Chord Blu Mk. 2 M Scaler CD Transport Review
September 9, 2017 Comments Off on Chord Blu Mk. 2 M Scaler CD Transport Review
“. Upscaling audio isn’t anything new but most implementations are rudimentary and sound contrived. The Chord Blu Mk. 2 presumably applies a holistic waveform algorithm to determine how those data points are generated (not just based upon a couple of sample points at a time) and with this, we should get the most analog digital sound EVER. Although the data points are technically artificially recreated, hopefully, what we hear is what we should’ve been hearing from our recordings.”
Hifiman Susvara $6,000 Review
September 8, 2017 Comments Off on Hifiman Susvara $6,000 Review
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All true, but for sound quality the AB-1266 is still my reference. Compared to that one the Susvara sounds like a more conventional headphone, albeit one with superior midrange, so vocals and acoustic instruments sound more natural, and imaging focus is more precise than what I heard from the AB-1266. The Susvara is also more comfortable than the AB-1266 or any full-size Audeze headphone.”
Aurender A10 digital music server and DAC – Review
September 8, 2017 Comments Off on Aurender A10 digital music server and DAC – Review
“I tried first playing tunes back using the Tidal interface alone, and found that the sound I was getting wasn’t quite up to par with what the A10 offered. Next, I tried streaming through Pure Music (which can be done using that software’s Playthrough Audio Driver (PAD) option), and indeed the sound smoothened up a bit. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the Master MQA files to play nice with Pure Music, so I was limited to playback of regular content. The 44.1 kHz files actually sounded quite nice via Tidal streamed through Pure Music, giving me perhaps some of the best sound my digital setup has offered to date. Even so, I couldn’t quite capture that last little bit of magical “flow” that I described before that made listening so pleasurable via the Aurender A10.”
Wilson Audio • Alexx Loudspeakers $109,000 Review
September 8, 2017 Comments Off on Wilson Audio • Alexx Loudspeakers $109,000 Review
“All of the Wilson speakers I’ve heard in my system and subsequently reviewed have begun with that collection of traits and progressed from there. This remains true of the Alexx, but more so: like the WATT/Puppy 6 and Alexandria XLF, it represents another leap forward for Wilson Audio, not just for its general sonic magnificence but also its price.”
Sonus Faber Amati Tradition Floorstanding Loudspeaker $29,900 Review
September 6, 2017 Comments Off on Sonus Faber Amati Tradition Floorstanding Loudspeaker $29,900 Review
“The Amati Traditions continue their strong performance on the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 on the same disc. The drive and energy are tremendous, the orchestra sounds fast and dynamic. The piano sound is warm but articulate, with a gorgeous singing tone. But there is also room for improvement. The image does not fill the full width between the speakers and the strings feel somewhat overripe and smoothed over. The Carmel 2s in the same location throws a continuous image and the strings have much more texture.”
MRSPEAKERS ÆON PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONES $799 -REVIEW
September 5, 2017 Comments Off on MRSPEAKERS ÆON PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONES $799 -REVIEW
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I found that on ‘If I Could Eat Your Words’, the ETHER C offered a slightly but noticeably higher degree of resolution on upper midrange and treble transient and textural details, leading to a more tightly focused sound overall (although I found this performance gap could be narrowed by fitting the ÆON with high performance after-market signal cables such as Kimber’s Axios headphone cables). On the same track, the ETHER Flow offered more solidly grounded mid-bass, which was noticeable on Arnopol’s acoustic bass lines, and it also offered slightly richer and more vivid tonal colours, plus somewhat more resolution and three-dimensionality from top to bottom. Even so, I think most listeners would consider the performance gaps between the ÆON and the ETHER C or ETHER Flow to be fairly narrow ones, meaning that the ÆON offers impressive value for money, to say the least.”
ASTELL & KERN AK70 REVIEW
September 5, 2017 Comments Off on ASTELL & KERN AK70 REVIEW
“Honestly, I don’t buy into the DAP side of a sound of things. What do I mean? Well at a certain point these high-end audiophile focussed players sound very much alike. They are all variations of excellent and used purely as a sole source (ie without my Chord Mojo etc). The AK70 competes with pretty much anything out there in the top end with variations coming here and there. I could happily have this or the Opus#1, the Fiio X5 Gen III or a host of the other Astell & Kern audio players. ”
PIONEER A-70DA INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW
September 5, 2017 Comments Off on PIONEER A-70DA INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW
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“To the A-70DA’s credit, they didn’t give me any early indication that the A-70DA focuses on any one genre. So, moving further into my music library with a more open (and quite frankly, more curious) mind, I already had a very good feeling about the result.”
Head phone Amp$1995 review
September 4, 2017 Comments Off on Head phone Amp$1995 review
” The 24/88.2 remastered version of “Spanish Harlem” is the best-sounding conventionally encoded version of this track that I have. In it, Rebecca Pidgeon’s voice sounded less mechanical and more human, and the instruments had more inner detail and nuance. The PS Audio DirectStream just sounded more enjoyably realistic than the Mytek Brooklyn — as it darned well should, for three times the price.”
Monitor Audio Silver 200 Review
September 4, 2017 Comments Off on Monitor Audio Silver 200 Review
“There may well be rivals that offer a little more in terms of outright detail, bass weight or even aesthetics – as we enter Awards season we’ll surely find out. But if we create a tick-list of what makes a great all-rounder, these new Silver floorstanders pass every test and have a great deal of fun while doing so.”
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