Wharfedale D320 Review
November 2, 2018 Comments Off on Wharfedale D320 Review
“We listen to a range of music from Miles Davis’s Kind Of Blue to Eminem’s Recovery and the Wharfedales take it all in their stride. They don’t favour one genre over another, and have enough in the way of attack, tonal balance and smoothness to keep us listening. Their stereo imaging is decently expansive and stable enough to pinpoint the position of instruments, while bass, always limited in small speakers such as this, is pleasingly weighty.”
iFi Pro iDSD $2,499 Review
November 1, 2018 Comments Off on iFi Pro iDSD $2,499 Review
“I think iFi have a real hit on their hands. The Pro iDSD appeals to many distinct audio constituencies. To owners of an entry-level DAC, the Pro iDSD is a formidable upgrade, both in features and sound quality. To owners of a mid-price DAC, the Pro iDSD combined with a high-quality PSU like the JS-2 would be a compelling upgrade. To tinkerers and tweakers like me, who already have high-quality PSUs and a reference clock, the Pro iDSD provides an extremely economical way to achieve a level of sound quality associated with $5k+ DACs.”
VPI Launches $15,000 HW-40 Direct Drive Turntable At 40th Anniversary “Open House”
November 1, 2018 Comments Off on VPI Launches $15,000 HW-40 Direct Drive Turntable At 40th Anniversary “Open House”
IBASSO DX120 REVIEW
November 1, 2018 Comments Off on IBASSO DX120 REVIEW
For the first time since the iBasso DX50, the brand chose to use one DAC only. It’s the “former flagship DAC AK4495” released in 2015 by Asahi Kasei a very potent DAC capable of decoding 32bit files as well as DSD files, if the processor allows it.It’s a full symmetrical stereo DAC from the Verita series, the one bragging velvet sound every time. Quoted from AK website :
“Five digital filters are integrated into the AK4495(…) and a newly integrated super slow roll-off filter having emphasized characteristics, providing a wide range of choice in digital filters.”To summarize, even up to this day, it’s a very good DAC with a 105dB THD on paper and 111dB THD with the DX120, thanks to an additional 7V supply.”
ASTELL&KERN SR15 $700 REVIEW
October 31, 2018 Comments Off on ASTELL&KERN SR15 $700 REVIEW
“As mentioned before, Astell&Kern has two outputs. I have mostly been using the 2.5 mm balanced one, as most of my cables are terminated to that plug. I will go over the differences between balanced and unbalanced later. One thing up front though. I know people say balanced makes no difference. While I agree that there is no general rule for that, I say, it is all about the implementation. The circuit matters. I know balanced outputs that outperform the single ended one, and I also know single ended one’s that sound better than their symmetrical counterpart. It’s all about the components used and how well they act with each other.”
ELAC MIRACORD 70 TURNTABLE $2000 REVIEW
October 31, 2018 Comments Off on ELAC MIRACORD 70 TURNTABLE $2000 REVIEW
“This music pushed the limits of the Miracord’s supplied Audio-Technica budget cartridge. It complained. I started to hear some treble, and upper mid band coarseness as the stylus struggled to decipher a moveable feast of grating static-filled guitar riffs, tolling bells, high-pitched bird sounds, softly spoken voices and violin riffs that range from the pastoral to those that are pure torture.Replacing the Audio-Technica with an Ortofon 2M Bronze banished the upper-frequency brittleness. A cartridge switch proving the Miracord 70 has a natural upgrade path.”
FIIO M3K REVIEW
October 30, 2018 Comments Off on FIIO M3K REVIEW
“The entire top end of this player is a stark contrast to the rest of what is offered, where everything else seems purist based, the top end here gently bright and musical. I really love this type of tonality and it fit immensely well with my older AKG K267, which has amazing treble capabilities, even my Flare Audio R2Pro’s sounded amazing! I am so happy with the tonality of the top end.
You just don’t hear this type of a musical tendency these days and I wish FiiO would make a very warm, very musical sounding DAP in this ultraportable tier sometime soon to complement the sound of the M3K. The treble presence and dynamic kick are less than moderate and closer to the bottom end of the tier. Meaning, it is further from slamming than it is from very soft.”
DYNAUDIO MUSIC 5 WIRELESS LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
October 30, 2018 Comments Off on DYNAUDIO MUSIC 5 WIRELESS LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
“You can’t create playlists in the Dynaudio Music app but instead play the ones generated by the app/Music Now and your saved playlists from Tidal. You can, however, shape the Music Now playlists by click ‘dislike’ or ‘like’ when a specific track is playing. Also, if you create your playlists in Tidal and then they will automatically show on the front page of the Music app. The best way to think of the Music Now function, is as as an ‘always on’ playlist that is constantly adapting to your taste.
This is one of the true strengths of the Music 5, and the Music system entire. Pretty soon, the app goes away, and you just press one of those five buttons for your music (you can also assign specific albums, fixed playlists, or even internet radio stations to those hard buttons). In fact, about the only time you end up using your tablet or smartphone is when you hear something so good, you want to play it again. That happens quite a lot because the Music 5 quickly becomes spookily good at finding the sort of music you like. And I really mean ‘spookily good’… almost ‘music stalker’ good. You press that button and music you never knew you liked comes out of the speaker. ”
HIFIMAN SUNDARA HEADPHONES REVIEW
October 29, 2018 Comments Off on HIFIMAN SUNDARA HEADPHONES REVIEW
“If you think headphone technology and price/performance ratios aren’t changing, you haven’t done enough sampling of what’s out there today.
The HIFIMAN Sundara headphones have a clean, engaging sound. On the best quality audio, they really offer compelling performance. They are comfortable to wear, did not fatigue me in extended listening sessions, and could handle complex orchestral material and heavy rock without sounding congested.”
VPI Player Review
October 29, 2018 Comments Off on VPI Player Review
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Listening to Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album Enter The 36 Chambers, again with onboard headphone amplifier, this time through KOSS’s Porta-Pro headphones, I was thoroughly impressed by what this all-in-one could do for what could be some of the best every-man headphones on the market. Bass was controlled and detailed beyond any experience I’ve previously had with them. Vocals were full of character and focused in what would be a rare occasion of sound-stage for such a bargain set of cans.”
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