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Plinius Inspire 980 Integrated Amplifier $4,450 Review

April 18, 2015 Comments Off on Plinius Inspire 980 Integrated Amplifier $4,450 Review

” I’m partial to the 2M Black, which mates flawlessly with the Plinius. Having spent a lot of time with the massive Plinius Class-A monoblocks, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree with the 980. The Accordos perform their best with a lot of current and the 980 delivers the control necessary to really rock these small but mighty speakers.”

Pioneer Announces AV Receivers

April 18, 2015 Comments Off on Pioneer Announces AV Receivers

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“The Elite VSX-90 and VSX-1130 include Dolby Atmos surround processing for 5.1.2 applications and a refined 192-kHz/24-bit ES9006S DAC. The VSX-90 takes it up a notch with Control4 and Crestron compatibility, two-way RS-232C-over-IP control with the ability to receive metadata from the network and Apple devices, and three-zone capability, one powered with a digital audio signal for Internet streaming sources and one with an HDMI video signal.”

Yamaha Aventage RX-A3040 AV Receiver Reviewed

April 15, 2015 Comments Off on Yamaha Aventage RX-A3040 AV Receiver Reviewed

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“. My surround and rear presence speakers were both set to large, however, and crossover points were set a little too low given the speaker sets. I can’t really fault YPAO for this, as I happened to place my surrounds in the back corners of the room with the rear Atmos modules on top, and corners are known to reinforce bass.”

audionet MAX Amplifiers Review

April 13, 2015 Comments Off on audionet MAX Amplifiers Review

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“The big brother in the Audionet amplifier line bears a strong cosmetic resemblance to the AMP. The footprint is shared in the length and narrow width, but the MAX stand half again as tall, and weight scales from 48 to 83 lbs.”

Audio Note Kagura Amp $150,000 – Review

April 12, 2015 Comments Off on Audio Note Kagura Amp $150,000 – Review

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” There is more to the Kagura than unusual purity, transparency, and liquidity. The Kagura rendered large-scale symphonic works with seemingly limitless dynamic contrast along with a powerful and full bodied low-end. My reference Conspiracy loudspeakers has a nominal sensitivity rating of 92 dB and is relatively easy to drive, so they were an excellent match. ”

Yamaha Aventage RX-A3040 AV Receiver Reviewed

April 8, 2015 Comments Off on Yamaha Aventage RX-A3040 AV Receiver Reviewed

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” My surround and rear presence speakers were both set to large, however, and crossover points were set a little too low given the speaker sets. I can’t really fault YPAO for this, as I happened to place my surrounds in the back corners of the room with the rear Atmos modules on top, and corners are known to reinforce bass. I made a couple of manual adjustments for this, and I was on on my way”

Musical Fidelity M6si Integrated Amplifier-DAC

April 7, 2015 Comments Off on Musical Fidelity M6si Integrated Amplifier-DAC

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“Hearing a polished chorus and orchestra left me wanting to shift into more aggressive mode. I pulled out “Du Hast,” from Rammstein’s Live Aus Berlin (16/44.1 AIFF, Slash/Mercury). For a live performance, ”

AURALIC TAURUS AND MERAK PRE-POWER COMBINATION

April 6, 2015 Comments Off on AURALIC TAURUS AND MERAK PRE-POWER COMBINATION

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“There were really no major changes until around 300 hours of playing music through the system. Sonically, the system has continued to improve with further playing time, the minor timing accents have finally been released from their captive bind, the initial harshness and fatigue is gone and finally there is an overall sense of ease. Spatially, instruments and voices are now realistically portrayed in their own very large space, not too forward and with all the subtleties of live music. The more hours clocked up, the better it is sounding. Patience has its rewards.”

Outlaw Audio Model 5000 Review

April 4, 2015 Comments Off on Outlaw Audio Model 5000 Review

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“Soundstage depth and dimensionality across the front three speakers was impressive, and the Model 5000’s sound balance was ever so slightly on the warm side of neutral. There’s gobs of detail and resolution, but the sound never grated on my ears.”