ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-M2 $1,000 REVIEW
January 19, 2018 Comments Off on ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-M2 $1,000 REVIEW
“I only have my trusty Vorzuge Pure ii amp for reference but what I hear is just what you’d expect to hear from such an honest and milky sounding amp. I have plugged my Pure ii into a few devices with some adverse effects. This is not the case with the AR-M2. It’s exactly how it should be. Everything that holds true for the character of the Pure ii the sound is simply there without any mess or sudden schizophrenic changes.”
Pro-Ject RPM 10 Carbon Turntable with 10cc Evolution Tonearm $4000 Review
January 18, 2018 Comments Off on Pro-Ject RPM 10 Carbon Turntable with 10cc Evolution Tonearm $4000 Review
“Many years ago, when I was about 14, my father took me to see Count Basie and His Orchestra in concert. To this day, I remember the physical presence of the sound of the horn section, the way it pressed on my chest with a sense of gravity. Recorded music can’t come close to replicating that much air moving in concert, of course, but with the RPM 10 Carbon in my system, it came closer than I’d ever heard it. The trombones had that power-in-silence thing I mentioned just now, but they also had a weight and density that all by themselves made the case for the RPM 10 Carbon.”
Cayin N5ii Review
January 17, 2018 Comments Off on Cayin N5ii Review
“The soundstage of the new Cayin is exceptionally wide. One of the biggest I have on-hand. And it illustrates depth better than any of the lower-budget gear I’ve tried. Dynamism is remarkable, as well. This is a lively f**ker and will immediately engage you. What really separates the N5ii from the pack, though, is its gift for natural, clear, high resolution audio. There are DAPs which do one or two of those three things better, but Cayin manages them all, and on a level of proficiency you have no right to expect at this price point.”
MONITOR AUDIO SILVER 300 FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
January 17, 2018 Comments Off on MONITOR AUDIO SILVER 300 FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
“This is a high-end magazine, and I am used to handling loudspeakers with speaker terminals that cost less than the Monitor Audio Silver 300. And yet, this is every inch a high-end loudspeaker. It is more set to the entertainment-delivery end of the high-end world (rather than the overly cerebral), but the point of high-end shouldn’t just be about the price tag or how heavy the loudspeaker is. It should be about the sound, and it’s in the sound quality department where the Silver 300 scores so highly. ”
Sennheiser Momentum Free Review
January 17, 2018 Comments Off on Sennheiser Momentum Free Review
“At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the Momentum Frees are yet another fine addition to Sennheiser’s Momentum family.If you want wireless convenience combined with excellent sound quality, this is another pair you’ll seriously want to consider.”
AURENDER A10 STREAMER/SERVER $5,500 REVIEW
January 16, 2018 Comments Off on AURENDER A10 STREAMER/SERVER $5,500 REVIEW
“The A10 is a sophisticated product that makes enjoying music simple. It is a true reference level piece. For the Headphone Aficionado, it may be the missing piece to a system that is reference but does not require a desk full of gear and a tangle of expensive cables. The A10 performed beautifully with open and closed cans, Planar Magnetic, Dynamic, whatever I paired with it and for you two-channel speaker users it also worked perfectly as a Pre-amp with my amp and speakers. It has an excellent DAC. It can replace several items in your system in one beautiful box. What’s not to like? Highly Recommended!”
Questyle Audio CMA400i DAC with Headphone AMP Review
January 15, 2018 Comments Off on Questyle Audio CMA400i DAC with Headphone AMP Review
“The Questyle Audio CMA400i is a modestly priced powerhouse of a device that will take you far with your headphone dreams. It will also play well with others in your system as a standalone DAC—playing all types of digital files—and as a preamplifier. I’ve heard other superb headphone amplifiers (tube and solid state) costing more from Woo Audio [WA7 Firefly] and costing far more, the Cypher Labs Prautes, and while the Questyle can’t quite match the Prautes for luxurious musical delivery, it’s pretty damn close. And it comes with other tricks, too. Highly recommended. ”
Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2 Loudspeakers $57,900 Review
January 14, 2018 Comments Off on Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2 Loudspeakers $57,900 Review
“I have a theory that we audiophiles love soundstaging and dimension so much because we are innately such visual creatures with a cultivated vocabulary for measuring and pointing in space. If you want to appreciate how adept is the human hearing system at sonic location, listen to the Alexia Series 2. There’s a lot to be said for proper timing and wave form preservation but talk stops when the Alexia’s play. Thanks to keen driver positioning and improved coherence, dimensional performers appeared before me in aural space with a newly heard definition; soloists more often appeared in bas-relief than as cardboard cutouts. From cavernous symphonic halls to intimate churches to near dead recording studios, venue context became easily heard. Everything was more transparent. I experienced genuine improvement in midrange and low frequency attack and decay. Notes stopped. New notes began.”
ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-M2 REVIEW
January 13, 2018 Comments Off on ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-M2 REVIEW
“The use of a Class A headphone amplifier means the player has some serious power to give and is capable of driving about anything you are able to throw at it, however, this comes at a cost meaning the noise floor isn’t pitch black with sensitive earphones.”
Vivid Audio Giya G1 Spirit loudspeaker Review
January 13, 2018 Comments Off on Vivid Audio Giya G1 Spirit loudspeaker Review
“After all that, in the weeks following O’Hanlon’s visit, I continued to fine-tune the Spirits’ positions and toe-in angles. Bass was the way I like it. Tonality was spot-on and very realistic, but I was looking for the optimal balance between razor-sharp depiction and soundstage size and depth. My quest ended with a magnificently big sound but not the tightest imaging. Instruments and voices still hung in space as they should, but each was more rounded and slightly more diffuse than the images produced by my MartinLogans electrostatics. This was not necessarily a bad thing.”
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/vivid-audio-giya-g1-spirit-loudspeaker-page-2#ZRVRMvT9aZu4KfVy.99
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