, enhancing overall comfort during extended listening sessions
The Ananda Nano’s color scheme is a tasteful combination of silver and black. In my opinion, this duo of colors is a fitting choice for a headphone of this caliber, as it conveys a modern and also professional aesthetic.
KEF Reference 5 Meta Loudspeaker £17,500 Review
August 9, 2023 Comments Off on KEF Reference 5 Meta Loudspeaker £17,500 Review
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Succumbing to the temptation to hear the speaker’s quartet of bass drivers in real action, I steered my listening towards the ‘Cowboy Song’/’The Boys Are Back In Town’/’Don’t Believe A Word’ sequence from the 1977 Philadelphia set on Thin Lizzy’s remastered Live And Dangerous boxset [UMC 0819035]. Here I was instantly rewarded with Brian Downey’s powering drums, Phil Lynott’s voice and thundering bass focused dead centre, and the soaring interlocked guitars of Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham.
This is no-frills power rock done proper, and thrilling, as the band wraps one track and slams straight into the next. Sleek and elegant these big speakers may be, but they’ll take – and deliver – some serious level, too, making them just as adept when rocking out as they are portraying the most elegant of ‘audiophile’ recordings.
PS Audio BHK M600 Monoblock Power Amplifiers $32,500 Review
August 9, 2023 Comments Off on PS Audio BHK M600 Monoblock Power Amplifiers $32,500 Review
ELAC Miracord Series Turntables Review
August 8, 2023 Comments Off on ELAC Miracord Series Turntables Review
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Meanwhile, the step-up Miracord 60, which is also intended to be an heir to the Miracord 90, comes equipped with a diamond chamfered 22mm die-cast aluminum platter, lightweight carbon-fiber tonearm with gimbal bearing and removable headshell, and a built-in optical sensor that sends its signal to a PID algorithm in the microcontroller that is then said to “tune the speed” of the DC motor.
Pass Labs XP-12 Preamplifier Review
August 8, 2023 Comments Off on Pass Labs XP-12 Preamplifier Review
With the XP-12 governing preamplifier duties, the soundstage, detail, depth, and vividly viscerally of HD movies, shows and music videos are an ongoing source of pleasure and amazement for us at home. Be it the creaks of timbers straining, then snapping—followed by a thunderous building collapse, the engine whine and screeching tires of James Bond’s Aston Martin, or Andrea Bocelli’s bewitching baritone tenor in “Perfect Symphony,” it’s a sensory treat that keep us glued to our couch way past bedtime.
The Lumin T3 Streamer, DAC, & Preamplifier Review
August 8, 2023 Comments Off on The Lumin T3 Streamer, DAC, & Preamplifier Review
D’Agostino Progression S350 Power Amplifier £34,998 Review
August 6, 2023 Comments Off on D’Agostino Progression S350 Power Amplifier £34,998 Review
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And the vocals? They were emerging with such lifelike authority that I could barely detect a gap, let alone a chasm between S350 and S250 MxV. A burst of Kris Kristofferson’s country-folk Jesus Was A Capricorn collection on Super Audio CD [Vocalion 2CDLK 4635], and the gentle, thoughtful version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ from Fragments: Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) [Columbia 19439981992SC1], graced the listening room with a greater sense of air around the singers than I would have anticipated.
More to the point, both singers were displaying a presence approaching the uncannily authentic, their voices arriving as if from nowhere. The Progression S350 may be a powerhouse amplifier seemingly without limit, but equally, it has nearly all the grace of its stablemates. I am dazzled.
KEF Reference 5 Meta Loudspeaker £17,500 Review
August 6, 2023 Comments Off on KEF Reference 5 Meta Loudspeaker £17,500 Review
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With more intimate recordings, the ability of the towering Reference 5 Meta to sound small and precise, yet with plenty of weight, is again in evidence. Erin Bode’s cover of ‘In My Life’, from her YourSong Volume 1 album [Bandcamp download], was given a rock-solid stereo image, every breath clearly delineated, as was her version of ‘Happy Together’, where the presentation was like a high-definition version of something wonderfully old-fashioned, with every word crystal-clear. Rachael Price’s voice on ‘Join Me In A Dream’, from the Rachael and Vilray I Love A Love Song set [Nonesuch 075597909746], was equally lucid, bringing great vivacity to a piece with a deceptively simple – but gorgeous – arrangement. And with Thibault Cauvin’s acoustic guitar arrangement of the Bach ‘Toccata and Fugue’, from his Bach album [Sony Classical 19658784622], the Reference Meta’s superb resolution did a magnificent job of placing the solo instrument in an atmospheric, reverberant space, with laser-like focus and every touch of finger on string clear to hear.
SME 60 record player $71,900 Review
August 5, 2023 Comments Off on SME 60 record player $71,900 Review
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Using my Model 30/2 turntable and Series V tonearm as a benchmark, I was able to directly compare the Model 60 with the Series VA arm with my Model 30/2 with the Series V arm. SME’s fixed headshell-mounting holes made it possible to align my test cartridges identically in both arms then move the cartridges back and forth between them easily without having to go through a complete realignment each time. I did this with both my Dynavector DRT XV-1s and my Lyra Atlas cartridges, allowing easy and meaningful comparisons.
You’d be forgiven if, after looking at the Model 60’s brutal stance, you thought it was likely to sound like the musical equivalent of a Vin Diesel acting performance: big on drama and action, but with some of the subtlety lost along the way. Nothing could be further from reality. This brute can dance on its tiptoes, with finesse and fine gradations of tonal color that go beyond even the formidable 30/2 Series V combination.
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