Merrill Audio Element 118 Solid-State Monoblock Amplifiers $36,000 Review
October 17, 2018 Comments Off on Merrill Audio Element 118 Solid-State Monoblock Amplifiers $36,000 Review
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When one is considering an amplifier for one’s system, many factors come into play. A few of these are how much power is needed, whether one prefers solid-state or vacuum tubes, and especially whether or not an amplifier the matches the rest of one’s system. The Merrill Audio Element 118 deserves to be part of a system that has associated equipment that might not be top-of-the-line, but close to it. I could even imagine one building a system around the Element 118 and then acquiring the rest of one’s system to match its high-level of performance”
FIIO M3K $69.99 Review
October 17, 2018 Comments Off on FIIO M3K $69.99 Review
Beyond that, the unit is very pure sounding until you get to the top end, where things got very musical and hyper enjoyable for me. Sometimes, I listen to classical music and screaming guitars and find myself air-playing to myself in front of others…because I find the treble response and presentation that enjoyable. Right now, my sample is a beta unit and did not include custom EQ. However, FiiO has told me that they will be updating the M3K with custom EQ very soon!
RAIDHO TD-4.8 FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKERS REVIEW
October 16, 2018 Comments Off on RAIDHO TD-4.8 FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKERS REVIEW
“As discussed earlier, I try to prevent being too immediately aware of price when forming my findings about a loudspeaker. In the Raidho TD-4.8 there’s the physical loudspeaker and the sound it makes. Physically, I was pretty close in setting it in price context. It looks like an elegant loudspeaker in the £120,000–£150,000 price range. But that says nothing to its sonic performance, which puts it in the company of the open-ended flagships that make £150,000 seem like chicken feed. OK, those behemoths and dreadnoughts of the audio world tend to come with increased headroom or bandwidth (as in, you can play them at ear-punishing levels or with the sort of bass impact that impales the listener), but that’s all they trade, and you’ll rarely hear this kind of detail and information on loudspeakers that cost a cool half a million or more. Plus, this is the kind of loudspeaker that doesn’t impose constraints upon the choice of amplifier”
Amazon Echo Sub – Hands On Review
October 16, 2018 Comments Off on Amazon Echo Sub – Hands On Review
Top 10 Most Expensive Headphones In The World
October 16, 2018 Comments Off on Top 10 Most Expensive Headphones In The World
Allnic Audio • M-3000 Mk 2 Mono Amplifiers $17,900 Review
October 15, 2018 Comments Off on Allnic Audio • M-3000 Mk 2 Mono Amplifiers $17,900 Review
“The existence of a coherent field of micro detail manifests both as an ambient field in the mids and higher ranges and also as low-frequency ambience. Ambience is usually a property of the high frequencies; here, we distinctly had it in the bass. Imagine that — bass ambience. Normally, a really full bass foundation means you are listening to a solid-state amp, which also usually means there’s a little muddiness or a one-note quality that isn’t quite natural. What I heard here were the color and lifelike presentation of tubes — like the famous tube midrange but in the bass. Most of you have heard the way a solo voice, via a tube midrange, can glow and radiate out from center stage. Now think of that in the bass. It was really nice. Unfortunately, my Lansche 5.1 speakers do not quite fully extend to the deepest bass regions. Pity. I’d never missed it before, but I would have loved to hear what a high-resolution speaker with really deep bass could do with these amps.”
Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra network bridge/streamer/purifier
October 15, 2018 Comments Off on Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra network bridge/streamer/purifier
NAGRA HD AND AVANTGARDE ACOUSTIC TRIO LUXURY
October 15, 2018 Comments Off on NAGRA HD AND AVANTGARDE ACOUSTIC TRIO LUXURY
VINCENT AUDIO KHV-1 HYBRID HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW
October 14, 2018 Comments Off on VINCENT AUDIO KHV-1 HYBRID HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW
“With only the Cayin HA-1A as a direct competitor, I can’t find any reason why you would choose it over the Vincent. It looks and feels incredible, it’s designed and developed in Germany (and built in China), and it can drive almost anything you throw at it.
The 2014 revision adds more inputs, which enables the unit to be more than just a headphone amplifier. It’s quite simply a solid all-rounder that can be integrated into any Hi-Fi setup as an excellent pre-amp.
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