YAMAMOTO A-03S TUBE POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
March 10, 2017 Comments Off on YAMAMOTO A-03S TUBE POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
” Yamamoto A03S has shown its real nature and DNA through rendition of copious harmonic guitar notes structure and not detached reality as with many of the tube amplifiers. A03S formed a performance of both emotional and realism bound. ”
T+A elektroakustik 3100 HV Integrated Amplifier and PDP 3000 HV SACD/CD-Player with DSD/PCM DAC $21,500 Review
March 7, 2017 Comments Off on T+A elektroakustik 3100 HV Integrated Amplifier and PDP 3000 HV SACD/CD-Player with DSD/PCM DAC $21,500 Review
“Highs are exemplary for all three. There is more of a golden glow with the PDP 3000 HV and slightly more extension with the K-01X, yet you would be hard pressed to really hear this without some very very intense evaluation. Several words seem to pop up again and again in my notes during individual listening sessions for each: resolution, texture, attack, immediacy. Rarely if ever did I experience edge or grain. All three demonstrate how fabulous digital can be when executed properly in the upper frequencies.”
EMOTIVA XPA GEN3 POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
March 6, 2017 Comments Off on EMOTIVA XPA GEN3 POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
“In closing, I would like to restate that the Emotiva Gen3 amplifier impressed in the listening sessions and then the actual bench tests further supported the objective aspect of the amplifier that made this performance possible.
Emotiva also provided us with details of the circuit designs of the Gen3 amp. They have a seasoned and accomplished design team and the design of this amplifier is a fine example of the science and the art of audio engineering.”
PRIMALUNA DIALOGUE PREMIUM PREAMP AND HP STEREO/MONO AMPLIFIERS TUBE AUDIO
March 5, 2017 Comments Off on PRIMALUNA DIALOGUE PREMIUM PREAMP AND HP STEREO/MONO AMPLIFIERS TUBE AUDIO
“While these PrimaLuna DiaLogue components may have been inspired by the milestones of yesteryear, gone here is any hint of that syrupy, dark, blatantly euphonious sound common in those earlier components. Even today, with lesser designs, the over-editorializing of color and texture that has put me off many of today’s more affordably priced tube gear—even some held in high regard—never reared its ugly head throughout my months of audition. PrimaLuna has set an incredibly high bar for performance, with equally incredible pricing.”
Elac Element EA101EQ-G Integrated Amplifier/DAC Review
March 4, 2017 Comments Off on Elac Element EA101EQ-G Integrated Amplifier/DAC Review
” In direct contradiction to my above statement, I began to wonder if the amp had a certain affinity for soundstaging. Tracks with generous hall sound (or high-grade studio reverb), and tracks with unusually wide stereo imaging, seemed just a shade more alive, distinctly wider, and even a bit “taller” than I remembered. A track I’ve heard countless times, Diana Krall’s version of “Frim Fram Sauce,” ballooned its gorgeously recorded vocal’s natural reverb above, behind, and around the piano in convincing fashion, but it kept unblurred the punchy pianoness of the occasional sharp accents from Krall’s fingers. With my worldview shaken, I tried to compare, but the process of switching source inputs and speaker outputs is laborious enough to make such comparisons inconclusive at best. Suffice it to say that the Elac not once suffered from the contrast.”
McIntosh C2600 Vacuum Tube Stereo Preamplifier With DAC, Phono Stage And Headphone Amplifier $7000 – REVIEW
February 27, 2017 Comments Off on McIntosh C2600 Vacuum Tube Stereo Preamplifier With DAC, Phono Stage And Headphone Amplifier $7000 – REVIEW
” I could only imagine the performance of McIntosh’s MP1100 phono preamplifier! The internal phono stage of the C2600 matches its linestage perfectly – it has a beautiful sounding midrange that brings out the best in vocals and string sounds, and although the very lowest bass and highest treble frequencies seemed a bit attenuated, with good system matching this might not come into play that much. The internal DAC of the C2600 is that it is as transparent as one could ask for.”
Audio Research G Series GS150 Stereo Amplifier $20,000 Review
February 26, 2017 Comments Off on Audio Research G Series GS150 Stereo Amplifier $20,000 Review
“Individual aural images on those stages weren’t any tighter or better focused than through the other amps, but the GS150’s superior reproduction of spaciousness made its sound slightly grander than either the 870A’s or BC204’s, which in direct comparison sounded a little closed-in. The VM60s could almost match the GS150’s spaciousness, but not quite.”
Focus Audio Liszt Concerto Mono Integrated Amplifiers $25,000 Review
February 21, 2017 Comments Off on Focus Audio Liszt Concerto Mono Integrated Amplifiers $25,000 Review
“I just did something I don’t often do — pulled out a Pink Floyd album. For the most part I left this group behind when I lost my last bong. But my half-speed mastered LP of Wish You Were Here (LP, Columbia APH (C) 5000) called to me across the centuries from another life. I’ve never liked most of the tracks on this album — they’re just too obvious, too AOR. But “Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts VI-IX” is a compositional wonder. And what a delight this album was through the Liszt Concertos. Spacious and profound, this eulogy for Floyd founder Syd Barrett still makes me shiver. ”
NAGRA Classic and HD Line and Wilson Audio Alexx with Kronos, Transparent, HRS,
February 20, 2017 Comments Off on NAGRA Classic and HD Line and Wilson Audio Alexx with Kronos, Transparent, HRS,
Focus Audio Liszt Concerto Mono Integrated Amplifiers $25,000 Review
February 20, 2017 Comments Off on Focus Audio Liszt Concerto Mono Integrated Amplifiers $25,000 Review
” In Concerto No.2, I could clearly hear the trumpet dancing with the harpsichord, despite the latter being way down in the mix. As it hung in space, each instrument had a world-class three-dimensionality that I laid at the feet of the inner light portrayed by the Liszt Concertos. As with the Liszt Sonata, I think this was a very slight added richness, but it served — served, I say — the cause of musical realism, helping instruments pop from the fabric of the recording. I strongly feel that this helped to reproduce much of the human magic that’s lost when live music is compressed through the tiny point in space that is a microphone.”
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