1More True Wireless Review
September 9, 2019 Comments Off on 1More True Wireless Review
“Unlike many of the other true wireless headphones I’ve heard, the 1More Stylish TWS earphones sound very musical out the gate. And there’s no app and equalizer to fumble with – because you don’t need it. It also supports AptX! Bonus points there.
The tuning of the 1More Stylish is obviously towards the bass region. You won’t get a lot of shimmer, sizzle, or shine but you’ll get plenty of punchy bass, rich vocals, and a much meatier sound. You would think everything would sound smeared and veiled – but it isn’t. It’s refreshing given how thin and brittle these other true wireless earphones sound.”
QUAD ERA-1 Headphone Review
September 8, 2019 Comments Off on QUAD ERA-1 Headphone Review
“Through the ERA-1 the album was laid bare with the recorded space around the two bassists creating a huge sound stage in every axis while the two uprights alternated in their crazily-tilted responses to one another (from what you think a bass should sound like to something from a science-fiction horror film soundtrack – and everything in between) and I was held rapt by how well the ERA-1 was able to delineate between each player’s left, pitch-producing hands and their right hands manipulating tone. Weight, heft and air pressure from arm and body movements were conveyed with realism critical to believability in its midrange emphasis.”
AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt Review
September 8, 2019 Comments Off on AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt Review
“A little piece of trivia: Mama Cass Elliot and Keith Moon both died in the same room in Harry Nilsson’s London flat. Four years apart. Now on with the show. Harry Nilsson’s A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night is one of my favorite albums. I listen to it in spurts as I do Taylor Swift’s 1989 album (gilty pleasure). I have this album on my laptop and my iPhone for my offline listening pleasure. I press play and don’t stop listening until the final note of track twelve. The album’s opener, Lazy Moon begins with a smooth Nilsson vocal and Gordon Jenkins conducted orchestra sending the listener floating through the air via violins and strings similar to when an Academy Award is presented and the winner walks up to the stage. My Etymotic and Cobalt combo reproduce this sonic delight pretty well and about as good as I’d expect from a portable system. Nilsson’s voice doesn’t quite have the enveloping full range that I’m used to with my full-sized audio system, but that’s to be expected. Above all, this track, and entire album, has a beautiful bloom to it through the Cobalt.”
Sennheiser Momentum Wireless vs. Sony 1000xM3
September 8, 2019 Comments Off on Sennheiser Momentum Wireless vs. Sony 1000xM3
Revel Performa M126Be Bookshelf Speaker$ 4,000 Review
September 7, 2019 Comments Off on Revel Performa M126Be Bookshelf Speaker$ 4,000 Review
“The above graphs show the Revel M126Be speaker’s low-frequency responses that I captured using groundplane measurements (where the speaker and microphone are on the ground in a wide-open area). Revel characterizes the low-end response as -6 dB at 54 Hz, and this is a conservative spec by my measurements. In ported mode, the response knee pretty much starts a bit below 60 Hz, and there is usable output below 50 Hz. I also measured the M126Be with its port plugged. We can see that it reduces output below 100 Hz. This might be handy for those who are getting too much of a bass boost from having to place the speaker near large room surfaces. Overall, the responses shown here are quite good and shows a well-implemented port. This is a bookshelf speaker with solid extension down to 50 Hz, and that range will cover most music recordings, especially of acoustic music. Those who don’t need deep bass can get by without a sub, but those who want the subterranean thunder of modern action movies will certainly want to add a sub. I think the 50 Hz extension is a very reasonable frequency to aim for. It covers much conventional music without trying for deep bass which would have incurred a big penalty in sensitivity.”
Naim Nait XS 3 review
September 7, 2019 Comments Off on Naim Nait XS 3 review
“The Nait sounds more energetic and entertaining. It takes the multitude of musical strands in Arvo Part’s Tabula Rasa and combines them to deliver a musical and emotionally absorbing performance. Detail resolution is good, but it’s the amplifier’s ability to assemble all that information into a cohesive whole that really impresses.”
Wilson Audio Specialties Debuts Flagship XVX Loudspeaker
September 7, 2019 Comments Off on Wilson Audio Specialties Debuts Flagship XVX Loudspeaker
Krell K-300i $7,000 Review
September 6, 2019 Comments Off on Krell K-300i $7,000 Review
“Just a quick note about the HDMI performance of the K-300i. In a word, it is phenomenal. Watching Mary Queen of Scots, my wife and our friend agreed, it was like we had upgraded our modest Epson projector several levels. Color saturation and detail rendition was startling as was the contrast and brightness. If you are like me and your audio system does double duty as your home theater, the upgrade in video quality alone not to mention the ease of integration is worth at least half the overall cost the K-300i.”
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