VPI Player Review
November 15, 2018 Comments Off on VPI Player Review
“’m fine with the vinyl resurgence having less than honorable beginnings. Ask any hipster on the street if they are a hipster, and you’ll be met with protestations and denial. Go to your local record store and ask any hipster with vinyl in hand, “What do you like about vinyl?”, and they’ll tell you plainly “it’s the sound.” Ask them next, “What do you listen on?”, and nine out of nine times it will be a Crosley suitcase turntable, or a “vintage” thrift-store turntable on it’s last legs. This answer doesn’t exactly jive with what us audiophiles know to be the reality of proper vinyl playback. What millennials are having is indeed a lo-fi experience. But as time goes by during this resurgence many of today’s vinyl collectors — who got into it ironically — soon found themselves experiencing something unexpected as more affordable hi-fi turntables entered the market. Entry level hi-fi turntables are now fashionable as decor pieces and making regular appearances in tech blogs, YouTube channels, and within the mandatory reading material of millennial hipster sub-culture.”
Huge Carbon Fiber Horn Loudspeakers, RMAF 2018
November 15, 2018 Comments Off on Huge Carbon Fiber Horn Loudspeakers, RMAF 2018
Dolby Dimension headphones review
November 15, 2018 Comments Off on Dolby Dimension headphones review
Burmester Ambience BA71 Loudspeakers $55,000 Review
November 14, 2018 Comments Off on Burmester Ambience BA71 Loudspeakers $55,000 Review
“With the Ambience BA71s positioned as best as I could manage, and before doing any serious listening, I let them burn in for a good 200 hours, which gave me time to think about why I’d had so much trouble getting these speakers to sound right in my room. I concluded that there were just too many cooks in the kitchen. My first struggle had been with the BA71s’ MTM arrays and getting the image to snap into focus: I’d found that the Burmesters’ listening window was very narrow — I had to position my head just so between the speakers. My next challenge was with the AMT: when I listened on its axis, the sound was just too bright, even with the rear, ambience AMT dialed all the way down. As I reduced the speakers’ toe-in to smooth out the AMTs, I had to be very careful not to lose proper imaging. Minimizing toe-in seemed to increase the efficacy of the rear-firing AMT, but I had to be careful here, too — if I got too greedy for ambience, the increased high-frequency energy translated to a leaner upper midbass, emphasizing the brightness from the front-firing AMT.”
Chord Clearway Analogue RCA: Best analogue interconnect over £50
November 14, 2018 Comments Off on Chord Clearway Analogue RCA: Best analogue interconnect over £50
Woo Audio WA33 Balanced Headphone Amplifier Review
November 13, 2018 Comments Off on Woo Audio WA33 Balanced Headphone Amplifier Review
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The WA33 could very well be the best sounding headphone amplifier ever to make its way into the lab, but its also the most expensive. Could it sound better? Maybe. I do recall hearing Woo’s own pinnacle monoblocks ($16k) at an audio show complete reset my thinking for what can be achieved in person audio with proper support, but lets keep things (somewhat) practical for this exercise. The dual chassis case will fit on a desktop and despite its high society price tag is manageable and fully balanced for an end-to-end experience that can both wow and whisper. The bonus preamp callabilities make some sense for near field or desktop listening and all other qualifiers as a top tier headphone amplifier are firmly checked.”
Von Schweikert Ultra 9 Premiere, VAC Statement 450i RMAF
November 13, 2018 Comments Off on Von Schweikert Ultra 9 Premiere, VAC Statement 450i RMAF
SONUS FABER AMATI HOMAGE TRADITION FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
November 12, 2018 Comments Off on SONUS FABER AMATI HOMAGE TRADITION FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
“Don’t underestimate the Amati Homage Tradition. It is not the Sonus faber of even 10 years ago. This is a Sonus faber that combines the best of the past with the clarity and energy of the present. And yet, it’s not a forward sound… it’s just a ‘right’ sound. If you are the kind of person who thinks Sonus faber is all about the looks and not so much about the sound, then the Amati Homage Tradition will be something of a wake-up call. Don’t be surprised if you end up thinking it’s one of the best speakers on sale right now!”
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