Fiio M15 Flagship Music player Review
February 9, 2020 Comments Off on Fiio M15 Flagship Music player Review
https://www.headfonia.com/fiio-m15/
“The DAP is pretty to me, though that of course depends on your personal preference. On top you have the perfectly finished headphone and LO outputs as well as the volume dial. The positioning of the volume wheel is a bit weird depending on what you’re used to. Where we very often see the volume dial on the right, Fiio has placed it on the left. It’s special, but once you’re used to it, no problem.
All the M15’s button can be found on the left side. They’re rather plastic like but the design is nice and they fit perfectly in the case. On the right side? Nothing! On the bottom you’ll find the USB-C connector and the MicroSD slot. Almost forgot, the M15 has one button you can program yourself. Extra points!”
MBL N31 CD/DAC REVIEW
February 9, 2020 Comments Off on MBL N31 CD/DAC REVIEW
https://www.audiophilia.com/reviews/2019/12/3/f4outun4p1rocuvdzlfo3wbh1qe8oh
W”hat the N31 does not feature is MQA support (Reis could not confirm whether MQA was a possible future update) or an SACD drive. More on this choice later. But, what the feature rich N31 does include is a very sophisticated, deep dive design by Reis minimizing jitter and intersample overload. It also includes a CD text recognition display (and full colour album art as part of its Roon Endpoint feature set), a CD slot drive that has been optimized to account for air turbulence and mechanical vibration (the CD drive and its bog standard Red Book playback is one of the glories of this machine), a fully-balanced signal path from the DA converter to XLR output and optically-isolated USB inputs with its own power supply”
Cube Audio Nenuphar, 10″ single driver Review
February 8, 2020 Comments Off on Cube Audio Nenuphar, 10″ single driver Review
Paradigm Persona 9H Loudspeaker £34,000 Review
February 8, 2020 Comments Off on Paradigm Persona 9H Loudspeaker £34,000 Review
https://www.hifinews.com/content/paradigm-persona-9h-loudspeaker
“That said, the speakers can be sweet and light on their feet with Copland’s own recording of ‘Billy The Kid’ [Copland Conducts Copland; Sony Classical SS 89041] and then deploy their immense power and speed with Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘Welcome To The Pleasuredome’ from the Rage Hard compilation [ZTT 177SACD]. It’s a track I have used often, both as a stern test and an absolute riot, but I don’t think I have ever heard it as clean and hard-hitting as it did via these Paradigm flagships, even with my phone’s VU SPL meter suggesting we were peaking at around 105dB some 4m from the speakers.
Scale back the musical forces, or at least the complexity, and the Persona 9H ‘sound’ showed itself well-suited to the cleanly-recorded interplay of the Oscar Peterson Trio’s A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra set [Verve 0602498625750], with subtle drumming from Ed Thigpen, Ray Brown’s bass with great snap and resonance, and of course Peterson’s delicate touch on the keyboard much in evidence. It was one of those times when you fire up one track just to have a listen, and then find yourself still gripped when the album finishes.”
Chord Poly Review
February 8, 2020 Comments Off on Chord Poly Review
https://www.whathifi.com/us/chord/poly/review
“Playing Bon Iver’s 666ʇ, they deliver the opening two-chime notes and glitchy guitar attacks with greater clarity and texture, pursuing the harmonics of the distorted instruments with greater resolve.
The stepping-stone pattern, which rides underneath as Bon Iver stacks his dense synth-washed canvas layer-by-layer, has a closer-knit correlation with everything else.
And when it’s time for his warped, auto-tuned chop to come in, it’s placed centre-stage with a level of articulacy and dynamic discernment the Cambridge can’t quite match. That insight extends to the low end, with heft anchoring the tuneful bassline.”
ELAC Vela BS 403 speakers Review
February 6, 2020 Comments Off on ELAC Vela BS 403 speakers Review
http://av2day.com/2020/01/elac-vela-bs-403-speakers-outstanding-tweeter-good-sound/
The speakers were versatile in that both listening positions provided very satisfying experiences, but I felt that the equilateral triangle method provided a more intimate experience with the singer placed just in front of the listener and the musicians spread out behind the speakers.
Compared with the resident ATC SCM50 floorstanders, the soundstage and images were noticeably smaller and the BS 403’s bass could not reach to subterranean levels. This was to be expected given the size of the ELAC speakers.
However, the bass that was present was rhythmic and lively. Imaging was solid and stable and the sheer transparency of the tweeter resulted in a very detailed sound. Overall, the sound quality was more on the neutral side of the spectrum and the star component was the JET 5 tweeter which created high notes that soared effortlessly into the blackness.
ROSSON AUDIO DESIGN RAD-0 FLAGSHIP HEADPHONES REVIEW
February 5, 2020 Comments Off on ROSSON AUDIO DESIGN RAD-0 FLAGSHIP HEADPHONES REVIEW
“Meanwhile, James Hetfield’s vocals were meaty, upfront and especially transparent; conversely, Kirk Hammett’s guitar snarled with a clarity and intensity that left me with a huge smile on my face! Now on to the bass – all I could remember thinking was “WOW”! Robert Trujillo’s bass notes hit hard and fast and were both impactful and taught. These headphones can do bass with the very best out there and will have your head rocking up and down in short order. Their ability to cast a wider and deep soundscape really dazzled me grabbing my attention from the outset and never letting it go”
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