Franco Serblin Accordo Goldberg Loudspeaker £8888 Review
May 20, 2024 Comments Off on Franco Serblin Accordo Goldberg Loudspeaker £8888 Review
https://www.hifinews.com/content/franco-serblin-accordo-goldberg-loudspeaker
As cultured and refined as was Franco Serblin, the Accordo Goldberg standmounts sounded better the louder they were played. It reminded me, too, of another conversation with Franco, who was no head-banger. He posited that every CD, LP or tape has an optimum playback level, clipping, breakup or distortion notwithstanding. Listening to harmonica so life-like that the SPLs seemed merely incidental, I understood what he meant, grabbing a harmonica of my own to hear the reeds and the levels.
Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy A Thrill [Analogue Productions CAPP134SA SACD] turned the clock back to the first time I heard the saxophone break in ‘Dirty Work’, with just the right balance of rasp and honk. Likewise, pace/rhythm/timing junkies would revel in the opening bongo patterns of the same album’s ‘Do It Again’, delicious beats with the sounds of the heads almost shimmering. As for the vocals, I started imagining what an LS3/5A would sound like with a couple of octaves extending the bottom, and another 10dB added to the levels.
AGD The Audion MKIII Monoblock Amplifier Review
May 20, 2024 Comments Off on AGD The Audion MKIII Monoblock Amplifier Review
DAN CLARK AUDIO – DCA E3 $1,999 REVIEW
May 19, 2024 Comments Off on DAN CLARK AUDIO – DCA E3 $1,999 REVIEW
The second important E3 feature is the all-new 5th generation planar-magnetic driver. According to Dan Clark Audio it delivers the smoothest, richest, and most detailed experience they could create to date. Its innovative diaphragms are made on an all-new tensioning system for a more uniform and consistent performance, lower distortion, and enhanced consistency.
Extensive R&D was spent optimizing E3’s planar driver. New diaphragm materials combined with highly optimized V-Planar knurling deliver a remarkably smooth frequency response with low distortion throughout the listening range for levels of detail heretofore found primarily in the top-of-the-line electrostatics, all with an exceptionally easy and fun tonal balance.
The third and last feature we’re getting into is the Gorilla glass 3 combined with the Dual-Mode bass ports. While it’s not unusual to find a bass port on a closed headphone, DCA states that their ingenious dual-mode port delivers unrivalled control of the bass frequency response, creating a superbly balanced, impactful bass experience that is full of power yet free of bloat or midrange creep.
T+A Solitaire S 530 loudspeaker Review
May 19, 2024 Comments Off on T+A Solitaire S 530 loudspeaker Review
https://www.stereophile.com/content/ta-solitaire-s-530-loudspeaker
I loved my time with the S 530s. They reminded me why I was sold on line source and planar speakers so many years ago. My experience with these speakers went a long way toward demonstrating that the shortcomings I thought of as inherent in a line source design aren’t inherent at all.
Hearing the Solitaire S 530s made me regret that I wasn’t aware of T+A speakers sooner. The S 530 is every bit of what I’d expected, based on what I knew about the company and their digital components: a super-premium product that, while certainly handsome, was more about technology, execution, and performance than beauty for its own sake. I’d love to have heard previous Solitaire models like the fully active OECs, with their glowing tubes, or the fully active, fully digital AD4, to better understand the R&D path that led to the S 530s.
Diy horn speakers. How to made horn speakers W.E
May 19, 2024 Comments Off on Diy horn speakers. How to made horn speakers W.E
NOBLE AUDIO ONYX $3,200 REVIEW
May 18, 2024 Comments Off on NOBLE AUDIO ONYX $3,200 REVIEW
Noble’s design philosophy for the Onyx leans towards sophistication, opting for a refined and understated appearance. The choice of aluminium for the body and composite material for the faceplate exudes a sense of elegance, eschewing flashy colour schemes for a more timeless aesthetic.
Despite its subdued demeanour, the Onyx doesn’t skimp on build quality. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, it feels reassuringly solid in the hand, a testament to Noble’s commitment to durability.
DPA DSP-200S/DPA-200S Preamp/Amp Review
May 18, 2024 Comments Off on DPA DSP-200S/DPA-200S Preamp/Amp Review
https://www.hifinews.com/content/dpa-dsp-200sdpa-200s-preampamp
The DPA-200S can produce the sort of listening experiences one would expect from a 50W model. The amplifier’s internal power supply seems to be the limiting factor, as it was the bottom end that got slightly muddied first as the limit was approached, but for general listening there is more than enough grunt available here. The combination’s most impressive strength could be found at the opposite end of the output scale, though. There was essentially no noise audible through the loudspeakers at any setting of the volume control, which is quite a feat for a pairing of this layout. In fact, the only thing that broke the silence in my listening room between pieces was a buzz from the mains transformers in our DPA-200S.
The world’s best IEM? Subtonic Storm Review
May 18, 2024 Comments Off on The world’s best IEM? Subtonic Storm Review
Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter In TrueHD Dolby Atmos
May 17, 2024 Comments Off on Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter In TrueHD Dolby Atmos
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/immersive/pearl-jam%E2%80%99s-dark-matter-in-truehd-dolby-atmos-r1267
In 1991 I went from an eighth grader listening to misogynistic Motley Crue to a high school freshman awakened by Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten and the band’s activism. Pearl Jam changed my life, and I can’t imagine it going any other way. I would happily take PJ’s music on a mono AM radio, like the one on which my dad listened to WCCO 830 in the bathroom every morning, rather than any other band’s music on the world’s highest resolution stereo. It’s about the music, the message, and the emotion. Sure, we hear music with our ears, but some music we feel in our hearts.
Like the rare solar eclipse, once in a great while we experience the perfect sonic storm, in the best way imaginable. A sublime storm that mixes our favorite music with incredible sound quality, to be played on an audio system built for just this purpose. On April 19th Pearl Jam released Dark Matter on Blu-ray Disc, among many other formats and variants, containing a high resolution TrueHD Dolby Atmos immersive mix. This is an absolute game changer
AUSTRIAN AUDIO THE COMPOSER $2,700 REVIEW
May 17, 2024 Comments Off on AUSTRIAN AUDIO THE COMPOSER $2,700 REVIEW
The Composer weighs in at under 400 grams, which is quite light nowadays for a TOTL headphone. The Composer doesn’t feel like it weighs 385g either, and it is comfortable at all times, even for long listening sessions. The headband does a perfect job of distributing the weight over your head and side pressure of The Composer sits just right. It’s tight enough to move around without having to worry about the headphone sliding of your head. As The Composer comes with a 3m cable, you really will be moving around with it on your head, so that’s a job well-done.
Comfort wise The Composer also comes with tiltable earcups (four positions) to help achieve a flawless fit. As we all know a perfect fit is what you need to get the best possible sound quality and The Composer easily makes that possible. The Austrian Audio design team also chose to attach the cable directly to the headband. This to protect the ears from undue strain. With its large earcups (easily replaceable due to magnetic connection), soft cushioning and excellent headband system, it is one of the most comfortable headphones in my collection.
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