Cambridge Audio’s high-end CX Series
February 7, 2015 Comments Off on Cambridge Audio’s high-end CX Series
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“The CXA80 and CXA60 integrated amps are fully symmetrical Class A/B designs dishing out 80 watts and 60 watts per channel respectively. Both have on board 24-bit/192kHz Wolfson WM8740 DACs and a number of digital inputs. The bigger amp also has a USB input and a pair of XLR inputs.”
Quad Vena review
February 6, 2015 Comments Off on Quad Vena review
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” The track sounds big, bold – even quite boisterous. There’s serious weight and power on show, as wave after wave of orchestral attack crashes down on the listener.”
Astell&Kern AK500N
February 5, 2015 Comments Off on Astell&Kern AK500N
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” The AK500N features a 1TB SSD drive to store and play back your entire music library, supporting high-resolution audio files up to 24 bit/192 kHz, including single and double-rate DSD files, Apple Lossless and all other digital audio formats. A front-loading CD slot allows the user to rip their current CD collection to the AK500N in a number of formats, including WAV or FLAC files. DLNA support allows streaming of music tracks from a Mac/PC or NAS device located on the same network. The AK500N includes a 7″ 1280×800 resolution IPS LCD screen that allows the user to view and playback music located on the device or stream music over the internal network. The unit features three additional drive bays to expand storage up to 4 TB or placed in a RAID configuration for backup purposes.”
Aurender X-PAC and N-PAC
February 5, 2015 Comments Off on Aurender X-PAC and N-PAC
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“Aurender has pulled out all the stops to create a one-of-a-kind audio experience by using Solid-State-Drive cached playback from its internal HD. The unit caches music for playback from its internal HD, eliminating latency, electrical interference and noise resulting from spinning hard drives and compact discs. The result is amazingly clean output. With up to an impressive 12TB (X100L 12TB model) storage capability, it can accommodate more than 20,000 CDs and high- resolution music tracks in uncompressed WAV format. Aesthetically, the X-PAC is a very handsome, minimalist Lifestyle- oriented music system, with a pair of elegant, machined aluminum cases that complements any décor
Datasat RS20i surround processor Review
February 4, 2015 Comments Off on Datasat RS20i surround processor Review
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” he RS20i and LS10 are made in Chatsworth, Calif., and the company will fly one of their technicians out to a RS20i owner’s home to calibrate their system (that’s not included in the component’s price)”
Arcam irDAC Review
February 4, 2015 Comments Off on Arcam irDAC Review
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“I swopped in my Synergistic Research X Series Alpha Sterling with Active Shielding interconnects (all my SR MPC’s have been modified to near-Galileo performance) and started playing assorted audio files from the Mac Book Pro using Decibel software tethered by the original Kimber .5m USB cable – much better! Substituting the Transparent USB cable improved things even more”
Burson Audio Conductor Virtuoso
February 2, 2015 Comments Off on Burson Audio Conductor Virtuoso
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“Clients can choose from two interchangeable DAC boards with different sonic characteristics, and the modular design should make it easy to apply upgrades in the future. The Conductor Virtuoso doesn’t use densely packed opamps, but a discrete circuitry which offers superior clarity and lower noise floor. The remote control is carved from solid piece of aluminium with no visible screws. The Conductor Virtuoso is now shipping with the ESS Sabre 9018 DAC at $1995. The version with Burr Brown PCM1793 DAC is priced at $1495.”
McIntosh new D150
February 1, 2015 Comments Off on McIntosh new D150
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” he D150 is a simple and cost-effective solution to adding digital music to an existing system, or with the addition of a power amp, speakers and digital source, the D150 can become the high-performance ‘hub’ of an all-digital set up. The D150 also boasts a built-in headphone amplifier and uses the same DAC as the D100 and features an eight-channel 32 bit/192 kHz D/A converter.”
TAD TAD-DA1000 REVIEW
January 18, 2015 Comments Off on TAD TAD-DA1000 REVIEW
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“With downloaded 24-bit/96kHz material, mostly from HDtracks, the DA1000 seemed airy, transparent and simply able to let the music through in an unforced and natural way. It certainly brought orchestral music to life.”
Primare NP30 Review
January 17, 2015 Comments Off on Primare NP30 Review
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” found myself enjoying all music sources including NAS-based, USB drive-based, internet radio, bluetooth from my iPhone, CD-quality and high resolution recordings. The NP30 certainly rewards better quality recordings but even lessor fare fared well enough for listening pleasure. This is not always the case for me, especially for internet radio which can sound thin and fragile and irritating but the NP30s way with tone and body made even low bit rate streams sound just fine. ”
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