Yamaha CX-A5100 AV Processor and MX-A5000 11-Channel Amplifier Review – Video

March 20, 2016 Comments Off on Yamaha CX-A5100 AV Processor and MX-A5000 11-Channel Amplifier Review – Video

SME Model 15/A Turntable Review

March 20, 2016 Comments Off on SME Model 15/A Turntable Review

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” The same goes for this SME. Without going into details one might just say that what it offers is a high quality performance, a very “honest” one. Spending more money will give us a richer sound, better definition in both range extremes and deeper soundstage. Soundstage will be also even more precise and there might be less noise from record’s groove. There will be some gain in sound volume, and one will enjoy even better impression of instruments texture.”

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Master & Dynamic MW60 $550 Review – Video

March 20, 2016 Comments Off on Master & Dynamic MW60 $550 Review – Video

Parrot Zik 3 Review – Video

March 19, 2016 Comments Off on Parrot Zik 3 Review – Video

KEF R900 3-Way Tower Review

March 19, 2016 Comments Off on KEF R900 3-Way Tower Review

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” The KEF R900 related this high-res DSD jazz recording with the essential warmth and detail I am used to hearing from my high-end speakers. A nice, spacious soundstage with plenty of space between the instruments. The top-end was never hard or edgy; the aluminum-based mid-frequency driver delivered a quick, tonally correct midrange — without exaggeration or hollowness.
The basss driver were equally impressive, with the metal drivers delivering good thump, but with quick precision. Since the organ‘s mid-bass chords are emphasized in this recording, I wanted to see if the port plugs made a difference in the midbass.”

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Dr. Feickert Analogue Firebird turntable Review

March 19, 2016 Comments Off on Dr. Feickert Analogue Firebird turntable Review

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” So I ended up doing much of my listening with just the very familiar Kuzma 4Point mounted on the Firebird’s right armboard. Later, I managed to mount and use the Mørch and Reed arms—but in order to use the Reed on the left mount without it banging into the Mørch, I had to move the Mørch from its rest, then carefully lift the stylus of the cartridge mounted in the Reed over the widely spaced side weights of the Mørch. I was able to use both arms, but not easily.

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Sterling Sound and Interviews Mastering Engineer Ryan K. Smith – Video

March 19, 2016 Comments Off on Sterling Sound and Interviews Mastering Engineer Ryan K. Smith – Video

Meze 99 Gold Classics Headphones Review – Video

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Questyle Qpr1 Review

March 18, 2016 Comments Off on Questyle Qpr1 Review

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The Questyle takes two of those but early users report that the newer $200 SanDisk 200GB play fine as well. That’s a whopping 432GB of year 2015 max capacity! Whether your music files store on a Mac, PC or external drive, a simple drag’n’drop transfers them to Questyle’s USB device icon. Obviously your Cupid One must scan each time you add stuff to write a new table of contents or your latest additions remain invisible and unfindable. Ditto for borrowing a friend’s card. Already this little paragraph showed why a premium portable player run off batteries may make for an unsuspectingly fine digital transport to output either analog; or digital into a full-size DAC of your choice. Most the arguments of “computers were never designed for pure audio to be bad noisy transports” fly right out the window. Put differently, portable players can be viewed as basic memory card readers to which are added a proper OS, display and search/access functionality. Imagine that in a dock with HDMI output.”

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Chord RED REFERENCE MKIII HDSD REVIEW

March 18, 2016 Comments Off on Chord RED REFERENCE MKIII HDSD REVIEW

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” This data is fed to the rear XLR and optical output connectors and also via a dual data bus to the digital to analogue conversion electronics. Based on the QBD 76 DAC the digital signal is converted from 176.4KHz to analogue audio. The DAC also features RAM buffer technology that sequentially takes in all the data, re-times, it then sends it out giving jitter free operation. Player features also an USB input that can be fed signal from a computer or music server.”

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