BEST OF 2015 AND PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
January 2, 2016 Comments Off on BEST OF 2015 AND PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
“We’ve had an amazing run over here at Part-Time Audiophile and quite frankly, I’m continuously baffled by that. Clearly, you, our readership, have some serious issues with maturity, taste, and time-management. God bless you.”
AUDION BLACK SHADOW 2 MONO POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
January 1, 2016 Comments Off on AUDION BLACK SHADOW 2 MONO POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
“The Black Shadow 2 draws out the harmonic richness of music and its natural sense of dynamic range. This is the kind of sound that makes you argue over pianists, not cables, because it perfectly shows the playing dynamics of different virtuosos. If you have an opinion about Haifetz vs. Ricci, or Casals vs. Rostopovich, or even Argerich vs. Barenboim vs. Brendel, the Audion amp will be your friend. If you ‘like a bit of Mozart in the evening’, this is probably not for you. The Audion’s unforced dynamic shading and ability to move from fff to ppp without a hesitation makes music something that must be engaged with, not played in the background.”
Analog Domain M75D integrated amplifier review
December 31, 2015 Comments Off on Analog Domain M75D integrated amplifier review
” This reveals interesting facts and the logic behind much needed power, especially with the modern dynamic speakers. Its not strange why there is a lack of musical flow that is essential for recreating the live musical experience. Summing all up logically refers to the discussion of to much power. Reality strikes. How can you jump five meters in a room that is only three meters high… This is a perfect analogy regarding to the proper power implementation.”
Hypex NC400 mono kit tutorial – Video
December 26, 2015 Comments Off on Hypex NC400 mono kit tutorial – Video
Arcam FMJ A49 Stereo Integrated AmplifierReview
December 23, 2015 Comments Off on Arcam FMJ A49 Stereo Integrated AmplifierReview
” I’ve been listening to Arcam products for around 30 years, and there’s absolutely no avoiding the fact that this one came as a bit of a surprise, as it sounded rather good right from the start. When cold it can sound slightly brash, but it warms up quite quickly and this all but disappears. Although I feel that there’s a hint of a lower treble hardness, and some emphasis in the sibilant region of voices, this only shows up when the material played has a tendency to excite this area too. ”
MARK LEVINSON NO585 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW
December 22, 2015 Comments Off on MARK LEVINSON NO585 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW
The No585 uses an R-2R resistor ladder network for the volume control. This is widely regarded as the best volume control topology out there. Of course, Harman has made improvements to lower the resistance of this circuit and by using special analog switches with very low voltages in routing the currents through the circuit.”
SIMAUDIO MOON NEO 430HA REVIEW
December 21, 2015 Comments Off on SIMAUDIO MOON NEO 430HA REVIEW
” As any good headphone amplifier will have, this has a gain switch, which when using with any high impedance (HD800) or planar magnetics (Audeze and ZMF) has been left on High (20dB) in opposed to low (14dB). It also has a crossfeed option, which like when I have come across before I prefer to leave off. It just seems to make things more distant, not so much open or bigger. Inside the amp itself Sim seem especially proud of the two transformers that make up the oversized power supply and the 8 stages of DC regulation that come with it. Considering there is a Moon range of power supplies it surely seems like they probably have good inkling on how to get power efficiently to a amp stage.”
Jeff Rowland Design Group • Model 825 Stereo Amplifier $32,000 – Review
December 20, 2015 Comments Off on Jeff Rowland Design Group • Model 825 Stereo Amplifier $32,000 – Review
” The Model 825’s sonic profile begins from a very deep well of musical detail that’s free of accompanying noise. It is a model of directness — of neutrality — presenting the music the way it is on the recording with uncommon resolution and purity, and resolving space with singular acuity. And just when you’ve come to appreciate all of this, you realize how liquid and non-electronic it sounds, offering up its gobs of detail with abundant naturalness that at first seems out of place. It is a true connoisseur’s product; beautiful and thoughtfully made, it does its proclaimed job, amplifying a signal, without even a minor issue. It hasn’t just single-handedly redeemed class D for me, but made me take it seriously again, something I would never have imagined without experiencing it for myself.”
Rega Elex-R review
December 20, 2015 Comments Off on Rega Elex-R review
” It’s a relatively quiet circuit, one that keeps all the good sonic points we noted in the line stages. There are four line-level inputs, one tape out and a single preamp output, should you need to add a bit more muscle”
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