Decware Zen Mystery Amp $5,695 Review
August 5, 2015 Comments Off on Decware Zen Mystery Amp $5,695 Review
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“Regardless of the tracks chosen, subtlety abounds with this amp, and it continually offers little surprises on so many records that I’ve been listening to for years. And listening to new music is equally dreamy. Trent Reznor’s soundtrack for the recent movie Gone Girl is so good it’s scary, constantly reminding me of the tension in the film. Reznor is known for his ability to build a dense and ethereal soundscape—and the ZMA, combined with the GamuT RS5 speakers, envelops me in so much more than what I might call a soundstage with another amplifier. The ZMA creates a hyper-real, three-dimensional sound sphere. While a record like this does not provide the picture of musical accuracy that your favorite Blue Note might, it does have many layers of minute detail—and through a less-capable amplifier, those details just don’t come through in the same dreamy sonic picture that the ZMA paints.”
Rega to launch limited edition ‘Queen’ turntable
August 5, 2015 Comments Off on Rega to launch limited edition ‘Queen’ turntable
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“The answer is that Rega was approached by legendary rock band ‘Queen’ to produce a limited edition turntable to coincide with the release of their 18 piece 180g vinyl LP boxset containing all 15 hit studio albums sourced from the original master tapes mastered by Bob Ludwig and cut at Abbey Road studios”
An Inside Look at Meridian’s Master Quality Authenticated (MQA)
August 5, 2015 Comments Off on An Inside Look at Meridian’s Master Quality Authenticated (MQA)
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“Meridian’s pursuit of techniques to increase timing precision was inspired by recent findings in psychoacoustics and neuroscience. The temporal blur target of 10µs is based on this research. The AES paper mentioned earlier is full of citations to psychoacoustic and neuroscience literature. Timing is so important because our hearing mechanism is acutely tuned to impulsive sounds for instantly determining the “where, then what” of the object creating the sound. The distortion of these vital cues by temporal blur diminishes the sense of musical realism in a variety of ways. In the accompanying interview, Bob Stuart describes in more detail why temporal blur is so detrimental to sound quality”
Mitchell and Johnson Launch HP1 Headphones
August 5, 2015 Comments Off on Mitchell and Johnson Launch HP1 Headphones
” The natural wood-grain pattern makes each pair totally unique, giving the one of a kind appearance to the HP1. Mitchell and Johnson has also made the HP1 extremely lightweight using super soft PU leather on the ear pads and headband and the lightweight alloy frame with real wood enclosure for a very comfortable listening experience.”
Monitor Audio Bronze 2 review
August 4, 2015 Comments Off on Monitor Audio Bronze 2 review
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” There’s plenty of insight here, from the way the trailing edges of the piano notes fade gracefully into silence to the Bronze 2s’ ability to track subtle pace changes. It’s a spellbinding performance, out of keeping from what we normally hear at this level.”
Moon by Simaudio Evolution 760A Stereo Amplifier Review
August 4, 2015 Comments Off on Moon by Simaudio Evolution 760A Stereo Amplifier Review
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” There were subtle differences, though; the 760A’s slightly warmer, fuller sound consistently translated into images and voices drawn with greater depths of tonal color and naturalness. The Simaudio also painted images with a hint more grandeur, giving me somewhat of a front-row vantage on the sound, as opposed to the Classés’ slightly recessed and drier character. Henley’s kick drum proved a perfect example of this — through the Simaudio, it sounded larger and more organic, while the Classés struggled to balance their punchy authority with the same level of scale”
JEFF ROWLAND MODEL 525 REVIEW
August 4, 2015 Comments Off on JEFF ROWLAND MODEL 525 REVIEW
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“The 525 sounds bolder, and acoustically more convincing than I remember the older model 102 or model 201’s to sound. The 525 doesn’t have the harmonic richness of the more upscale class A/B amplifiers in the Rowland product palette, but its timbre is very natural and there’s no trace of artifice to be found. While the 525 is very clean and articulate, it does not offer the low level resolution or superb soundstage layering that is possible with the dearer amps in the Jeff Rowland assortment. But then, these improvements come at high cost, as the next amplifier up in the current range carries a 4x price tag, and at that level it is only expected that performance is further elevated.”
Aune B1 – Review
August 4, 2015 Comments Off on Aune B1 – Review
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“Looking at the specs like most amps it reckons it can driver impedances between 16 and 300 Ohms and like usual, I pay little attention and have little care to what the specs claim. For power we don’t get all the numbers but we do get a rather impressive 100mw into 300 ohms. Before we even start to talk about how it does with headphones, I want to talk about how it handles my favourite method of on the go listening, IEMs. I still get amazed how much portable amps neglect IEMs, which was just the start of our love for the Leckerton because that’s it main goal. The Aune does good and bad, lets start with the good news. ”
How to Sound Deaden Car Interior – Video
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NAD C 275BEE Stereo/Mono Amplifier Review
August 3, 2015 Comments Off on NAD C 275BEE Stereo/Mono Amplifier Review
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“The transients in this recording are astounding, especially from the bass drum. Poorly designed amps smear those transients, but through the C 275BEE the attacks were as tight and with as great a sense of slam as I can imagine. This may be a function of the amp’s very high damping factor. The highs were reproduced with exceptional detail, and the mids were quite solid. The band was presented with good depth and width.”
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