World Premiere Review!Margules Audio U-280SC Amplifier Review
November 26, 2025 § Leave a comment
The Margules amplifier sounded neither audibly tube-like nor solid-state-like. What I heard coming from this amp was music. This amplifier gave me the feeling that I was hearing a very accurate version of the recording, but without any of the amp’s own sonic signature that would compel me not to think, “What a great sounding amplifier,” but rather, “What a great piece of music!”
With the Vermouth Audio Studio Monitors in the system, this is when the sonic magic really happened. The Vermouth Audio speakers were closer to what the average Margules customer might have as part of their audio system. The Margules amp proved itself to be an incredible-sounding power amplifier when listening through these speakers.
RBH S-12HPS Micro Subwoofer Review
November 26, 2025 § Leave a comment
This is a subwoofer that can grow over time with the unusual in-its-class ability to daisy-chain multiple units. It’s powerful yet agile. It is petite yet plays big. It makes music better and cinema more watchable. It can be hidden behind a sofa or in a corner, hardly being noticed in the arena of Domestic Acceptance Factor.
Who is its intended audience? While the first audience will likely be at an RBH dealer with some of the company’s bookshelf speakers, it would be a mistake to limit the audience to just that demographic. Anyone who has speakers that need help delivering bass to near 20 Hz and doesn’t want a large box spoiling one’s décor would find a friend in the RBH S-12HPS. It’s well engineered with a build quality that promises a music and movie enhancer with a shelf life measured in decades, not years. The RBH S-12HPS should be on the short list for anyone looking for a compact, powerful, and musical subwoofer.
Acora Acoustics MRC-2 Loudspeaker $12,990 Review
November 25, 2025 Comments Off on Acora Acoustics MRC-2 Loudspeaker $12,990 Review
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won’t go through all 28 tracks in my new playlist, which includes “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from John Wilson’s new recording of Carousel; “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man” from the Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet; “Diamonds & Rust” by Joan Baez; “Something” and “Because” from the Beatles’ Abbey Road; the second movement, Scherzo, from Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9; and a violin concerto by J. S. Bach, a Haydn symphony, and a Shostakovich string quartet. On every one of these tracks, the YGs held a slight edge, but the price difference was out of all proportion to the sonic gains.
The Haileys threw a wider and deeper image, had greater definition in the bass, displayed increased resolution, and were cleaner on difficult percussion sounds. The differences were greater with bass-heavy material, where the YGs sounded cleaner and more tuneful, and on percussion-heavy jazz. But the YGs and Acoras sounded far more alike than different. You might well think they came from the same manufacturer if you were blindfolded. I would recommend the YG if cost were no object. But it almost always is, and I consider the MRC‑2 sensational value for money.
Wilson Audio WAMM x Quintessence Audio
November 25, 2025 Comments Off on Wilson Audio WAMM x Quintessence Audio
Just as master wood carvers, carpenters, architects, granite installers and landscapers came together to create a home of unmatched quality, the Wilson Audio WAMM brings together material experts combined with skilled, experienced acoustical engineers to craft loudspeakers of unmatched artistry and sound.
Air Tight ATM-2Plus amplifier
November 23, 2025 Comments Off on Air Tight ATM-2Plus amplifier
I have to admit that I’ve had decidedly mixed experiences with MoFi’s vinyl (and not because of the fuss around the “digital step”). While all of it sounds some variety of terrific, I’ve been less convinced by some releases’ ideas about the music. Take 2019’s double-disc reissue of Miles Smiles. The glossy, high-resolution mastering somehow allows the music’s rhythmic structure to drift. When I compared it to the 1967 Columbia original, I heard the playing of Miles Davis’s quintet as notably less incisive and communicative.So I slid the new Hejira out of its heavy sleeve and turned the Garrard’s speed dial to 45 with a bit of trepidation. When I sat down to listen, the music that came out of the speakers dazzled me. The MoFi team has somehow excavated a whole new layer of musically relevant information: not only more distinct notes from the guitar and bass and a closer, less murky acoustic but also tons of ambient sounds I’d never heard. And far more body, making Mitchell and the band present in a way I hadn’t experienced.
HIFIMAN’S HE600 REVIEW
November 23, 2025 Comments Off on HIFIMAN’S HE600 REVIEW
HIFIMAN was founded by Dr. Fang Bian in 2007 and, two years later, introduced the acclaimed HM-801, the first digital audio player to feature true audiophile-grade performance from a pocket-size form factor. Since then, HIFIMAN, under Dr. Bian’s guidance, has developed an extensive selection of no-holds-barred headphones, digital audio players, and headphone amplifiers that are consistently recognized as the best in class, offering performance that belies their price point, no matter the cost.
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