Yamaha A-S2100 Integrated Amplifier $3,499 Reviewed
June 28, 2015 Comments Off on Yamaha A-S2100 Integrated Amplifier $3,499 Reviewed
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” Keeping in mind that audiophiles are the primary target market for the A-S2100 and turntables are making a comeback, Yamaha has strategically included input jacks for connecting a turntable. There is a high-quality, discrete phono amp circuit built into the A-S2100 with an MM/MC selector switch on the front panel to accommodate turntables with either cartridge type.”
Outlaw Audio Ultra-X12 Subwoofer Preview $639
June 28, 2015 Comments Off on Outlaw Audio Ultra-X12 Subwoofer Preview $639
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” We are happy to share more good news with our readers and Outlaw fans around the globe. Outlaw Audio decided that it was time to evaluate their line of high performance subwoofers and wondered what could be done to design a better product. As a result, they began interviewing customers who owned some of their previous models to determine what was important and what they were looking for in a subwoofer. While some said the power from the EX was their main priority, others wanted a smaller footprint”
SONY MDR-Z7 REVIEW
June 28, 2015 Comments Off on SONY MDR-Z7 REVIEW
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” Bloated, thick and slow are terms I would use to describe the Z7’s entire low end presentation. However, I would also use terms like musical, fun, enjoyable, smooth and basshead worthy. Despite lacking clarity, the Z7 is magnificently fun and so hard to set down.”
Pioneer Elite BDP-88FD Blu-ray Player $2,000 Review
June 27, 2015 Comments Off on Pioneer Elite BDP-88FD Blu-ray Player $2,000 Review
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” Pioneer’s BDP-88FD is an excellent universal player. Built like a brick house. Equipped with outstanding 4K video upconversion. Capable of making CDs and SACDs sound awesome. That said, as much as I appreciate Pioneer’s flagship, I find it hard to recommend buying a $2,000-listed universal player when the UHD Blu-ray format is due out in just a matter of months (we hope). Even if I considered the Pioneer based solely on audio performance, my music-listening habits have largely migrated to computer and streaming audio. Like many other folks, I find that it’s a rare day when I play an actual CD, let alone an SACD”
Lindemann Musicbook 55 Class D Stereo Power Amplifier Review
June 26, 2015 Comments Off on Lindemann Musicbook 55 Class D Stereo Power Amplifier Review
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” am by nature a very tube oriented type of listener which is why there are five tube amplifiers versus two solid-state designs in my own collection. It gives me great pleasure to hear an older tube amplifier present a softer more rounded effect with the music rather than take a more analytical approach. While there is great debate on tubes versus solid-state, Class D versus Class A/B or A amplifiers and so on, I find virtues in every design to varying degrees. What matters most is how well a manufacturer pulls it all together along with of course the associated gear, room and listening position.”
Miles Davis Kind of Blue on Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD NEW
June 26, 2015 Comments Off on Miles Davis Kind of Blue on Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD NEW
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“An audiophile favorite from the day it was issued, Kind of Blue takes on nirvanic sonic proportions. The expressive warmth, imaging clarity, frequency extension, and window-on-the-world breadth afforded by this new edition places music lovers right in the studio with the sextet.”
Thinksound Rain 2 IEM Review
June 26, 2015 Comments Off on Thinksound Rain 2 IEM Review
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“The Rain 2 is has a warm to slightly neutral u-shaped tonality with a slight emphasis on the midbass response and a sparkle in the upper treble but neither end is too distracting or harsh. It has that sort of forgiving tonality that will sound equally pleasing with compressed or lossless tracks equally.”
Valve Amplification Company Signature SE preamplifier $19,500 Review
June 25, 2015 Comments Off on Valve Amplification Company Signature SE preamplifier $19,500 Review
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“With the arrival of the VAC Signature SE, that changed. I spent many weeks listening to it, trying to describe how this preamp presented a more realistic reproduction of live music than any other preamp I’d heard in my house, but found it difficult to put into words. True, with every recording I played, the Signature SE gave a flawless performance—I could find nothing even approaching a weakness shortcoming. It produced an illusion of live musicians playing in an actual space better than any preamp I’d heard.”
PASS LABS X250.8 STEREO AMPLIFIER REVIEW
June 25, 2015 Comments Off on PASS LABS X250.8 STEREO AMPLIFIER REVIEW
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” The major difference I heard between the two designs was that the Merrill Thor seemed to homogenize the music just a bit when compared to the Pass Labs amp. Here, I mean to imply that the Thor tended to possibly smooth out some harmonic glow or sonic colorations that are part of the actual musical tapestry”
VPI Scout Turntable $1,995 Review
June 24, 2015 Comments Off on VPI Scout Turntable $1,995 Review
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” The Scout was able to generate an impressive three dimensional soundstage with faultless instrument placement. The playing of the snare drum relayed the swats and the slaps of sticks on the drum-skin in a surreal manner. There was both delicacy and finesse in the portrayal of the instruments and low level details were brought forth with aplomb. The upright bass plucks had fullness with a reverent echo of the space in which it was being played, and its position was clearly revealed at the back of the soundstage”
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