Golden Ear Triton 5 Loudspeakers Review
August 4, 2025 Comments Off on Golden Ear Triton 5 Loudspeakers Review
Auris Audio Lyreo €2.280 Review
August 3, 2025 Comments Off on Auris Audio Lyreo €2.280 Review
During the past weeks I have used the Lyre as my main headphone amplifier, driving my HE1000SE, my Arya Unveiled and the Palma DH-S1. It was mostly connected to my Hugo TT2 as DAC via the XLR inputs. The Lyre also stepped into my main stereo speaker system as a pre-amplifier to test the pre-amp functionality.
The Auris amp was powered by my AudioQuest PowerQuest 707 and cabled with AudioQuest’s Black Beauty cables.
The Lyre has a traditionally beautiful and rich tube sound, which oozes of analogue warmth and an organic body. It is a more neutral presentation overall, but features impressively natural sound in the mids, where instruments and singers just sound right out perfect to me. Lyre has excellent staging and delivers exceptional results especially in layering and depth to me.

Dynaudio Confidence 20A Active Loudspeaker $24,000 Review
August 3, 2025 Comments Off on Dynaudio Confidence 20A Active Loudspeaker $24,000 Review
One of the tracks that I used to compare the two Danish speakers was “Silver Coin” from A Book Like This, the debut album by Australian brother-and-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone (16/44.1 FLAC, Nettwerk Music Group / Tidal). Again, the 20A pair did their vanishing trick, casting a wide soundstage that extended just beyond the front wall. I could hear every last detail in the opening violin notes: the clean, pure tone as well as the underlying grippy resinous friction of the bow across the strings and the woody resonance of the instrument body. The acoustic guitar was also presented with tremendous detail. It had natural resonance and realistic timbre. Angus’s voice had lifelike body and presence that I found enthralling. The slap of the brush on the snare drum had wonderful texture, and the bass guitar sounded solid and very articulate. Through the Confidence C2 floorstanders and Bryston monoblocks, the strings were a shade less clear, the guitar strings a little less incisive and a little more laid back, with a softer and warmer presentation. The piano sounded less focused through the C2 Signature speakers than through the 20A system, and the drums were not as well textured—the patter of brushes was less distinct and nuanced. But sonic images were larger with the C2. The C2s were less revealing of the drum-skin textures. The patter of brushes was less distinct and nuanced. Bass was noticeably deeper and fuller with the C2s, but the 20A system sounded a little more articulate in the mid bass.

Audio Research D-80 stereo tube amplifier review
August 3, 2025 Comments Off on Audio Research D-80 stereo tube amplifier review
YG Acoustics Carmel 3 Loudspeakers REVIEW
August 2, 2025 Comments Off on YG Acoustics Carmel 3 Loudspeakers REVIEW
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Jerome Sabbagh’s Heart has also become an important demo disc for me because it crawls so far into the music or, more accurately, the making of the music. Al Foster’s drumming, in particular, is unusually up-close and personal, especially the way in which he manipulates his cymbals and hi-hat through physical manipulation–it’s evocative of Shelly Manne in its range of unique sounds. Through the Carmel 3s I had the consistent impression that Foster was flanking me, to my right, so close that I could reach out and pat him on the back. We all talk about recordings where the performers feel like they’re in the room with you, but I had more of a feeling that I was up on stage with this gifted trio, trying to keep up with all the magic.
High-End Audio Masterpiece System
August 2, 2025 Comments Off on High-End Audio Masterpiece System
- A dedicated audio power cabinet equipped with IsoClean Zero Ohm circuit breakers. All in-wall wiring uses premium Oyaide cables. Power filtration system includes: Furutech “Turtle” master outlet and Ansuz Supreme power distributor. Audio Quest Niagara 7000 power conditioner
- Taiko Audio Extreme – world-class music server and streamer, CD Transport: CH Precision D1DAC: CH Precision C1.2 – featuring a 3-DAC architecture (Center, Left, Right)
- Each DAC powered individually with CH X1 power supply units
- Clock synchronized via CH Precision T1 external clock, enhanced with GPS antenna for ultra-precise signal locking
- Paired with CH Precision P1 phono stage



Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 7 Speaker Restoration and Review
August 2, 2025 Comments Off on Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 7 Speaker Restoration and Review
Bluesound’s new Powernode promises more power and less distortion
August 1, 2025 Comments Off on Bluesound’s new Powernode promises more power and less distortion
The Bluesound Powernode was something of a pioneer in the world of streaming amplifiers, so a new model is always big news. The 2025 incarnation (called, like its predecessor, simply ‘Bluesound Powernode’) offers more power while promising less distortion and smarter home integration.
The 100W per channel of ‘DirectDigital’ amplification is an upgrade on its predecessor’s 80W per channel of ‘HybridDigital’ amplification.
The device is designed for “people who want powerful sound in a simple, streamlined package – a way to stream music and enjoy TV without the clutter and confusion of multiple boxes, remotes, or wires,” Bluesound says.

NiPO A100 $399 Review
August 1, 2025 Comments Off on NiPO A100 $399 Review
The NiPO A100 is a linear sounding device with a clean profile, which seems to be another one of NiPO’s niche points. The frequency response is well extended, covering deep bass, and to highs that produce lots of sparkle.
The background is dark, and there is no hiss perceived, even with sensitive IEMs. This darkness makes way for a clear view into the music it’s producing.


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