Grado PS1000 Headphones $1,600 Review
May 28, 2015 Comments Off on Grado PS1000 Headphones $1,600 Review
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” So too does the PS1000 but, as with the GS1000i, how these aberrations play out depends on what music you select. It also helps if you chose a headphone amplifier that errs a little on the side of softened transients, as the Lehmann Black Cube Linear that I used with the PS1000 does – compared with, say, the uncompromising brilliance and drive of the headphone amplifier circuits in the Benchmark DAC2 HGC.”
Audio Note AN-K/SPe speakers $3700 Review
May 28, 2015 Comments Off on Audio Note AN-K/SPe speakers $3700 Review
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” While they play all music well, they play acoustical music and vocals in a way that is very real sounding. The overall sound of these small wonders is open, transparent and despite their size they play music with amazing scale. Instruments come across with vivid color, realistic size, and placed correctly in the sound field. Like the Lindemann BL-10 bookshelf speakers it’s hard to not talk about how good these speakers are for their size, but the truth is they are really good among speakers of any size.”
Skogrand SC Beethoven Speaker Cables Review $22,000
May 28, 2015 Comments Off on Skogrand SC Beethoven Speaker Cables Review $22,000
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“That is, there is more of a difference sonically than ever before between and among our music. Good recordings sound better and bad recordings sound worse. It is what it is. You simply hear more and not less… and less of what one might hear with lesser cables or ones that impart something into or onto the music. The Skogrand Beethoven cables are not going to act as a bandaid. Along with that, you hear more of what the rest of your components are doing; also a good thing. Make that a really good thing if you got the synergy right… and that I do.”
Noble 6 In-Ear Earphone Review
May 27, 2015 Comments Off on Noble 6 In-Ear Earphone Review
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“As such, the Noble 6 can do some very impressive things indeed. The frequency response is extremely wide and totally even from top to bottom. In design terms, the six armature Noble is wildly different to the single dynamic driver Sennheiser but both models are beautifully cohesive and do a fine job of getting out of the way and letting you enjoy the music. And make no mistake, you will enjoy yourself. The Noble is accurate and at times startlingly revealing but it is never ruthless. Listening to a blast from my past, the eponymous titled debut album from Young American Primitive on Tidal was a real pleasure. The production values aren’t great but the Noble finds the bits that matter and relays them perfectly. ”
Beyerdynamic T 51 Review
May 27, 2015 Comments Off on Beyerdynamic T 51 Review
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” The lower register instrumentation is given just the right amount of body and depth to stand on its own as a rich presence and not slip away into the background. The higher register strings, brass, and vocals still own the stage, and the T 51 i’s high-mid edge brings out the brass stabs and strings bowing to great effect for a balanced, full sound signature.”
Tenor 350M Amp Review $125,000
May 26, 2015 Comments Off on Tenor 350M Amp Review $125,000
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” I’ve owned OTL amps and high-impedance tube amps with output transformers, each with certain magical traits. I also recognize that the frequency response of certain speakers can and does form a synergistic match with certain amplifiers. However, we are at another level here. The 350HP is an all-out assault on the state of the art, which combined with the best speakers attempts to take us one step closer to the real event. With the new HP, we are not talking of the illusion of bass or added warmth. Tenor have taken a significant step forward for bass depth, bass power and bass resolution.”
REL S/5 SUBWOOFER $2500 REVIEW
May 26, 2015 Comments Off on REL S/5 SUBWOOFER $2500 REVIEW
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” A couple of tips to keep in mind: Subs do not operate in isolation. Only well-engineered main speakers with fairly neutral low-end response will excel with subwoofers. Sats with a sucked-out lower midrange and upper bass will sound a little bass-light and dynamically lean. And attempting to mask such a tonal deficit by raising the output and crossover point of the S/5 will only smear midrange detail and create a noxious midbass bump that further decreases the sense of sub/sat integration that, after all, is the desired effect. Also, with smaller compact monitors, care should be exercised in gain-matching the more dynamically limited satellite with the much higher dynamic limits of the sub.”
Simaudio MOON Nēo 260D CD Transport/DAC Review
May 26, 2015 Comments Off on Simaudio MOON Nēo 260D CD Transport/DAC Review
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” The Nēo 260D once again reaffirms why MOON gear is so popular among the TONEAudio staff. Most audio companies do one type of equipment well—not so with Simaudio; each of its products is first-rate for its price point.”
World Premiere! Astell&Kern AK380 Player / DAC Review
May 25, 2015 Comments Off on World Premiere! Astell&Kern AK380 Player / DAC Review
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” . It also plays the ultimate in today’s highest of resolution digital audio music and any digitized audio file for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, you can buy an external dock for the AK380 that provides XLR balanced output to feed your home audio system. In addition to that, Astell&Kern offers a disc ripper for the AK380 that makes copying your discs to the AK380 a breeze.”
The Big (& Crazy) Loudspeaker Roundup – AXPONA 2015
May 25, 2015 Comments Off on The Big (& Crazy) Loudspeaker Roundup – AXPONA 2015
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” Tapping into a more full fledge luxury vibe, the new flagship Neolith ($80k) from Martin and Logan barely fit into their room on the 4th floor. I have to admit the monolith-like Neolith had quite the sexy presentation regardless. I loved the blue hue, but the sales representative told me that it can also be colored to any classic car hue. So if you owned a candy red Lamborghini in your youth, you can recreate that awesomeness with a speaker finish and soak in the memories as you listen to Mozart from the 48″ x 22″ CLS XStat electrostatic high/mid driver and two woofers (15″ rear-firing and 12″ front facing). No word yet as to if they will do the “dirty Dodge Omni white” from my youth.”
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