Cambridge’s CXN100 Review

March 27, 2024 Comments Off on Cambridge’s CXN100 Review

Antipodes K50 Music Server $19,000 Review

March 26, 2024 Comments Off on Antipodes K50 Music Server $19,000 Review

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/antipodes-k50-music-server-review-r1252

The plethora of other server and playback options are laudable. Antipodes supplies the hardware foundation and software platform that don’t need to be swapped out when the music lover switches applications. It’s a great system, designed for a marathon of use, not a sprint to the next upgrade.

Sound quality through the K50 was as expected, excellent. The team at Antipodes leaves little to chance, and it shows, or should I say sounds. I fell in love with the sound of my favorites from Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Pearl Jam, and dare I say Beyonce. The K50 isn’t a one trick pony, it reproduces everything with high fidelity. This resulted in many hours of enjoyment for me and a rekindled love for my two channel system.

GOLDENEAR T66 TOWER SPEAKER REVIEW

March 26, 2024 Comments Off on GOLDENEAR T66 TOWER SPEAKER REVIEW

Though I consigned the T66s to a rug in my media room, I placed the rubber feet on them because I could slide them into position more easily. I placed the T66s about eight feet apart with toe-in to cross about one foot behind my head. This provided me with the best imaging, but experimenting was easy with the rubber feet. My amplification was from my Emotiva UPA-1 200-watt monoblocks, and most of my music listening consisted of high-resolution Qobuz streams run through my PS Audio Perfectwave Directstream DAC, via my Marantz SR 6015 receiver with Audyssey XT32 room correction software. My subs, when used are the SVS Micro 3000 and an RSL Speedwoofer10. Now, let’s dive into the GoldenEar T66’s performance.

dCS Bartok Apex streaming DAC Review

March 26, 2024 Comments Off on dCS Bartok Apex streaming DAC Review

Aurender AP20 Integrated $22,000 Review

March 25, 2024 Comments Off on Aurender AP20 Integrated $22,000 Review

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/aurender-ap20-integrated-review-r1256

The design of the AP20 is really something to behold. It’s the right horse for not just a single course, but many courses. Its flexibility enables it to be used as an all-in-one or as a single component of a larger system, or as something that falls in between those two. I used it in two different systems, and mainly as the only component connected to my Wilson Audio Alexia V loudspeakers. I still have a smile on my face when thinking about playing Mahler’s Third through this system, with little volume attenuation. Enough transients to scare any listener and plenty of delicacy to please even the most discerning audiophile. The team at Aurender has seriously outdone itself.

DALI Epikore 11 Loudspeaker $60,000 Review

March 25, 2024 Comments Off on DALI Epikore 11 Loudspeaker $60,000 Review

https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/1225-dali-epikore-11-loudspeaker

Here’s my hope: Given that DALI has leveraged the Kore’s technologies into a smaller, more affordable package, and given that the Epikore has a suffix of 11, I’m thinking that there may be more Epikore speakers yet to come down the pike. If there’s gonna be, say, an Epikore 7 that has two 8″ woofers per speaker, and employs the same midrange, tweeter, and ancillary infrastructure, I think it would make an honest man of me.

Hegel 190v Integrated Streaming Amplifier $4200 Review 

March 25, 2024 Comments Off on Hegel 190v Integrated Streaming Amplifier $4200 Review 

Nagra’s $128K Reference Turntable 

March 24, 2024 Comments Off on Nagra’s $128K Reference Turntable 

The Reference turntable was designed as a system. This means that the turntable and its tonearm were designed to work from the “ground up” as a unified playback system. Careful consideration was given to the development of a tonearm with performance capabilities commensurate with the turntable itself.

For those who prefer to supply their own tonearm, Nagra offers an armless version of the Reference turntable with arm board options to accommodate most tonearms.

Grado Hemp Headphones Review

March 24, 2024 Comments Off on Grado Hemp Headphones Review

https://www.hifichoice.com/content/grado-hemp-headphones

The Hemp Headphone doesn’t lack muscle either. In contrast to the mood music of Max Richter and Sweet Honey In The Rock, I finish off with the Queen-meets-Rush extravaganza of Knights Of Cydonia by Muse. The galloping drum-beat is crisp and precise, and the mariachi horns – so often lost in the mix – shine bright and clear, evoking the Sergio Leone westerns that inspired the track. Matt Bellamy’s shrieking falsetto sets the mood and then the headbanging guitar riff charges off into the sunset like the proverbial bat out of hell. The open-back design requires a certain amount of solitude to eliminate outside distractions – and avoid annoying your family – but the clarity and poise of the Hemp Headphone will certainly ensure that you enjoy your splendid isolation.

Hegel 190v Integrated Streaming Amplifier Review

March 24, 2024 Comments Off on Hegel 190v Integrated Streaming Amplifier Review

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