GamuT RS5i Speakers Review $32,900/pair
April 22, 2016 Comments Off on GamuT RS5i Speakers Review $32,900/pair
” Interestingly, the real strength of the GamuT RS5i speakers is their chameleon like ability to reveal whatever is connected to them, and the nuance of whatever music they are called upon to reproduce. This is a speaker that may not grab you as quickly as one with a more tilted frequency response. The more music you listen to, the more special they become. As with the larger S9, the GamuTs get out of the way, becoming little more than a conduit to the music served up, and that’s the highest compliment I can pay them. I’ve heard a few speakers slightly more dynamic, and only my Quads deliver slightly more coherence and detail, yet they throw a much bigger soundstage in all three dimensions. The RS5i’s are tough to beat in overall performance.”
Bluesound Node 2 Review
April 22, 2016 Comments Off on Bluesound Node 2 Review
” Where the Node 2 falls short of separates is in resolution, nuance, color palate, micro detail, and macro pleasure. The Node 2 tends to make everything sound more similar than say the Auralic Vega DAC being fed its digits from the Node 2 via Toslink. Here, with a $3500 outboard DAC, music sounds more varied, individual voices sing out truer, and the overall sound image is more relaxed, better defined, and more natural sounding. I doubt anyone is surprised to learn this to be the case and it goes a long way in explaining the reason Bluesound includes those digital outputs. This comparison was a snap as the Node 2 outputs to both analog and digital simultaneously so all I had to do was select the related inputs from my Ayre remote.
The world’s best headphones Audiophiliac’s list
April 21, 2016 Comments Off on The world’s best headphones Audiophiliac’s list
“The best headphones are designed for true connoisseurs of sound and luxury. Hold any of these headphones in your hands and you can’t help but notice their quality — instead of generic plastic, you get sculptured metal and real leather. These headphones are all designed to last and to provide their owners with great sound for many years.”
kronos open baffle loudspeaker Review
April 21, 2016 Comments Off on kronos open baffle loudspeaker Review
“There’s bass and then there’s bass… dipole bass that is. The Kronos system delivered the best bass my listening room has been graced with. Period. Even our Wilson Alexia reference with its deeper bass and one or two other extraordinary review products (the Vivid Audio Giya G3 comes to mind) may have approached the Kronos but not quite equaled it. No matter what I threw at it, be it the dexterity and violence of Brian Bromberg’s acoustic bass playing, the nimbleness and power of Flea or the fireworks of a variety of electronica, the Kronos dispensed profound detail, a wide textural range and slamming attack. What I call bounce, the impression of a solidly rendered and unfettered transient, created a rhythmical experience – cognitively not just a mere hifi reproduction of bass instruments.”
SENNHEISER MOMENTUM WIRELESS HEADPHONES REVIEW
April 21, 2016 Comments Off on SENNHEISER MOMENTUM WIRELESS HEADPHONES REVIEW
” The Momentum Wireless headphones consistently paired quickly and painlessly with our devices of choice; at home we used them paired to Yamaha’s MusicCast system, and on the road with our iPod touch and an Oppo Android phone. Their sound is open and airy, with a lovely balance across the frequency range, a nice touch of bass emphasis and delivering rich and real vocals. It simply doesn’t sound like a Bluetooth headphone. When Sennheiser tried this trick with its Urbanite XL, the Bluetooth version exaggerated the original softness and bass emphasis for a result that was, to our ears, too woofy to enjoy. With the Momentum, none of that — this was a highly enjoyable and high quality listen”
Clarion Full Digital Sound System – Video
April 21, 2016 Comments Off on Clarion Full Digital Sound System – Video
PSB IMAGINE T3 FLOOR-STANDING SPEAKERS REVIEW
April 21, 2016 Comments Off on PSB IMAGINE T3 FLOOR-STANDING SPEAKERS REVIEW
” No difference exists in the design and execution of an audio speaker. Often a speaker is designed before anyone puts a pencil to paper; market sector and price point can be the genesis, not the creative process – unless, someone says the word “flagship”. That designation to a designer is the reward after successfully executing a number of models, meeting budgets and timelines. It’s also the culmination of a learning process, what has worked and what hasn’t.”
Astell & Kern AK Jr Music Player $500 Review
April 20, 2016 Comments Off on Astell & Kern AK Jr Music Player $500 Review
“If these listening results seem a little mixed, it’s because I threw three headphone models with dramatically different personalities at the AK Jr, and then made its life even tougher with odd content choices—especially, as it turned out, the Beethoven symphony. If memory serves, the AK Jr seems a bit more dispassionate, and less euphonic, than either the original AK100 or its step-up siblings that I’ve tested. But it’s more truthful than schematic, and definitely don’t file it under ruthlessly revealing. It’s another winner from a company whose reputation as a class act of the high-end music-player field is well earned.’
There Are Nearly 90 Million People Paying for Streaming Music
April 20, 2016 Comments Off on There Are Nearly 90 Million People Paying for Streaming Music
” It was a nearly unthinkable level just a few years ago, but the music industry is now surging towards the all-important 100 million threshold. Now, with recent announcements from both Spotify (worldwide) and Sirius XM Radio (US), and Apple Music largely expected to tip 15 million in the coming months, the industry is approaching 90 million streaming music subscribers.
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