Klipsch – The Three – Review
March 25, 2017 Comments Off on Klipsch – The Three – Review
” My family used Spotify exclusively with The Three (other than my testing). It worked fantastic and streamed without a single issue. Products that have connectivity issues or need to be fiddled with after a period of nonuse, are nonstarters in my house. If I have to tell my family, “wait a second while I reconfigure something on your phone real quick,” after having set it up previously, my family won’t use the product. I know, first world problems, but problems nonetheless. With The Three and Spotify Connect, not only could my family stream to the unit near the kitchen table, they could tap the device name within the Spotify app to select a different Klipsch speaker. It’s really that easy and it worked every time. ”
Lamm Industries L2.1 Reference Preamplifier $22,790 Review
March 25, 2017 Comments Off on Lamm Industries L2.1 Reference Preamplifier $22,790 Review
“The Merrill and the Lamm were similar in other ways as well, the biggest being their effect on listeners. When the Christine Preamp was in line, after no more than a minute a contented expression would appear on their faces, and they visibly relaxed. They ceased talking or whatever they were involved in to give full attention to the playback. These reactions to the Christine Preamp were immediate, repeatable, and always salubrious. More often than not that happened with the L2.1.”
VOLYA AUDIO BOUQUET SPEAKERS REVIEW
March 25, 2017 Comments Off on VOLYA AUDIO BOUQUET SPEAKERS REVIEW
http://www.monoandstereo.com/2017/03/volya-audio-bouquet-speakers-review.html
“Its hard to talk about the proper execution of any speakers design as its underlined by the designer vision, but let brain storm anyway. Ceramic drivers from ground up radiate with certain feeling of non ability to completely escape from their inherited “material” imprint. Quite few upper echelon audio companies already tried and are trying hard to push the bar further, but still with very mixed results. Sonic wise, the final outcome is still farer from what’s expected from such premium pricing loudspeakers. As always, I’m keeping myself open minded and ready to experience the progression or proper partner ing. Back to Volya”
HiFiMAN HE-1000 V2 Headphone Review
March 24, 2017 Comments Off on HiFiMAN HE-1000 V2 Headphone Review
“My conclusion is that all these damned headphones sound good and I wish they were more affordable so I could keep them all. 🙂 Overall the HEK has lost most of that softness that was annoying me previously. It’s now an even more amazingly enjoyable headphone with very few faults. The HEK is very musical but doesn’t match the layering of the Abyss. I actually ended up switching back and forth between the two for most of my listening. I couldn’t really decide…which was a big step from putting the Abyss in another league in my shootout a couple years ago”
TRAFOMATIC AUDIO ELYSIUM POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
March 24, 2017 Comments Off on TRAFOMATIC AUDIO ELYSIUM POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
“It was hard to escape the sheer impact of balanced harmonic richness even from the first notes strike. There was something utterly different in the way that Elysium managed to portray the notes. With complexity and in absence of unwanted sonic artifacts cluttering.”
Technics SL-1200G Turntable Review
March 24, 2017 Comments Off on Technics SL-1200G Turntable Review
“Finally where I would never have mounted a premium cartridge to the original 1200, because of its general lack of resolution, this is now a welcome addition to the current model. Upgrading the standard issue Technics head shell with something from Ortofon or another specialty manufacturer, and some better head shell wires (in this case, a set of silver ones from Furutech) takes it all to the next level.”
Bryston BDA-3 DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) Review
March 23, 2017 Comments Off on Bryston BDA-3 DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) Review
” Bryston’s flagship DAC rendered Mosshart’s vocals with a stunning clarity and a knife-edged tension that was both captivating and, at times, un-nerving. With songs like ‘Hang You from the Heavens’, ‘I Cut like a Buffalo’, ‘Treat Me like your Mother’, ‘Pony’, and ‘Will there be Enough Water?’, the BDA-3 created an immense amount of sonic detail across the entire frequency spectrum. And, thankfully, this detail was harmonically accurate, while not causing the typical ringing high-band listening fatigue which most solid state DACs induce.”
Westone Audio W60 In-Ear Monitor Review
March 22, 2017 Comments Off on Westone Audio W60 In-Ear Monitor Review
” The Ultimate Ears always sounded in control and a bit more articulate, but also more reserved when it came to bass reproduction. There were a few more musical details revealed with the Ultimate Ears, as well as a bit more soundstage depth. But with less bass dynamics, I once again found the Ultimate Ears to not be quite as engaging as the W60 with this track. The W60 was just a bit more fun to listen to here.”
MrSpeakers ÆON Over-The-Ear Stereo Headphones $800 Review
March 22, 2017 Comments Off on MrSpeakers ÆON Over-The-Ear Stereo Headphones $800 Review
“Combined, these spatial characteristics set the table for a fairly sharp sense of imaging that is well above average for a closed back, or for any headphone in the sub $1000 range, really. Dan Clark’s headphones are always so well damped, directional cues tend to pop out quite easily on any MrSpeakers model. The slight haze in depth may prevent the ÆON from getting to the most elite level of 3D imaging, but this is easily forgiven when you consider the package as a whole.
SONUS FABER PRINCIPIA 3 BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS REVIEW
March 22, 2017 Comments Off on SONUS FABER PRINCIPIA 3 BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS REVIEW
” You can see my final in-room frequency response curves above. These are measured at my primary listening position and as such are indicative of what my ears actually heard, room artifacts and all. You can see that the speaker is pretty flat with a few exceptions. The bass peaks around 50Hz and 125Hz are room-induced due to my seating position. There is also a bit of excess energy from 800Hz up to about 1250Hz as well as from 2kHz up through about 4kHz. This upper-midrange/presence region rise was even more pronounced with the speakers more toed-in towards the listening position. Bass response went deeper than I anticipated, with solid output down to about 35Hz. Bass tapered off quickly beneath that level, but this is very good for such a relatively small speaker. ”
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