Amazing Million Dollar Speakers – Acapella Sphaeron – Interview with the Owner
October 21, 2025 Comments Off on Amazing Million Dollar Speakers – Acapella Sphaeron – Interview with the Owner
Astell&Kern SP4000 $4,290 Review
October 20, 2025 Comments Off on Astell&Kern SP4000 $4,290 Review
https://www.headfonia.com/astell-kern-sp4000-review/
If streaming isn’t your thing, you can always use the 256 GB of internal NAND memory for storing digital audio libraries. In addition to this built-in storage, the SP4000 also supports external microSD cards with a capacity of up to 1.5 TB
Honestly though, it’s really easy and intuitive to work with the software and the menu structure and hidden menus are logic and what we’re used to from Android devices.
Of course the SP4000 sports many different features that make your audio listening life easier, or let you tune the sound and performance. Think Dac Filters (6), EQ, High Driving Mode, DAR, Gapless, Replay Gain, RTI LED, Crossfeed, Speaker effects, Roon Ready, External DAC use, DAC use, BT (aptX™ Adaptive and LDAC™), BT Sink, XLR Settings, AK File Drop, Airplay, Qobuz Connect, S/PDIF Conversion, and so much more.
ABYSS JOAL $1895 Review
October 18, 2025 Comments Off on ABYSS JOAL $1895 Review
Ranged against some of the competition, the JOAL is pleasingly open-sounding with a fairly spacious soundstage, especially along the X-axis.
I have spoken a few times about how much further the vocal imaging is than previous ABYSS iterations. Whilst this does create a somewhat more intimate quality, it’s nowhere near as narrow-sounding or as in your face as the POET and, to some extent, the NOIRE XO.
I do think it has less height than the NOIRE XO, but it does allow for that smooth midrange performance to come through strongly.
The NOIRE XO has stronger treble levels, but it introduces a brighter, more attack-minded upper midrange that, whilst more dynamic, can be more fatiguing than the comparatively relaxed imaging of the JOAL.
ABYSS DIANA series headphones fourté has always been about speed and space, so I would say the JOAL has retained some excellent space, but it has dropped the pace a little.
Denon DP-3000NE Turntable Review
October 18, 2025 Comments Off on Denon DP-3000NE Turntable Review
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/denon-dp-3000ne-turntable-0
The MoFi Miles Filles disc now had girth, presence, and a visceral solidity. The formerly truncated, anemic images were now pumped up and bristling with surreal sounds. Miles’ trumpet keened through a larger, deeper image, its tonality richer and the soundstage vastly expanded. The Denon/Kuzma duo unlocked the fiery goodness and sweet ’60s sonority of Miles’ music, delivering a sound that was both powerful and pure.
CH Precision L1/M1.1 pre/power amps Review
October 16, 2025 Comments Off on CH Precision L1/M1.1 pre/power amps Review
https://www.hifinews.com/content/ch-precision-l1m11-prepower-amps
Rarely, in fact, did these amplifiers appear out of their comfort zone. Searching for ‘Breadfan’, from Welsh power trio Budgie, and landing on a thin, muddied live recording [Live Flight; Qobuz CD res. download], the amps treated it with something close to disdain, giving no attempt to make it listenable. Yet finding the original studio recording on the Rock Legends compilation [SPEC2206] had them blowing away the cobwebs with their lightning-fast attack on the track’s celebrated riffs. And, yes, the central breakdown section still sounded phasey, woozy and completely engrossing.
FiiO FT7 Open-Back Planar Headphone Review
October 16, 2025 Comments Off on FiiO FT7 Open-Back Planar Headphone Review
FiiO has challenged that price structure with a flagship that is well under a thousand dollars. How they do it is a mystery to me, because all the materials from the carbon fiber to the genuine leather headband and lambskin ear pads are premium materials. FiiO chose real zebra wood over a plastic version. Even the 6N liquid nitrogen frozen monocrystalline copper stock cable is premium.
Fairly easy to drive, the FiiO FT7 can be enjoyed with a portable DAC/amp, though it reaches its potential on a quality desktop amplifier.
Auris Audio Headonia 300B Review
October 15, 2025 Comments Off on Auris Audio Headonia 300B Review
If you fancy air shipping this crate, then you might be in for a nasty surprise at the price. I had mine sent via sea, and it took about 2.5 months to go around the Cape Point from the UK to Singapore, and then Manila, and then finally to our remote island.
If you think sea cargo is a risk for such an expensive item, then you should have no fears, as it arrived in perfect condition. Auris did an excellent job in packaging the amplifier and the tubes with multiple layers of foam inside the crate to protect glass and metal from bumping, cracking, moisture, and dust.
Accessories-wise, the Headonia 300B comes with the USB-C remote control, the tubes in their respective PSVANE boxes, the detachable glass tube protector panel, power cord, and a warranty card/manual.
PS Audio PMG Signature Preamplifier $8999 Review
October 15, 2025 Comments Off on PS Audio PMG Signature Preamplifier $8999 Review
https://www.audiophilia.com/reviews/2025/8/19/ps-audio-pmg-signature-preamplifier
If this is the beginning of the new PS Audio PGM series, then I think they have already hit a home run with the PS Audio PMG Signature Preamplifier at USD 8999. I sense it will compete favorably and even beat many higher-priced preamplifiers. It is impeccably clean and quiet, but it retains its unique personality to my ears, which to me makes it special, just as the BHK Preamplifier did, but now at a new and higher level. And just like the BHK, which I kept for almost 10 years, I do think this is a keeper. I gambled, and I feel I won. No more to say. Very highly recommended.
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