Alpha Design Systems X1 Live Review
February 26, 2015 Comments Off on Alpha Design Systems X1 Live Review
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“There is a smoothness to the audio representation that gives off a sense of a well developed piece of audiophile engineering. The transparent staging presence is something I didn’t expect with a brand new audio component, but it is welcome feel to the norm as this means that for once, a shorter burn-in may be the case rather than the standard 300+hour affair.”
Pass Labs XP-20 Preamplifier and X600.5 monoblock amplifiers Review
February 26, 2015 Comments Off on Pass Labs XP-20 Preamplifier and X600.5 monoblock amplifiers Review
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” Audiophiles can be horridly anal about things like meters, and I’m sure the discovery of the needle on the amp hovering to the side of dead center would be a cause for alarm to some. All it takes to quell fears that the Pass Labs X600.5 is not in operational disease is to scan the images on the Internet, where the needle of the functioning amp is seen most often not centered. So, go ahead and lay that irrational demand for a perfectly vertical needle on the Pass Labs meter to rest.”
Parasound Halo P5 Review
February 26, 2015 Comments Off on Parasound Halo P5 Review
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“he other part of the Parasound’s purchasing proposition is its phono stage, and again this is good, holding its own against the sort of thing you can buy separately for £200 or so. It sounds much as the line inputs do, being clean and detailed with an enjoyable and expressive nature. Freeez’s Southern Freeez is great fun, the P5 really carries the track’s relaxed, warm and carefree sound, reminding me of the brilliance of this tune. Ultimately it lacks detail and finesse, but there’s absolutely no sense of it being a cheap, last minute addition. It brings useful extra functionality, and will happily work with a turntable of the calibre of a Michell GyroDec, for example.”
Cyrus Streamline2 Streaming Music Player Review
February 26, 2015 Comments Off on Cyrus Streamline2 Streaming Music Player Review
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” To make the unit easier to navigate, you can assign names to each of the digital inputs – for example input 1 could be CD. The digital inputs can cope with a variety of PCM formats up to 192/24, including Apple Lossless, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AAC and MP3, but not a DSD bitstream.
Sony SS NA5ES loudspeakers $6000 – Video
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OPPO HA-2 PORTABLE HEADPHONE AMP
February 25, 2015 Comments Off on OPPO HA-2 PORTABLE HEADPHONE AMP
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“With smartphone use increasing all the time, users are often carrying a device that is capable of storing high quality audio files. The HA-2 is a very mobile-centric portable headphone amplifier and DAC that pairs exceptionally well with iOS and Android devices, and it can offer a significant improvement in sound quality over the amplification and DAC available in the mobile device itself, without adding excessive bulk and weight so as to make the combination inconvenient.”
Focal Aria 926 Review
February 25, 2015 Comments Off on Focal Aria 926 Review
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” The Focal family sound is generally very fast, sharp and engaging; these speakers go loud without compression and punch hard on transients, making them lively listens. And the new 926 doesn’t lose any of these good things, but it seems to do everything with a little more elan than you’d have got from the earlier 800 series. There’s a sense that the new cone material gives a smoother and more subtle sound, yet it is no less detailed – indeed it’s quite the reverse”
Antipodes Audio expands music server distribution network
February 25, 2015 Comments Off on Antipodes Audio expands music server distribution network
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” ndustry veteran P.J. Zornosa is set to handle Antipodes Audio distribution in the USA where a fully localised dealer network will be established to handle sales and support. That sure beats having to buy direct from NZ or ship your unit halfway across the world should anything go awry. Know that neither of my Antipodes servers has missed a beat.”
Elipson Planet LW Bridge system review
February 25, 2015 Comments Off on Elipson Planet LW Bridge system review
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” . It’s pretty balanced across the frequency range with good reach at both extremes. Bass is nicely solid and reasonably taut, providing a good foundation for the rest of the frequency range.”
Audio Research Reference 10 Preamplifier Review
February 25, 2015 Comments Off on Audio Research Reference 10 Preamplifier Review
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” The Reference 10 didn’t sound even a bit soft or cloying, as even some modern-day tubed preamps can. Its sound was about truth, though not a severe form of it that’s more an ideal than a welcome quality. Dynamics were impressive on both the micro and macro scales, the Reference 10 revealing the tiniest of shifts in inflection from a stringed instrument, then roaring like a jet when the brass let loose. ”
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