Pass Labs XA30.8 $6800 Review
May 16, 2021 Comments Off on Pass Labs XA30.8 $6800 Review
The liquidity that the XP12 and XA30.8 provide was not the match needed in my system in this room. The Sigma SSP presentation is a little darker and more angular than I’d want overall. If I were stuck between the two with a “nice” $250 DAC in a system in which every other individual component is literally twenty times more costly… I’d probably pick the Sigma SSP to match the XA30.8. With a source commensurate with the rest of my system… there should be no surprise here.
The Hi-Fi Show: Room Tours & Gear from the Audience
May 16, 2021 Comments Off on The Hi-Fi Show: Room Tours & Gear from the Audience
Cambridge Audio Evo 75 $2250 Review
May 15, 2021 Comments Off on Cambridge Audio Evo 75 $2250 Review
https://www.whathifi.com/us/reviews/cambridge-audio-evo-75
Turntable owners will notice no mention of a built-in phono stage – sadly, that’s not an oversight on our part. As well as delivering double the power output and featuring a different ESS Sabre DAC chip, the step-up Evo 150’s selling point is the inclusion of phono, asynchronous USB and balanced XLR inputs, a second optical input, plus two sets of speaker terminals for running two pairs of speakers simultaneously. Vinyl-loving Evo 75 owners will have to connect a deck with a phono stage to the RCA input, or buy a separate phono stage.
Charisma Audio Musiko Tonearm $2500 Review
May 14, 2021 Comments Off on Charisma Audio Musiko Tonearm $2500 Review
Charisma Audio Musiko Tonearm, Soundeck, and Audio Machina Accessories
If you’re putting this tonearm on a Linn turntable, you will have to forego using the dust cover as the arm is a bit too long at the back and the lift lever sticks out a tad too much at the side. Most high-end audio turntables in this league don’t have dust covers, and I haven’t been using one with my Linn since I started modifying it, so this is not a problem for me. If you have concerns about fitment on a specific turntable, it wouldn’t hurt to check with Bernard.
The tonearm catch on the resting post does a reasonably good job of securing the tonearm at rest but it is not secured the way the snap-lock mechanism does on the Sumiko. In everyday use, it has a quality feel and is perfectly adequate. If I were to transport the table in a car, I would have to secure the arm to the post with some tape or a twist-tie, but obviously, this is not a deal-breaker.
Topping D30 Pro DAC and A30 Pro headphone amp Review
May 14, 2021 Comments Off on Topping D30 Pro DAC and A30 Pro headphone amp Review
SIMAUDIO MOON 860A V2 POWER AMPLIFIER £16,750 REVIEW
May 13, 2021 Comments Off on SIMAUDIO MOON 860A V2 POWER AMPLIFIER £16,750 REVIEW
Simaudio MOON 860A v2 Power Amplifier
MOON’s 860A v2 is an exciting and versatile beast, but it also stands apart. On the one hand, it cannot match – even in mono mode – the unforced clarity and lucid communication of an amp like CH Precision’s M1.1. On the other, it doesn’t cost nearly as much. What it does offer is the sort of sheer presence, musical momentum and colour that has become increasingly rare amongst the current generation of solid-state amps – and which works spectacularly well with many of today’s loudspeakers. It might (sensibly) sacrifice ultimate transparency and resolution on the alter of the musical whole, but in one sense it stands astride, with one musical foot in the past and the other equally firmly in the versatile, adaptable future. If the majority of remotely affordable, silicon-based designs have got too clean, too tight and too up themselves, this MOON quietly offers a welcome antidote. The fact that it’s practical, reliable and versatile too is a generous layer of icing on what is, by any measure, a pretty tasty and seriously substantial cake.
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