Cerwin Vega Dual 1515 with McIntosh MC 1.2 KW power amplifiers
July 21, 2021 Comments Off on Cerwin Vega Dual 1515 with McIntosh MC 1.2 KW power amplifiers
VPI Avenger Reference turntable Review
July 19, 2021 Comments Off on VPI Avenger Reference turntable Review
If I played these files for you, you’d hear the differences, all at what might be defined as at the margins of audibility of, among other things, transparency, spatial definition, background “blackness,” and low-frequency extension and resolution. At the margins, yes, but add them all together, and the cumulative difference was significant and dramatic.
I think the biggest differences were produced more by the tonearms than by the turntables. What that really tells you is how well the Avenger Reference turntable performs, and how effective the new ADS motor controller is. Between these two arms, the one costing more than twice the price of the Avenger Reference with arm is simply in a league of its own—and I know of at least one owner of a Avenger Reference with SAT LM-09 who agrees.
Gryphon Audio Designs Antileon EVO Stereo Power Amplifier Review
July 19, 2021 Comments Off on Gryphon Audio Designs Antileon EVO Stereo Power Amplifier Review
One of Class A’s great virtues is that its harmonic distortion spectrum is primarily second and third harmonic, with virtually no odd-order upper harmonics, such as sevenths and ninths. We hear those upper-harmonic distortion components as harshness. Second-harmonic distortion, however, is relatively benign since it occurs in nature, and is a significant component of instrumental overtones. In fact, some studio-processing devices intentionally add a bit of second-harmonic to make an instrument sound warmer and “fatter.” By contrast, seventh and nineth harmonics are rarely heard in nature, and add a hard, steely character to the sound. Not coincidentally, these upper-order harmonics are produced when metal is struck—not a pleasant sound, or one you want overlaying harmonic textures. A distortion spectrum that’s primarily second and third harmonic, without the upper-order harmonics, confers the warmth and liquidity that are hallmarks of Class A designs.
WILSON AUDIO SABRINAX FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER £22,998 REVIEW
July 18, 2021 Comments Off on WILSON AUDIO SABRINAX FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER £22,998 REVIEW
WILSON AUDIO SABRINAX FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER
Of course, the SabrinaX has its limitations, but they are not a concern in reality. Hear me out… no, the SabrinaX doesn’t have the bass depth or gut-wrenching dynamic range of far larger loudspeakers. Wilson Audio is not trying to break the laws of physics as they apply to acoustics and loudspeaker design. But, where the SabrinaX has its lower bass limits, and its dynamic headroom ceiling are neatly just within the limits of the dynamic constraints of smaller rooms. If you try to put a loudspeaker that delivers a sub-30Hz bass at full level in a smaller room, you’ll spend much of your time trying to control that bass. By way of contrast, the Wilson SabrinaX puts just enough energy into such rooms as to make the sound appear deep and powerful and more dynamic than you would want to stand… without the bass booming away from the corners. No, Wilson isn’t the first company to do this, and the SabrinaX isn’t even the first Wilson speaker to do this kind of presentation, but it just does it so well, it’s as if the speaker had been designed specifically for your room.
Cambridge Audio Edge NQ/M Streamer/Monoblocks Review
July 18, 2021 Comments Off on Cambridge Audio Edge NQ/M Streamer/Monoblocks Review
https://www.hifinews.com/content/cambridge-audio-edge-nqm-streamermonoblocks
This streaming DAC/power amp combination has a lot going for it – gorgeous looks and a sound and build quality to match. It’s simple both to install and use, and you won’t need any tweakery to tease out their best. Cambridge Audio has got its ‘no limits’ series pretty much bang-on, and anyone who still thinks the brand is just about ‘budget hi-fi’ needs to know it’s playing with the big boys now – with great success.
Campfire Audio Honeydew and Satsuma
July 18, 2021 Comments Off on Campfire Audio Honeydew and Satsuma
ELAC VELA FS 408 FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS REVIEW
July 17, 2021 Comments Off on ELAC VELA FS 408 FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS REVIEW
ELAC Vela FS 408 floorstanding speakers
The most immediately impressive aspect of the way the ELACs go about their business is their beautifully even, unified tonality. That most unlikely of early examples of sampling, The Jungle Line from Joni Mitchell’s The Hissing of Summer Lawns [Asylum], sounds as if it’s derived from a single piece of material, despite being a fairly coarse collision between The Royal Drummers of Burundi, Joni’s inimitable vocal and some grainy Moog keyboard.
NAD MASTERS M33 BLUOS® STREAMING DAC AMPLIFIER $4999 REVIEW
July 17, 2021 Comments Off on NAD MASTERS M33 BLUOS® STREAMING DAC AMPLIFIER $4999 REVIEW
At the beginning of this review, we called the M33 an innovative new design. Looking at the distortion and noise results above we can confirm this. We believe this is the best performance to date of a stereo or AV product, that has no analog volume stage. It’s the AKM AK5578 chip used with four converters processing one channel. Wired this way this ADCs performance is about as good as can be achieved from a single chip. We know of no other consumer product with this ADC performance. We believe we are the first to extensively examine the preamp-out performance of the M33 and note the performance standard it has set. Only a relay-based analog volume or a volume using an exotic current mode multiplying DAC with laser trimmed film resistors will provide a significant improvement over what we see here.
Dunu SA6 Review – Mid-level Reference
July 17, 2021 Comments Off on Dunu SA6 Review – Mid-level Reference
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