Elac Discovery revisited Review – Video
December 31, 2016 Comments Off on Elac Discovery revisited Review – Video
INNOUS ZENITH MKII MUSIC SERVER REVIEW
December 14, 2016 Comments Off on INNOUS ZENITH MKII MUSIC SERVER REVIEW
“Library management is a fundamental part of server design and Innuos has gone further than most in its attempts to make this easier. It could, and undoubtedly will, be refined over time, but so long as you let it do the sorting for you – and look at those reports when they come in – the ZENith is capable of making this side of things pretty straightforward. On the sound quality side, it is very capable indeed – clearly more so than the competition I had to hand thanks one presumes to the SSD storage. This does limit absolute capacity, but you can always go for the 2TB option for an extra £500, and even then the ZENith MkII is the least expensive SSD server on the market. All in all, it’s a very hard act to beat for anyone looking to push streaming quality to the max.”
Sound Galleries Monaco Serve – Review
September 17, 2016 Comments Off on Sound Galleries Monaco Serve – Review
“I spent a full two weeks listening to the T+A driven by my Auralic Aries, Windows 10 laptop via Ifi Audio iusb, Tascam DA3000 (AES/EBU), and Oppo (S/PDIF). This allowed me to calibrate my ears prior to evaluating what the SGM brings to the party. My initial impressions of the T+A DAC driven by my usual selection of transports was competent @ the price point for PCM and better than its price point for DSD. In truth, it was a fairly large step down from my resident Golden Gate as you would expect at ~20% of the price.
MOON NEO ACE INTEGRATED STREAMING AMPLIFIER £2,800 REVIEW
September 6, 2016 Comments Off on MOON NEO ACE INTEGRATED STREAMING AMPLIFIER £2,800 REVIEW
“The limiting factor to the ACE is fairly obvious. Strip away all the features and it’s a 50W amplifier. It’s a really good 50W amplifier, capable of punching above its weight, and hangs on to its sonic character for a lot longer than most 50W integrated amplifiers, but that still imposes certain limits on what speakers you can use with the ACE. I don’t suppose anyone in their right mind would use the ACE with a punishing £100,000 behemoth loudspeaker with the impedance load of a small asteroid, but this highlights the ACE’s performance in positive terms. You wouldn’t partner these two because of the price differential, but in performance terms, the ACE is a more tempting proposition, thanks to its outstanding sound quality. If you are going for some really high-grade loudspeakers, it might be best looking at a separates approach – very possibly from the same brand.”
MOON by Simaudio proudly introduces the MOON Neo ACE "All in One" Integrated Amplifier + Streaming Digital-to-Analog Converter. The newest addition to the MOON Neo Series. (PRNewsFoto/MOON by Simaudio)
Bryston BDP-2 Server and BDA-3 DAC Review
August 6, 2016 Comments Off on Bryston BDP-2 Server and BDA-3 DAC Review
” The Bryston BDP-2 digital file and network player used in tandem with the BDA-3 DAC is the best digital front end I have had in my system. The versatility, build, ease of setup, and sound quality are unrivaled in my experience at least. The combination costs approximately $6500. From what I have heard at audio shows and dealers, this duo competes with far more expensive digital players and DAC models.”
Bryston BDP-2 Server and BDA-3 DAC Review
August 5, 2016 Comments Off on Bryston BDP-2 Server and BDA-3 DAC Review
“The BDA-1 DAC was superseded by the BDP-2, which added an asynchronous USB input, and other improvements. The BDA-3 arrived after a long-term development phase, adding DSD decoding and HDMI inputs, among other things. Bryston, in my opinion, has shown a history of ignoring trends and fashion, and defers instead to engineering and proper product design. The company could have easily put out a “DSD capable” DAC three years ago but chose to not capitalize or compromise. I admire this very much”
a more affordable media server from CLONES Audio
August 1, 2016 Comments Off on a more affordable media server from CLONES Audio
“First came the excellent 25i – CLONES Audio’s commercial take on the Gaincard circuit – then a pair of 55pm monoblocks for those who wanted more control and transparency. After that, two DACs: Asher replaced Sheva. Then the POWER STATION – a linear PSU for the Mac Mini.”
AVM EVOLUTION MP 5.2 MEDIA PLAYER $8450 REVIEW
July 25, 2016 Comments Off on AVM EVOLUTION MP 5.2 MEDIA PLAYER $8450 REVIEW
“The more I listened to orchestral string sections, the more I appreciated the denser timbre of the AVM. And by this I’m not referring to colorations per se, rather something more related to the physical, fleshy presence of musicians in performance. Similarly, string instruments such as cello and bass violin exuded the full-bodied, weighted voices and appropriately stout resonant foundations that I expect them to have. I can’t say with any certainty to what extent my sonic impressions can be attributed to the AVM tube stage, but I can state that over the years I’ve found that tubes illuminate the soundstage a bit differently—as in a shift in color temperature from, let’s say, a bluer “digital” cast to a slightly redder one. And this was the case here.”
LINN MAJIK DSM NETWORK MUSIC PLAYER REVIEW
July 21, 2016 Comments Off on LINN MAJIK DSM NETWORK MUSIC PLAYER REVIEW
” If you’ve had the stamina to read this far you should have good idea of how and why the Linn Majik DSM, Majik 140 loudspeakers, and Majik Exaktbox-I, along with Space Optimization room-correction system work together to form a high-resolution, yet musical system that can be placed into an environment that is less than ideal and still offer optimal results. In short, if you have a lousy-sounding room wherein sonic issues can’t be fixed easily with room treatments, the Linn Majik system offers a viable alternative to giving up all hope of decent sound. While not magic, Linn’s Majik system comes as close as possible to musical alchemy, by turning leaden-sounding rooms into sonic gold.”
PS Audio DirectStream Review
July 19, 2016 Comments Off on PS Audio DirectStream Review
“I’ve been on a huge music-discovery roll of late, listening to lots of old and new music that’s new to me. While I did run through some of my review chestnuts, i.e test tracks, from Tom Waits, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Jordi Savall, John Coltrane, Eric Whitacre, Jimi Hendrix and more, it didn’t take a helluva lot of time to suss out the fact that the DSJ made listening to music fun. This accounts, in part, for my musical sojourning during its stay.
Read more at http://www.audiostream.com/content/ps-audio-directstream-junior#qBgOuUkdQ0v4kpzc.99”
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