New Flagship Headphones, IEMs, Amps, DACs, And More At CanJam @ RMAF 2018
October 3, 2018 Comments Off on New Flagship Headphones, IEMs, Amps, DACs, And More At CanJam @ RMAF 2018
Paradigm Persona 5F loudspeaker $17,000 Review
October 2, 2018 Comments Off on Paradigm Persona 5F loudspeaker $17,000 Review
“Overall, Paradigm’s Persona 5F is a truly excellent speaker in a stylish and easily accommodated package. It need not be favored with any particular type of music or listening level, and aside from requiring some attention paid to toe-in, it was very easy to set up. Throughout my time with the Persona 5Fs, their sound quality repeatedly sidetracked me from my job of critical analysis. Often, I planned to only sample an album or work but found I couldn’t resist the temptation to enjoy the whole thing. I believe that the Persona 5F is a more-than-worthy competitor for any similarly priced speaker, and deserves to be considered when shopping in this market. For Paradigm, it’s an auspicious entry into the thinner air of high-end audio. ”
PSB M4U 8 WIRELESS NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES
October 2, 2018 Comments Off on PSB M4U 8 WIRELESS NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES
“PSB’s M4U 8 is a brilliant mid-priced headphone that fulfills many different roles and meets a wide range of requirements in a hugely successful way. For people looking to begin their exploration of high performance headphones without breaking the bank, the M4U 8 is not only a great place to start, but also a fine sonic destination in its own right. That’s a claim few ‘noise cancellers’ can make.”
Avantgarde Acoustic High End Munich 2018
October 1, 2018 Comments Off on Avantgarde Acoustic High End Munich 2018
BEYERDYNAMIC AMIRON WIRELESS REVIEW
October 1, 2018 Comments Off on BEYERDYNAMIC AMIRON WIRELESS REVIEW
” That is no small feat as I’ve always considered the T1’s midrange one of the very best in personal audio. And you definitely get a familial resemblance with the Amiron Wireless headphones. Keith’s guitar work came to life with these headphones and the smallest details and nuances were all laid bare. Charlie’s drum beats came to life and the bass drum thumps were both quite satisfying, but also well textured and in perfect proportion to Mick’s vocals. Again, the incredibly wide sound staging shone through and these closed-back headphones are testament that you don’t need open-backed headphones to achieve this.”
Chord Qutest DAC preview
October 1, 2018 Comments Off on Chord Qutest DAC preview
” Chord has packed the Qutest with a lot of technology and it just plain works right of the gate, being compatible with OSX, Linux, Windows, Android and iOS devices I could run it from pretty much anything. Chord has crammed in one of their custom FPGA DACs with variable output available upon startup – I chose the 3v option (2v and 1v are also available) because the bass depth was far deeper to my ears. The filter selection button is easy as pie to use and gives me four option
McIntosh MC611 Quad Balanced Power Amplifier $15,000 Review
September 30, 2018 Comments Off on McIntosh MC611 Quad Balanced Power Amplifier $15,000 Review
“The bass in particular exhibiting a muscular sinew to every thrum as Cole’s voice floats ethereally above and at the fore, running point-source on the track for every other instrument to track from, again clustering around his voice in a way that mimics a deep, V-shaped sound stage, but that also completely envelopes and stretches beyond the room. Here, near the end of the review I’m circling back to some of my opening impressions of the 611s: they have an uncanny ability to paint a sonic picture much larger than the four walls you find yourself listening to them in. And that, is one of the deepest points these amps impressed upon me, they can make small, intimate acoustic recordings of a guitar sound like it is being played directly in front of you or recreate the spatial cues of a massive recording studio filled with dozens of artists. The choice is yours, as the 611s will simply and transparently project whatever program you choose to play through them.”
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Sonus Faber Aida loudspeaker $130,000/Pair Review
September 29, 2018 Comments Off on Sonus Faber Aida loudspeaker $130,000/Pair Review
“Here, in the same room, Sonus Faber’s new Aida produced some of the best low-frequency response I’ve heard—much like that of Marten’s Coltrane III, which made me realize how much better my room’s bass could be than what I’d been getting from the Wilson Alexandria XLF. The Wilson Alexx fixed that. And now the Aida II—which costs 6.5 times the price of the Amati Homage in 1999—fixes it even better.
The rest of what the Aida does—especially its ability to perfectly hang together without ever revealing a sonic seam (an amazing design feat, considering its considerable complexity), and how well it performed with every type of music I played, or against any checklist of sonic parameters you might come up with—produced the kind of sonic thrills and solid, believable musical performance to which $130,000 entitles you. And my experience tells me that you needn’t fear putting a pair of them in a room of relatively modest size.
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