WILSON BENESCH A.C.T. ONE EVOLUTION REVIEW
January 17, 2016 Comments Off on WILSON BENESCH A.C.T. ONE EVOLUTION REVIEW
” The A.C.T. One Evolution is also extraordinarily detailed from top to toe. These are great loudspeakers for musical analysis, for listening into the music and extracting both a lot of information and – more significantly – a lot of fun. Play something like Bach’s Art of Fugue [Emerson String Quartet, DG] and you need to hear both the cerebral and the visceral. This should be extremely precise and very clearly a string quartet, but it should also come with a sense of musical joy and vivacity, taking the birthplace of modern music and making it their own. Less detailed loudspeakers fail at one of these two aspects, either making the precision or the fun-factor disappear. Wilson Benesch’s A.C.T. One Evolution combines both elements of the recording with lithe elegance. Paradoxically though, what the A.C.T. One Evolution doesn’t do is pretend to be a studio monitor. If you want that stark, flat sound… look elsewhere”
Martin Logan Motion 15 Standmount Loudspeakers Review
January 15, 2016 Comments Off on Martin Logan Motion 15 Standmount Loudspeakers Review
” The Motion 15s are a small standmounts and therefore will not produce all the bass of a larger speaker, although my room by its very nature gives a tighter bass response I found the MLs to produce a nice rich bass note – the amount of bass they produce and the way they extend was admirable. Yes the crispness of the snare wasn’t as apparent as say the ATC SCM7s or 11s, but the bass weight, detail and flow of the smoother response was more pleasing to my ears with acoustical music and vocals.
Teresonic Audio The NY Audio Show 2015 – VIDEO
January 14, 2016 Comments Off on Teresonic Audio The NY Audio Show 2015 – VIDEO
MartinLogan The mylar application – Video
January 14, 2016 Comments Off on MartinLogan The mylar application – Video
JBL Olympus with HL88 Super Custom
January 13, 2016 Comments Off on JBL Olympus with HL88 Super Custom
Harbeth 40.2 speakers Review
January 13, 2016 Comments Off on Harbeth 40.2 speakers Review
” Listening to Miles Davis playing trumpet, I’m noticing more of the way he plays his horn, his breath, his dynamics and the way he holds onto some notes. With the 40.2 speakers, I’m hearing a lot deeper into Davis’ music. There was more soul-stirring life to the sound of his music, that’s what really grabbed me”
ELAC DEBUT F5 $559/pr. REVIEW
January 11, 2016 Comments Off on ELAC DEBUT F5 $559/pr. REVIEW
” Let’s get a couple nitpicks out of the way. Neither the B5 nor the F5 is a flawless loudspeaker—although it could be effectively argued that they’re as faultless as a speaker is likely to get at these prices. Nonetheless, the tweeter remains a bit on the dry side, and the upper harmonic range could be more extended and open. Along those same lines, the F5 doesn’t always disappear as a source and there are intimations of tweeter localization.”
Stirling Broadcast SB-88 Speakers $3,450 – REVIEW
January 10, 2016 Comments Off on Stirling Broadcast SB-88 Speakers $3,450 – REVIEW
” While direct comparisons are not the norm at TONEAudio, when a pair of Stirling SB-88s arrived for review, the obvious comparison to the Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 couldn’t be helped. Possessing a nearly identical cabinet size (20.5 by 10.7 by 12 inches for the Harbeths; 19.5 by 10.7 by 11.75 inches for the Stirlings), along with similar drivers and port layouts, these speakers present instant curiosity. Even grill removal on both models calls for patience and an old credit card. Besides veneers, the biggest differences are the flat front flange, sealed back panel, and dual binding posts of the SB-88, and the slightly rounded bevel, screwed-in rear panel, and single set of binding posts of the Compact 7.”
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