Audeze CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones Review
May 15, 2025 Comments Off on Audeze CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones Review
I really enjoyed my time with Audeze CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones. With the CRBN2 Audeze have transformed their electrostatic flagship offering from a headphone I appreciated to a headphone I loved. It has the linearity of the better Planar Magnetic headphones with the speed and detail of an electrostatic, and frankly a dynamic range and deep bass response often only associated with dynamic headphones. If you are a CRBN owner and an audio purist like me you are definitely going to want to pay for the upgrade, though you may want to hear them first as they are a fairly radical departure from the standard Audeze sound, much in the way that the MM-500 is.
The FX-Audio L-07 Integrated Amplifier $200
May 15, 2025 Comments Off on The FX-Audio L-07 Integrated Amplifier $200
With one balanced and one unbalanced input, it’s easy to connect a phono preamplifier and your favorite DAC (or the great L-07). It also proved to be a great match for my vintage ESS AMT-1b’s out in the garage system. Bass is tight and controlled, and the highs are reasonably smooth. The amplifier also manages to throw a very wide soundstage. We’ll go into further detail and explore some more speaker combinations in the full review.
I love the L-07 because it’s a great place to start your audiophile journey on a reasonable budget. I bought the review samples to keep around as an example of what can truly be accomplished at this level. If you’re a well-heeled audiophile and want to get a friend or a friend’s kid into the game – buy them one of these, and away you go.
The Luxman 509Z Integrated Amp Experience Review
May 15, 2025 Comments Off on The Luxman 509Z Integrated Amp Experience Review
DEMO Electrecord Analog Master Tape
May 15, 2025 Comments Off on DEMO Electrecord Analog Master Tape
Pro-Ject Debut EVO 2 Review
May 14, 2025 Comments Off on Pro-Ject Debut EVO 2 Review
https://www.hifichoice.com/content/pro-ject-debut-evo-2
The new cartridge is a considerable step forward too. Ortofon’s 2M Red was one of the weaker aspects of the original EVO and I found that it truly gave its best when I moved to a 2M Blue (HFC 375). The bundled Pick It MM EVO is closer in performance to the Blue and, given that the cost of that stylus upgrade largely covers the cost between the EVO 1 and EVO 2, it has to be seen as great value.
This is because those other upgrades all make a difference too. Playing the demanding but sublime Origins by Skalpel, the Pro-Ject combines that gratifying level of detail retrieval with a general togetherness that can elude relatively affordable decks. At a point where some rival models can begin to sound fractionally disjointed and congested, the EVO 2 still generates a genuinely impressive soundstage that places material in a way that feels completely self-explanatory. It is tonally believable and manages the neat trick of flattering less than stellar pressings while also delivering the goods with truly excellent ones.
Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 Review
May 14, 2025 Comments Off on Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 Review
https://www.hifichoice.com/content/bowers-wilkins-pi8
The Pi8 shows that Bowers & Wilkins isn’t simply resting on its laurels – the sound quality is vastly superior to the Pi7, while also providing improvements to the battery life and noise-cancelling features. And, with that smart charging case, these earbuds offer versatile connectivity features that few of its rivals can match.
VTL • S-200 Signature Stereo Amplifier$18,000 Review
May 13, 2025 Comments Off on VTL • S-200 Signature Stereo Amplifier$18,000 Review
https://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/vtl_s200_signature.htm
These attributes were replicated with jazz. Drummer Tony Williams’s first recording, Life Time, was reissued in the Tone Poet series [Blue Note 602448321534], and it is a perfect example of how much better some reissues can sound than the more collectable original pressings. The original Blue Note release sounds a bit pale in comparison to this reissue — a stereo issue that neatly avoids the more common left-center-right Rudy Van Gelder staging miscue. The Tone Poet reissue reproduces a soundstage that occurs in a believable space. The drum kit sounds as well recorded as on any Williams recording — in terms of dynamics, size and depth. My favorite cut, “2 Pieces of One,” features both Richard Davis and Gary Peacock on bass, and their lower ranges were articulate with the S-200, yet dense without the slightly lush bass sound that many systems reproduce. The S-200’s extra horsepower delivered tight low bass and articulation of Sam Rivers’s tenor saxophone in its lower registers. Even for 1964, Life Time is unpredictable, with the composition going off in unexpected directions. Timing is essential to its proper reproduction, and the VTL amplifier had no trouble keeping up. A lesser amplifier might imbue a trace of sluggishness that was totally absent with the S-200.
Ekustik® Parametric Tower Hybrid Panel
May 13, 2025 Comments Off on Ekustik® Parametric Tower Hybrid Panel
https://www.monoandstereo.com/ekustik-parametric-tower-hybrid-panel/
Ekustik® Parametric Tower – latest drop blends cutting-edge design with serious acoustic performance — a freestanding hybrid panel that both absorbs and diffuses sound.
“It performs significantly better than anything else offered in a hybrid platform.”
Audiophilepure 
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