Oppo HA-1 Headphone Amplifier/DSD DAC and PM-1 Headphones Review
January 24, 2015 Comments Off on Oppo HA-1 Headphone Amplifier/DSD DAC and PM-1 Headphones Review
The PM-1 headphones are a worthy match for the HA-1. It is an over-ear planar magnetic approach to headphone design that introduces some new developments with planar phones. According to Oppo, the PM-1 employs “a unique 7-layer diaphragm, double-sided spiraling coils, and an FEM-optimized magnet system.” It is driven by a two-sided, seven-layer planar diaphragm, which allows for a powerful push-pull drive that is very even”
MONITOR AUDIO SILVER 10 ’30Hz–35kHz’ Review
January 24, 2015 Comments Off on MONITOR AUDIO SILVER 10 ’30Hz–35kHz’ Review
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” The Silver 10s are really great speakers, especially for the price, but there will be necessary compromises between ultra-wide soundstaging and imaging that might be a little stacked up in the center. They did, however, produce a surprisingly deep soundstage that reached far into the music. The harp that is so often shrouded by violins on the Einaudi track remained audible, and there were no issues with instruments sliding across the soundstage. The piano stayed positioned to the right, with the notes flowing toward my listening position, rather than toward the floor.”
Line Magnetic Audio LM210IA Integrated Tube Amplifier Review
January 24, 2015 Comments Off on Line Magnetic Audio LM210IA Integrated Tube Amplifier Review
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” The essence here was of listenability: I listened to the entire album only pausing to turn the 180 gram vinyl pressing over between sides, quite a rarity as the restless side of my psyche usually has me flitting from one album to another without hearing any of them in their entirety”
Loit Passeri CD Player Review
January 24, 2015 Comments Off on Loit Passeri CD Player Review
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“After this it was fascinating to hear how the Passeri would handle more rocking material. With Ry Cooder and Bop Till You Drop from 1979 [Warner Bros], the sound was inviting and informative”
Bowers & Wilkins CM1 S2 Bookshelf Speaker Reviewed
January 23, 2015 Comments Off on Bowers & Wilkins CM1 S2 Bookshelf Speaker Reviewed
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“, I was amazed to hear how clearly and cleanly the CM1 S2 reproduced Ian Gillan’s voice, even during his epic screams in the chorus. Although there wasn’t much bass, I found myself furiously tapping my foot anyway.”
The World’s First DXD Download Store
January 23, 2015 Comments Off on The World’s First DXD Download Store
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“But I’ve been in most of the best studios and listened and listened, and if you have a DSD file that you edit in DXD and then convert back to DSD, and you compare it to the original file, you can hear what you’ve lost. For that reason alone, since DXD is the format you are using when you create an SACD from DSD files, then it more than justifies listening to DXD by itself.”
Tri-Art Audio Pebbles TA-1 Turntable Review
January 22, 2015 Comments Off on Tri-Art Audio Pebbles TA-1 Turntable Review
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“They chose bamboo for its stiffness, its excellent rigidity and the ability to dampen vibration. Bamboo is also non-magnetic and therefore quieter. It is also eco-friendly being one of the ultimate renewable resource, with some variants capable of growing up to a meter every day”
KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers Review
January 22, 2015 Comments Off on KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers Review
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“With the Reference 1s’ long port tubes installed, and listening at low to medium volume levels in my very large room, I heard a sound from the KEF minimonitors that was not unlike what I’d heard from Revel’s four-driver, three-way Performa3 F206 floorstanders ($3500/pair), which I reviewed in September and absolutely loved: superbly clean, extended highs; tight bass reaching down to just above 40Hz; midrange smoothness and clarity to die for”
JDS Labs C421 headphone amplifier Review – Video
January 22, 2015 Comments Off on JDS Labs C421 headphone amplifier Review – Video
2014 Product of the Year – Amplifier
January 21, 2015 Comments Off on 2014 Product of the Year – Amplifier
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” His Zen Monoblocks put out 60 watts per channel, cost a cool $12k a pair, and are worth every penny. The Zen Mystery Amplifier, is a single channel design producing 40 watts per channel and has a lower price tag of only $5,695.
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