Bluesound Node Icon Review

April 27, 2025 Comments Off on Bluesound Node Icon Review

 Icon 12 Speaker From Norway Review

April 27, 2025 Comments Off on  Icon 12 Speaker From Norway Review

Parasound Halo JC1+ Mono Amplifiers $10,499 (each) Review

April 25, 2025 Comments Off on Parasound Halo JC1+ Mono Amplifiers $10,499 (each) Review

If you are looking for amplifiers that have a distinct sound that is ever present on every recording you play, the JC1+ amplifiers aren’t for you. They are just truth tellers plain and simple and these are the highest fidelity amplifiers I have ever had in my system. I find it hard to express all of the ways the JC1+ amplifiers elevated the sound of my system. What I can tell you is that I was sad on my last night of listening to the review pair and having to power them down in preparation for boxing them up and shipping them back to Parasound. I decided that I didn’t want to be without the JC1+ amplifiers in my system, so I purchased a new pair. That is the highest compliment I can give the JC1+ amplifiers.

FiiO SNOWSKY ECHO MINI Review

April 25, 2025 Comments Off on FiiO SNOWSKY ECHO MINI Review

However, the Bluetooth sound quality left much to be desired. Compared to pairing the Golden Ages to my iPhone 14, the ECHO MINI over Bluetooth had a noticeably lower resolution and a sibilant, less refined presentation.

The dynamics felt flat, the bass lost texture, and the highs sounded grainy and metallic. Vocals and mids also lacked depth, making them sound one-dimensional.

 When compared to listening to the Golden Ages via my iPhone 14, the ECHO MINI’s Bluetooth performance felt like a significant downgrade

🤠 YG is Making the Lobby Sound Great at Axpona 2025

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Sourcepoint V10 Master Edition at Axpona 2025

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Kinki Studio x Vinshine Audio Tai Hang power enhancer review

April 23, 2025 Comments Off on Kinki Studio x Vinshine Audio Tai Hang power enhancer review

Chord Electronics Alto Review

April 22, 2025 Comments Off on Chord Electronics Alto Review

This is not new to existing Chord Electronics users, as all their products use color-coding information to display the state of the units.

Left and right of the volume ball you have two smaller ceramic balls which can be pressed. The left one switches inputs and the right one switches outputs. A small sticker will tell you what color corresponds to which input/output.

The unit itself is very compact in size, measuring only 215 x 200 x 57 mm (DWH), which translates to 8.46 x 7.87 x 2.24 inches. It puts a mere 1,946 grams on the scale, which is 4.29 lbs.

On the bottom of the unit are four feet with rubber padding. These can be removed, should you want to rack-mount the Alto in your studio.

 Voxativ Hagen2 Monitor loudspeaker Review

April 22, 2025 Comments Off on  Voxativ Hagen2 Monitor loudspeaker Review

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Interestingly, the AF-1.9’s extended high-energy treble and horn-augmented bass power kept the geometric center (footnote 4) of the Hagen2’s passband in approximately the same relative position as that of my Falcon Gold Badges, making the two speakers sound surprisingly similar. The Falcon’s narrower bandwidth rolls off symmetrically top to bottom. The same is true of the wider-bandwidth Hagens.

If you’re an LS3/5a person, you will immediately get what these Hagens are about. Similarly, the Hagen2’s sound character reminded me of what I regard as my #1 most accurate best-imaging in-house transducer: RAAL’s full-range Requisite SR1a ribbon headphones. They do transients, image purity, and uncompressed dynamics with a remarkably similar feel.

Eversolo F10 Stereo Power amplifier Review

April 22, 2025 Comments Off on Eversolo F10 Stereo Power amplifier Review