Avalon Acoustics Isis speakers installation
January 4, 2016 Comments Off on Avalon Acoustics Isis speakers installation
Audeze LCD-4 Review
January 4, 2016 Comments Off on Audeze LCD-4 Review
” It gives more of that elusive out-of-head experience that peppers the high end of personal audio like a celebrity sighting in a C & D county. It may be a tricky experience to grasp on paper, but detail in some gear can make your music sound closer, as if your ear is closer to the source and can hear every nuance. The magic of the LCD-4’s execution is that it addresses detail in proper form, but yet somehow manages to place the soundstage further away from your sensory receptors, which provides some experiential relief of sorts from the on-head, on-ear delivery of the device’s up-close-and-personal nature.”
Columbia House: ‘We’re home’. And it’s vinyl
January 3, 2016 Comments Off on Columbia House: ‘We’re home’. And it’s vinyl
” Reports of new vinyl pressing plants, vinyl sales numbers from the only important demographic, and lots more positive news have inspired recently bankrupted Columbia House to rise Phoenix-like from the ashes of cassettes and CDs (remember them from the 70s, 80s and early 90s?). An easy way to load up your music collection on the cheap, but tricky to cancel. Remembering that cutoff date and returning a monthly form was a pain in the ass. Most months, the lastest Cheap Trick CD cassette arrived because you couldn’t be arsed to send in the coupon.”
OPPO HA-1 HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER AND PM-1 HEADPHONES REVIEW
January 3, 2016 Comments Off on OPPO HA-1 HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER AND PM-1 HEADPHONES REVIEW
” I did try out several other sets of headphones with the HA-1. It did a really nice job of driving the Audeze LCD-3s, giving a good sense of power on tap and excising the sluggishness that I’ve experienced with these ‘phones on other amplifiers. The MrSpeakers Alpha Dog Prime headphones were also a decent match, although having re-tuned them for tube amplification not too long ago, I found that in turn they were a little lean with the HA-1. I kept coming back to the PM-1s, though; it’s inescapably obvious that they were designed with the HA-1 in mind, and they mesh so well that I felt the two together were greater than the sum of their parts.”
Sony SS-NA2ES Loudspeaker $10,000 Review
January 3, 2016 Comments Off on Sony SS-NA2ES Loudspeaker $10,000 Review
” The realistically sweet and smooth delivery of the higher frequencies would indicate the engineers at Sony have achieved their objective of getting the three tweeters to behave like one ultra wide dispersion tweeter. The added benefit here is that the SS-N2ES delivered an unusually wide sweet spot.”
Advanced AcousticWerkes W300AR Hybrid Review
January 3, 2016 Comments Off on Advanced AcousticWerkes W300AR Hybrid Review
” Well these are hybrid CIEM’s, and the dynamic driver takes care of the lows, to very good effect. You get very dynamic and full lows that are more articulate and fuller than most BA based CIEM’s at this price can deliver. They are also however very well controlled, steering clear of bloating and warming up the mids. The lows are fast and can keep up with most rock music, but are best suited to filling out the sound of acoustic and jazz, or even slower rock. They offer good punch and have very good body, they never sound flat or hollow. Bass guitars sound excellent, and the lows extend very deep. Quantity wise they won’t satisfy bass heads, but they have enough to satisfy and I would say they are slightly above neutral in presence and quantity, this is not a bad thing.”
BEST OF 2015 AND PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
January 2, 2016 Comments Off on BEST OF 2015 AND PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
“We’ve had an amazing run over here at Part-Time Audiophile and quite frankly, I’m continuously baffled by that. Clearly, you, our readership, have some serious issues with maturity, taste, and time-management. God bless you.”
Apple Rumored to Be Launching 24/96 Streaming in 2016
January 2, 2016 Comments Off on Apple Rumored to Be Launching 24/96 Streaming in 2016
” Maybe my October 19, 2015, article entitled An Open Letter Tim Cook Regarding HD Music actually worked. MacRumors.com is reporting that Apple has plans to launch 24-bit/96-kHz hi-res audio streaming in 2016. Specific details are scarce, but the story suggests that the Lightning connector on newer Apple devices with iOS 9 or better can support audio up to 24/192 and that third-party audio manufacturers are already working on their own Lightning cables in anticipation of this announcement. Of course, it’s all rumor at this point, as Apple has made no official announcement. The company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, during which many big announcements occur, doesn’t happen until June of 2016.”
Acapella APOLLON speakers: uncrating and setup
January 2, 2016 Comments Off on Acapella APOLLON speakers: uncrating and setup
” The speakers can go right up against the front wall, they are not ported, but we found they like a little room to breathe. Still, they went back far enough that the current listening position is not that much different than that used for the [extremely well-optimized setup of the] Avalon Eidolons that were here previously.”
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