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McIntosh MT5 Belt-driven turntable system – Review

January 15, 2015 Comments Off on McIntosh MT5 Belt-driven turntable system – Review

“As it turns out, the prefitted cartridge was partly to blame for this, for while the Sumiko is a blast with punchier material it can lack finesse and insight into what’s going on deep down in the groove. Replace it with, say, a Lyra Delos MC and you’ll have a far more rounded musical experience that doesn’t strip out the fine timbral detail.”

Encore ENC-5 Bookshelf Speakers Review

January 15, 2015 Comments Off on Encore ENC-5 Bookshelf Speakers Review

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” The f112’s provided the foundation that completed the sonic story that the Encore is capable of telling. The high frequencies had just the right amount of sweetness to avoid sounding euphonic. The midrange, while having good saturation, was a shade below par when compared to similarly priced speakers.”

ASTELL&KERN AK240 Review

January 15, 2015 Comments Off on ASTELL&KERN AK240 Review

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“When used as a player via its single-ended headphone output the AK240 could be paired with a wide variety of headphones. Noise and low-level amplifier hiss weren’t a problem even with the most sensitive in-ears in my possession, the Westone ES-5s. On the other end of the efficiency spectrum, the AK240 had sufficient gain to drive a pair of Beyerdynamic DT-990 600-ohm headphones past satisfying levels into the spectrum of sound I call “really darn loud.” Easy-to-drive headphones such as the Oppo PM-1 sounded dynamically alive and were so well matched to the AK240’s output that I would question whether anyone really needs to use an accessory headphone amplifier with the AK240, at least with the vast majority of headphones”

The Sennheiser Orpheus HE/HEV90 – New Tubes Review

January 14, 2015 Comments Off on The Sennheiser Orpheus HE/HEV90 – New Tubes Review

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” The vacuum tube input stage combined with the output stage delivers an impressive analog signal for which the Orpheus can present to the listener faithfully with little or nor coloration in the audio. Now when comparing notes between the Sovtec and the Telefunken/Western Electric tubes, the latter is virtually transparent in the sonic quality.”

Advanced AcousticWerkes W300AR – Review

January 14, 2015 Comments Off on Advanced AcousticWerkes W300AR – Review

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” Instead of the slamming tight and aggressive V8 bass performance the W300AR bass signature, though relatively dominant, is a bit more languid and slow paced in comparison more in keeping with the Heir Audio 8.0 lusher but heavily decayed bass response”

Lambert Company Headphone Amp – Video

January 14, 2015 Comments Off on Lambert Company Headphone Amp – Video

CES 2015 Meridian Audio, Atlantic Records interview: streaming, MQA, high-res audio – Video

January 13, 2015 Comments Off on CES 2015 Meridian Audio, Atlantic Records interview: streaming, MQA, high-res audio – Video

Sony’s flagship NWZ-ZX2 hands on CES

January 12, 2015 Comments Off on Sony’s flagship NWZ-ZX2 hands on CES

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“Sony’s ClearAudio+ claims to optomise the balance of sound and it’s at this point we had a play toggling it on and off. It seemed to boost frequencies across the board, but over a short listening period, we preferred the balance when it wasn’t working in the background.”

Dan D’Agostino Momentum Integrated Amplifier Review

January 12, 2015 Comments Off on Dan D’Agostino Momentum Integrated Amplifier Review

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“My apologies upfront for the traditional checklist, but it is appropriate here. Let’s start with bass. The Momentum is a true disciple and follows the Krell tradition of excellence. As stated earlier, there seems to be an unlimited reserve of muscle and authority. There is a sense of tremendous depth and separation along with a magnificent level of inner detail. On the toughest challenges, my listening room has not been so fully pressurized with depth charge like impact since the Pass Labs Xs 300 monoblocks ($85,000) were auditioned”