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High End Audiophile in Singapore

October 22, 2023 Comments Off on High End Audiophile in Singapore

Sonus faber Homage Amati G5 Loudspeaker Review

October 20, 2023 Comments Off on Sonus faber Homage Amati G5 Loudspeaker Review

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Meanwhile, the two G5 bass drivers, with their ‘ultralight CCAW voice coils’ and neodymium-boosted magnet, work into a larger vented enclosure, but even this is unusual. Its use of ‘Stealth Ultraflex’ bass tuning, realised as long alloy slots that exit via the speaker’s spine, aim to reduce the size of bass chamber required for a given LF extension while also smoothing out the airflow.

They’re handsome beasts, these Amati speakers, taking their name from Nicolò Amati, active in the 17th century as part of a dynasty of violin makers stretching back to his grandfather Andrea, who first formulated the modern shape of the violin, viola, and cello. Nicolò is acknowledged as the greatest of the family, and later had as his student Andrea Guarneri, and possibly Antonio Stradivari (though this is disputed).

Fezz Audio Lybra 300B Integrated Amplifier $5995 Review

October 20, 2023 Comments Off on Fezz Audio Lybra 300B Integrated Amplifier $5995 Review

https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/1204-fezz-audio-lybra-300b-integrated-amplifier

When I threw the Totems into the mix, I did a bit of a head-explody. The Sky Towers matched so well with the Lybra that I’ll likely find myself cornering people at parties, poking them in the chest as I insist that they purchase this combination for themselves. The clarity, the extension, the imaging, the flat-out flavor that this amplifier excavated from these speakers startled me and made me re-evaluate the concept of value in audio.

This is Ultra audio, right? So let’s consider, shall we, that there’s a whole constellation of speakers with physical and electrical characteristics similar to the Sky Towers that’d likely pair perfectly with the Lybra while mounting a full assault on the state of the art. You could quite feasibly purchase a Lybra, and—what the heck—a pair of Sky Towers from my Canadian homies at Totem Acoustic while performing a rigorous search for the perfect speakers that hew to your exact tastes.

KEF REL Acoustics PS Audio Audioquest IsoAcoustics

October 20, 2023 Comments Off on KEF REL Acoustics PS Audio Audioquest IsoAcoustics

Wilson Audio Sasha V Loudspeaker Review

October 19, 2023 Comments Off on Wilson Audio Sasha V Loudspeaker Review

https://www.hifinews.com/content/wilson-audio-sasha-v-loudspeaker

I had already been captivated by the Sasha V’s transparency, clarity, openness, speed, imaging capabilities and freedom from artifice. What I needed more of was the sheer command imparted only by deep, extended, rock-solid bass. For the life of me, I cannot think of anything which betters Kodō drumming, especially when those rich, stygian notes are heard in contrast with flutes.

‘Majestic’ had to make way for ‘incomparable’. The Sasha Vs delivered the most convincing recreation of the Kodō experience I have ever heard. It was – and I say this hopefully without hyperbole or melodrama – truly humbling. Never have those drums appeared so genuinely palpable.

In my recent review of DeVore’s O/baby [HFN Aug ’23], I wrote that only four speakers had moved me to tears: that speaker, Apogee’s Scintilla, the Wilson Sasha DAW, and LS3/5As. Better make that five.

Infigo Method-3 monoblock power amplifier $55,000 REVIEW

October 19, 2023 Comments Off on Infigo Method-3 monoblock power amplifier $55,000 REVIEW

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I’ve heard few amplifiers I’ve been as eager to return to time and time again as the Infigo Method 3 monoblocks. For smoothness, warmth, you-are-there beauty, color, and ease, they’ve taken me as close to my ideal sound as the best gear I’ve had in my system. Indeed, the Method 3 is one of the finest-sounding components I’ve been privileged to review. There may be amps with more powerful bass, but few so successfully combine modest energy consumption and unforced, utterly convincing musicality. Plus, they’re easy to move around.