NAD C 275BEE Stereo/Mono Amplifier Review
August 3, 2015 Comments Off on NAD C 275BEE Stereo/Mono Amplifier Review
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“The transients in this recording are astounding, especially from the bass drum. Poorly designed amps smear those transients, but through the C 275BEE the attacks were as tight and with as great a sense of slam as I can imagine. This may be a function of the amp’s very high damping factor. The highs were reproduced with exceptional detail, and the mids were quite solid. The band was presented with good depth and width.”
ROWLAND CONTINUUM S2 INTEGRATED AMP $9500 REVIEW
August 1, 2015 Comments Off on ROWLAND CONTINUUM S2 INTEGRATED AMP $9500 REVIEW
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“Perhaps the most striking statement the Continuum S2 makes pertains to the overall musicality of Class D amplifiers. Just a few years ago, the argument asserted in these very pages was that Class D wasn’t ready for prime time—the primary gripe being that it lacked extension, air, and transparency on top. True enough then, but that argument has been firmly laid to rest by a component like the Continuum S2. ”
Moon by Simaudio Evolution 760A Stereo Amplifier Review
August 1, 2015 Comments Off on Moon by Simaudio Evolution 760A Stereo Amplifier Review
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” I was able to appreciate the nuances of each instrument more easily than I’m accustomed to. Plucks of each string of Glenn Frey’s acoustic guitar were conveyed with truthful singularity, possessing precise leading-edge definition without sounding analytical. Even more alluring was the tightrope the 760A consistently walked between offering snappy transients and focused images while retaining the natural golden hue of the acoustic’s strings.”
Audiopax Model 88 monos Review
July 29, 2015 Comments Off on Audiopax Model 88 monos Review
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“That’s quite the trick. We obtain 15—almost 17 watts—from a single-ended KT88 in class A1 but with a triode transfer function due to how the series-parallel connected six amplifiers operate. The taps in our transformers are different, the way they connect to the tubes is different. There is a screen tap which used to be called ultralinear and another winding for the cathode for a type of local feedback. A Stockham paper from the 50s showed how a triode can be modeled as a pentode with feedback by removing the grids. When you take the grids out of a pentode, you get inherent feedback between plate and cathode.”
Pass Labs XA160.8 Monoblocks $29,000/pair Review
July 28, 2015 Comments Off on Pass Labs XA160.8 Monoblocks $29,000/pair Review
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“Moving through the gaggle of great speakers we currently have here from Dali, Dynaudio, GamuT, Eggleston and a few others, the XA160.8s have no limitations. To get them to (softly) clip requires ear shattering volume, or perhaps a pair of horribly inefficient speakers. In that case, there are always the XA200.8s and the Xs amplifiers.”
Audio Tekne TFM 2000 + TEA 2000 Review
July 27, 2015 Comments Off on Audio Tekne TFM 2000 + TEA 2000 Review
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“This was, most likely, the first presentation of Audio Tekne products in Poland despite the fact that this is one of the highly appreciated Japanese audio brands. Looking at their devices most people think about the golden age of tube devices – simple, though elegant designs, without any fancy elements, where form serves purpose and not the other way around. ”
Yamaha RX A1040 AV Receiver Review – Video
July 27, 2015 Comments Off on Yamaha RX A1040 AV Receiver Review – Video
NAIM SUPERUNITI NETWORK INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW
July 26, 2015 Comments Off on NAIM SUPERUNITI NETWORK INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW
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“And then the clincher, “And you think this [pointing to the SuperUniti again] sounds better than all that [waving hand pointedly in the general direction of my system], too?” I knew what was coming by the hand waving. My cards were marked, my fate sealed. I tried to argue (somewhat weakly, I admit) that lots of boxes were important for writing reviews, but it was too late. The wife had put her foot down, and from this angle it looked more like a cloven hoof.”
Balanced Audio Technology VK-655SE $16,500 Review
July 25, 2015 Comments Off on Balanced Audio Technology VK-655SE $16,500 Review
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” Listening to acoustic instruments highlights the character of the VK-655SE. Its enormous power reserves might not be noticed with less-demanding fare, but the instant a drumstick hits a cymbal or the string of a standup bass is plucked with force, the boundless reserves of this amplifier deliver the dynamic swing required to convince your auditory system that perhaps you’re not listening to recorded music at all.”
Bel Canto Design Black amplification system
July 25, 2015 Comments Off on Bel Canto Design Black amplification system
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” Through the Black and the first of its three filters, high-resolution files and CDs produced the full measure of dynamic authority always promised by digital but seldom delivered. The Black’s re-creation from digital sources of three-dimensional imaging and soundstaging was the most intense and compelling I’ve heard, with well-carved images presented against “black” backdrops”
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