WELLS AUDIO MILO $1,699 – REVIEW
June 4, 2017 Comments Off on WELLS AUDIO MILO $1,699 – REVIEW
“Many manufacturers of solid state amplifiers claim to produce “tube like” sound, often doing horrible things to the tonal balance of their amplifiers while producing high levels of TIMD allowing their fans to hear things that aren’t actually in their music. The Wells Audio Milo is one of the few to actually attain the musicality of a tube amp, capturing all of that amazing micro detail that transcends from simple music listening to true music reproduction, without rolling off the high frequencies and boosting the mid bass to create a warmer sound.”
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Questyle gold stack reference System – Review
May 26, 2017 Comments Off on Questyle gold stack reference System – Review
” There are both positives and negatives to this. The immediately obvious positive is that the full mono balanced configuration delivers four times the power that a single CMA800R would deliver in unbalanced mode. There is also individual channel control of left and right channels, while having two completely separate mono amplifiers guarantees complete channel separation.”
COPLAND DAC215 HEADPHONE DAC/AMPLIFIER -REVIEW
May 10, 2017 Comments Off on COPLAND DAC215 HEADPHONE DAC/AMPLIFIER -REVIEW
” Last, and in many respects best, comes the headphone amplifier section. This was uniformly excellent, with seemingly endless power in reserve and retaining that detailed, musical, ‘lovely’ vibe. Sounds were well placed in a soundstage as open as the headphones would permit, nothing taxed the amplifier (even ‘beast’ loads passed off uneventfully), and the overall balance of accurate and enjoyable made the DAC215 a great one-box solution. Interestingly, the move away from rock experienced in using only the DAC section of the 215 evaporated, and I was back to playing everything, and spending many hours doing so.”
Essence Audio Hdacc Review
May 6, 2017 Comments Off on Essence Audio Hdacc Review
“In a day and age where even a portable DAC / Preamp & headphone system can sound quite amazing in it’s own right while taking up less space than ever (even in the breast pocket of a suit—see my upcoming review of the ifi iMicro iDSD DAC from AMR Co.), I find this HDACC DAC / Preamp control center (with headphone amp output) just as miniature (produced by Bob Rapoport’s Essence For Hi Res Audio) a welcome change from the typical large scale monstrosities of the Big Box stores and decorating the interior of the internet en-mass. ”
iFi Pro iCAN Headphone Amplifier Review
May 5, 2017 Comments Off on iFi Pro iCAN Headphone Amplifier Review
“I know many probably think the tone enhancers are unnecessary but I found them to be quite handy and allowed for more listening pleasure. There’s a sound for everyone at any point in time and I welcome the ability to adjust on the fly. There’s huge variations in the quality and approach in the mastering of a recording so it only makes sense to allow the listener to “post-master” for their own ears.”
QUESTYLE AUDIO ENGINEERING CMA600I HEADPHONE AMP/PREAMP/DAC $1,299 REVIEW
May 5, 2017 Comments Off on QUESTYLE AUDIO ENGINEERING CMA600I HEADPHONE AMP/PREAMP/DAC $1,299 REVIEW
“Similar good things happened when I tried the CMA600i with Focal’s revealing flagship Utopia headphone. Listening through the Focal/Questyle pair is like experiencing the sonic equivalent of Superman’s famous X-Ray vision; suddenly, subtle details and nuances in recordings that might ordinarily be lost are instead drawn to the surface and made plain as day. As a result, each listening experience brings new discoveries. For instance, on multi-mic’d studio recordings the Questyle/Focal pair lets you know that, even in well-made recordings, certain instrumental or vocal tracks may be of distinctly higher quality than others. In fact, there’s so much resolution on tap that the Questyle not only helps you hear qualitative differences, but also to understand exactly how and why one track sounds better than another.”
COPLAND DAC215 HEADPHONE DAC/AMPLIFIER REVIEW
May 4, 2017 Comments Off on COPLAND DAC215 HEADPHONE DAC/AMPLIFIER REVIEW
“The Copland DAC215 is the gateway between the worlds of personal and traditional audio. Traditionalists who remain slightly dismissive of the personal audio world will see this device as a lovely sounding DAC that can also do ‘that headphone thing’ very well, and personal audio enthusiasts will see a lovely sounding headphone amplifier and DAC that can speak to traditionalists and their audio equipment. If you want a satisfying and musical sound that you can listen to for hours on end (and let’s face it, isn’t that the point?), the Copland DAC215 is an ideal travelling companion in your trek through your musical canon. Recommended.”
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