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Yamaha AVENTAGE MX-A5000 11-Channel Balanced Input Amplifier Review

April 22, 2015 Comments Off on Yamaha AVENTAGE MX-A5000 11-Channel Balanced Input Amplifier Review

“I matched the speaker levels precisely using a professional AudioControl real-time analyzer/SPL meter, lab-grade mic, and the AudiControl Maestro pre/pro’s onboard test signal generator. I find that the cheap handheld meters don’t do a good job in accurately measuring the SPL level of low bass. Thus, the pro analyzer/SPL unit allows me to precisely match the speaker levels, which makes a big difference in clean multichannel performance.”

Alpha Design Systems X1 Live Review

April 22, 2015 Comments Off on Alpha Design Systems X1 Live Review

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” Most Headphone amplifiers, especially the portable kind aren’t what we call spacious and natural sounding. In most cases, the first portable headphone amplifiers were anything but natural sounding. They offered a bit more power than the portable devices they were amplifying”

Fidelity Components Raptor speakers Review

April 21, 2015 Comments Off on Fidelity Components Raptor speakers Review

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“Coupe’s design goals were to produce a speaker with relatively modest dimensions that combines minimum distortion with maximum extension. Using a stepped front baffle enables driver time domain alignment to be achieved and a simple 12dB/octave crossover allows efficiency to be kept high for maximum transfer function.”

Antipodes Reference Series DX Music Server Review

April 21, 2015 Comments Off on Antipodes Reference Series DX Music Server Review

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“. We could easily run our servers with 1GB of RAM given the low level of activity during playback, but the added RAM means we can cache more of the playlist in RAM for playback directly from RAM and manage the transfer from disk to RAM in a better and more consistent way, which does improve sound. Exactly how the files are placed into RAM and read out of RAM to the audio output is very important to the sound quality. In reality, in normal use, you won’t hear any difference between using 2GB and 4GB, but the extra is useful if playing during say a library rescan or ripping.
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OPPO PM-3 Review

April 21, 2015 Comments Off on OPPO PM-3 Review

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” One reason for that is that it isolates like a champ. I’m back at Starbucks, sipping a latte. The atmospheric volume of Starbucks in Japan lies between caustic Korean levels, which ring with you for days after, and their could-be-quieter Canadian counterparts, which rat-a-tat with the poundings of wannabe writers. ”

Astell&Kern Record Label High Resolution Audio

April 20, 2015 Comments Off on Astell&Kern Record Label High Resolution Audio

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” Launched in October 2012, Astell&Kern is the high-end audiophile brand by iriver. The current Astell&Kern line includes the award-winning first generation AK100, AK120, the second generation AK100 II and AK120 II and the AK240 high-resolution portable audio players, capable of playing 24-bit/192 kHz Mastering Quality Sound (MQS) files including DSD. Astell&Kern’s lineup has recently expanded to include accessories such as a full line of In-Ear monitors and headphones, Astell&Kern portable player docking stations, Bluetooth remote controls and line of home audio products.”

TRIANGLE COMETE EZ REVIEW

April 20, 2015 Comments Off on TRIANGLE COMETE EZ REVIEW

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” The high sensitivity is reflected in a tendency among listeners to play music loud. This is not something that happens with many low and medium sensitivity speakers, because they start to harden up at higher volumes. Here, the opposite is almost the case, which is good because the Cométe Ez’s sound is not that smooth”

FIIO X3 REVIEW

April 20, 2015 Comments Off on FIIO X3 REVIEW

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” First of all the X3 Second Generation is a DAP for on the go, and a good one for that. I’ll go in to a detailed comparison with the first X3 in the next topic but I never was a big fan of the original X3. This new one is better in every way”

Luxman M-900u Stereo/Mono Amplifier Review

April 20, 2015 Comments Off on Luxman M-900u Stereo/Mono Amplifier Review

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“Soundstaging and imaging weren’t the M-900u’s only strengths. The Luxman’s tonal balance was magic to my ears, and a perfect match for the speakers I primarily used it with: Sonus Faber’s Olympica III and Revel’s Performa3 F206. From top to bottom, the M-900u was as neutral as you’d expect a topflight solid-state amp to sound, and without the clinical or sterile quality that plagues some solid-state gear”