HiFi Rose RS520 streaming integrated amplifier $3695 Review
July 1, 2023 Comments Off on HiFi Rose RS520 streaming integrated amplifier $3695 Review
https://www.stereophile.com/content/hifi-rose-rs520-streaming-integrated-amplifier
Because HiFi Rose is an engineering-centric company (footnote 8), niceties like translation and spelling sometimes seem to get short shrift. On the RS520, linguistic quirks were never particularly enigmatic, but perfection is a ways off. When connecting to Bluetooth, the message you get is the slightly off-kilter “Execute [Bluetooth] to search for available devices.” The screen that lets you choose among three font sizes for streaming music says, by way of instruction, “Enlarge a Playback information.” Even the company’s official English-language website (footnote 9) states, “Before the sudden change, the tool until yesterday is meaningless.” Jon Derda says HiFi Rose has been “making small changes with each iteration of [the RS520’s] firmware (footnote 10), to Americanize the product further.” Importantly, the 64-page product manual is written in rock-solid English, no complaints.
HIFIMAN ARYA ORGANIC $1,300 REVIEW
July 1, 2023 Comments Off on HIFIMAN ARYA ORGANIC $1,300 REVIEW
What we like about Hifiman is that they are an innovative company, and they continue to R&D new goodies for us Audiophiles. More importantly, they let trickle-down high-end technologies to their lower-range units, and that results in a very impressive headphone line-up.
Another thing I appreciate is the fact that they have great gear in all segments of the market. No matter what budget you have to spend, Hifiman has you covered with something good.
Klaudio Magnezar Turntable Review
June 30, 2023 Comments Off on Klaudio Magnezar Turntable Review
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/klaudio-magnezar-turntable
Features for the Magnezar ’table include a magnetically levitated platter, an ultra-quiet direct-drive motor, enhanced liquid stabilization and lighting, automatic spindle and peripheral clamping, aluminum construction, a dual tonearm support that includes the aforementioned Klaudio tangential tonearm and laser pod, and adjustable platter speeds of 33, 45, and 78rpm.
The SRP for the Klaudio Magnezar turntable has yet to be announced, but as soon as the company confirms it with us directly, we will update that information here accordingly.
Parasound HALO JC 5 Amplifier $6399 Review
June 28, 2023 Comments Off on Parasound HALO JC 5 Amplifier $6399 Review
Titanium Hestia II Loudspeaker & The Method 3 Monoblock Amplifier Review
June 28, 2023 Comments Off on Titanium Hestia II Loudspeaker & The Method 3 Monoblock Amplifier Review
JBL 4329P Powered Studio Monitors $4500 Review
June 27, 2023 Comments Off on JBL 4329P Powered Studio Monitors $4500 Review
https://www.soundandvision.com/content/jbl-4329p-powered-studio-monitors-review
I streamed a live reading of this memorial to the Ukrainian victims of Nazi genocide by Muti and the Chicago Symphony and Chorus, which won a best-engineered Grammy a couple years ago, from Qobuz as a 96/24 FLAC. Via the JBLs this very naturalistic recording stunned me with the great definition of instruments and voices, letting the ear pick out individual voices from the (mostly) men’s choral parts, and the dense, dark woodwinds—the bass clarinet, for one example—of the dark, somber opening. The brasses were plangent and sparkling, the choral consonants crisp and, where appropriate, realistically sibilant, yet the Chicago’s warm and gooey string sound was well evident
Connected Fidelity AC-2K Reference Review
June 27, 2023 Comments Off on Connected Fidelity AC-2K Reference Review
There’s no power cord provided with AC-2K; Connected Fidelity is primarily a cable company so upsell opportunities are available. The test unit was supplied with a new cable just added to the range, the Chronos 2 (£840). It’s based on a braided weave of cryogenically treated multistrand UP/OCC copper and silver-plated copper wires, totalling 12 square millimetre for each of the two power lines, terminated with Furutech IEC and MS HD Power UK plugs.
Inside the box, protection circuitry on the balanced output side is specified as two residual current circuit breakers with overcurrent protection (RCBO). On the input side is a soft-start relay switch to reduce switch-on surge. The toroidal transformer is mounted on a compliant anti-vibration support plate, with transit screws to secure the mass when packed for shipping. And in a bid to extract the best performance from this transformer, it undergoes deep cryogenic treatment prior to installation in AC-2K, cycled by a commercial specialist down to –195 °C in a process that is said to benefit the ferrous core of the transformer by increasing the proportion of martensite and decreasing austensite in the steel’s crystalline structure. And since the toroid is treated complete with its copper wiring, there may be positive effects of cold annealing on the primary and secondary windings.
DETHONRAY PEGASUS SG1 SPECIAL EDITION REVIEW
June 26, 2023 Comments Off on DETHONRAY PEGASUS SG1 SPECIAL EDITION REVIEW
The Honey H1 DAC/Amp was quite a buggy device when it first came out. The issues were solved later on, but the problem with the volume knob continued since it can’t be fixed without a hardware modification. The SG1 offers a much smoother experience though. You open the device, pair it with your source device and you’re connected. The volume knob is much better and the build quality has no flaws. Maybe Dethonray could’ve included a protective case since the design is sharp and angular so you might damage the corners. You can get a case from the web and the Dethonray AliExpress store also has one.
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