How To: Setup Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO

February 18, 2021 Comments Off on How To: Setup Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO

JDS LABS EL STACK II REVIEW

February 15, 2021 Comments Off on JDS LABS EL STACK II REVIEW

You read the review, I can’t find anything bad about it. Yet again with JDS Labs, you get a solid bang for your buck. EL Stack II offers many input options, features a balanced, accurate, and airy presentation. Technical aspects such as PRaT, resolution, stereo imaging, instrument separation, resolution are all excellent for the price. The black aluminum build quality, small footprint and easy-to-use operation makes it a brilliant candidate. Don’t forget that JDS offers one of the best customer service in the industry so if anything bad happens, they got you covered. Definitely give these a try

KEF Introduces KC62 Uni-Core Subwoofer $1,499

February 15, 2021 Comments Off on KEF Introduces KC62 Uni-Core Subwoofer $1,499

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/kef-introduces-kc62tm-uni-core-subwoofer

As noted in our earlier post, Uni-Core uses dual opposed “force-cancelling” drivers that are concentrically arranged and share a single motor. According to KEF, this design “allows the cabinet size to be reduced by over a third while equaling or exceeding the driver excursion of a much larger subwoofer.” The KC62 also uses an “Origami” surround that resists pressure within the sealed cabinet without restricting sensitivity. Tech innovation number three is a Smart Distortion Control motional feedback system that reduces “signal abnormalities” by “measuring the current in the voice coil, detecting, and then correcting any non-linear distortions,” according to KEF.

Focal Celestee Review

February 15, 2021 Comments Off on Focal Celestee Review

Focal Celestee

February 15, 2021 Comments Off on Focal Celestee

Denon DCD-A110/PMA-A110 SACD Player/Amplifier Review

February 14, 2021 Comments Off on Denon DCD-A110/PMA-A110 SACD Player/Amplifier Review

https://www.hifinews.com/content/denon-dcd-a110pma-a110-sacd-playeramplifier


Make no mistake, both elements of this pairing are exceptional, and I can see the DCD-A110 having appeal to those wanting a final disc player with minimal frills – it certainly has a simplicity of purpose to match the solidity of its build. But it’s the PMA-A110 amp that’s the star turn here, whether you use its analogue inputs (including the fine phono stage) or digital connections.

Denon’s engineers have again kept things simple, concentrating their efforts where they will have maximal impact on the sound. It’s this thinking that’s so apparent in the way these products perform.

Mark Levinson No5105 Turntable £5799 Review

February 14, 2021 Comments Off on Mark Levinson No5105 Turntable £5799 Review

https://www.hifinews.com/content/mark-levinson-no5105-turntable


For all the wrong reasons – looks, build quality, ease-of-use – I adore the No5105. Enough for the purists among you to castigate me, perhaps, but my admiration for it would only be meaningless if the sound didn’t match the form. This is a sublime device which does everything you’d want of a deck at its price, while delivering pride of ownership usually restricted to luxury pens and watches. I’m dazzled.

Altec 19 McIntosh 2125 McIntosh C28

February 14, 2021 Comments Off on Altec 19 McIntosh 2125 McIntosh C28

Grimm Audio MU1 Music Library/Server Review

February 13, 2021 Comments Off on Grimm Audio MU1 Music Library/Server Review

https://www.hifinews.com/content/grimm-audio-mu1-music-libraryserver

Tempting though it may be to think ‘but it’s just a computer and some storage’, Grimm Audio’s MU1 is all about delivering the best possible digital data to your DAC. To that end, this is an entirely convincing ‘transport’ solution, and is capable of sparkling results. The ‘analogue/digital’ thing may be a blind alley, but the MU1 still delivers one of the most musical sounds I’ve heard from digital to date.

Sonus Faber Heritage Collection Maxima Amator Loudspeakers $15,000 REVIEW

February 13, 2021 Comments Off on Sonus Faber Heritage Collection Maxima Amator Loudspeakers $15,000 REVIEW

https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/1012-sonus-faber-heritage-collection-maxima-amator-loudspeakers

Sonus Faber’s target audience for its Heritage Collection, and for the Maxima Amator in particular, is not audiophiles who are cross-shopping designs from Focal, Magico, and/or Wilson Audio Specialties. This is an artisanal loudspeaker. The marriage of so many materials—solid walnut, leather, brass, marble—into such an evocative form gives the Sonus Faber a presence and a gravitas that are difficult to describe. It’s also a very good loudspeaker, with admirable output down to 35Hz, and a commendably linear, uncolored mid band. The Maxima Amator’s tipped-up tweeter means that its sound is not strictly neutral, but Sonus Faber’s skillful voicing has maximized the speaker’s dynamics without making it sound harsh or bright.