NEW Bel Canto e.One Stream Full Demo Hifi System YG Acoustics Carmel
November 30, 2018 Comments Off on NEW Bel Canto e.One Stream Full Demo Hifi System YG Acoustics Carmel
Boulder 1110 Preamplifier $21,000 and 1160 Power Amplifier $28,000 Review
November 29, 2018 Comments Off on Boulder 1110 Preamplifier $21,000 and 1160 Power Amplifier $28,000 Review
“The Boulder 1110 preamplifier and 1160 power amplifier are truly superb pieces of gear. They do have their own sound character, and this is audible even using a wide variety of front ends, interconnects, cables, and speakers. If you are building or improving a great system, you still need to listen carefully to the Boulders’ nuances and give them the same attention you do in auditioning every other component. You also need to be aware that you will hear the different mix of nuances imposed by your other components once you insert them into your particular system.”‘
Cayin N8 Review
November 29, 2018 Comments Off on Cayin N8 Review
“The noise floor is very good on both outputs. You should have no fears running super-efficient IEMs from the Cayin N8, though we will test further in the final review. For example, our Campfire Andromeda had only a very low level of hiss using the N8 low-gain setting. Only something you can pick up on the very quietest of tracks.
There also seems to be plenty of gain and volume for harder to drive headphones though quite how well it drives them we shall soon find out. TOTL cans such as the HE1000 V2 I could only go to about 75% of the possible volume output on the N8 before it got too loud. Dynamic range and timbre were actually pretty good with this pairing on the tube output.”
Ultimate VAC, Von Schweikert Show System
November 28, 2018 Comments Off on Ultimate VAC, Von Schweikert Show System
Jomo Audio Déux $999 Review
November 28, 2018 Comments Off on Jomo Audio Déux $999 Review
“Airflow Control Unit technology is the second of Jomo Audio’s latest innovations. But, this one is specifically limited to the Melangé line of IEMs. What ACU allows the user to do is customise the amount of air present within the dynamic driver’s chamber. Altering this would shift how the dynamic driver behaves and – therefore – how bass is delivered to the ear. What’s unique about this technology is it isn’t a bass switch per se that increases or reduces the output of the driver. Rather, more esoteric aspects like speed, texture and balance are altered to deliver entirely different flavours.”
Totem Acoustic Sky Tower Loudspeakers $2250 Review
November 28, 2018 Comments Off on Totem Acoustic Sky Tower Loudspeakers $2250 Review
“But they didn’t sound the same. Through the Monitors, the second, final, “hidden” version of “Possession” on Sarah McLachlan’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (16-bit/44.1kHz AIFF, Nettwerk), sounded cooler than through the Totems. As the piano’s hammers struck the strings, they conveyed more detail than the Skys, which sounded fuller. Through the 200s, McLachlan’s voice sounded superb — I could more easily hear such nuances as the rhythm of her breathing and movements of her mouth. Through the Totems, McLachlan’s voice seemed to pop into the room, more upfront in the mix, surrounded by more space. As her voice rose into her upper register, it was as if the ceiling in my room disappeared — her voice seemed to soar above it. Its incredible presence through the Totem Skys helped convey a haunting character that lent itself well to this song’s dark subject matter.”
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC) Turntable
November 28, 2018 Comments Off on Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC) Turntable
Shunyata Research Hydra Typhon QR Power Distributor $9000 Review
November 27, 2018 Comments Off on Shunyata Research Hydra Typhon QR Power Distributor $9000 Review
“Noise Isolation Chamber (NIC): A passive copper circuit developed and patented by Shunyata that provides the Typhon QR with much of its passive filtering abilities. It contains ZrCa-2000, a proprietary, nonreactive, ferroelectric crystalline material that is the subject of a patent separate from the one granted for NIC. According to Samuelsen, this material absorbs high-frequency power-line noise without the frequency-response anomalies often associated with transformer, choke, coil, or other ferrite-based power conditioners.
Typhon QR/BB Noise Reduction: A passive copper circuit, developed and patented by CIS, that allows the Typhon QR to provide components with instantaneous access to an AC reserve or coulomb charge. By eliminating the inductive reactance inherent in standard AC power conditioners without the use of low-pass filters or inductive devices, this circuit is said to enhance dynamics.”
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