Woo Audio WA33 Elite headphone amplifier $8,000 Review
July 4, 2018 Comments Off on Woo Audio WA33 Elite headphone amplifier $8,000 Review
The WA33 Elite is a tube amplifier, so yes it has some tube noise/hiss lurking in the background, but it was only audible when I played quiet music or movies. I do have issues with the four small knobs flanking the volume control, turning them they feel clunky and stiff, for this kind of money I want smooth and buttery.”
DTS Announces Play-Fi App for Headphone Listening
July 4, 2018 Comments Off on DTS Announces Play-Fi App for Headphone Listening
“The DTS Play-Fi ecosystem includes more than 200 interoperable speakers, sound bars, set-top boxes, and AV receivers from more than two dozen brands, including Definitive Technology, Klipsch, Onkyo, Paradigm, Pioneer, Polk Audio, Rotel, and SVS.”
MAGNEPAN 30.7 FOUR‑PANEL DIPOLAR PLANAR LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM $30,000 REVIEW
July 3, 2018 Comments Off on MAGNEPAN 30.7 FOUR‑PANEL DIPOLAR PLANAR LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM $30,000 REVIEW
“Magnepan’s 30.7 is in my view a landmark design—one that does all things well and some things (textural and transient nuances, three-dimensionality, and realistic image scale) extraordinarily well. While $30,000 is a lot to pay for any pair of loudspeakers, the fact is that the 30.7s deliver sound quality competitive with (and in some respects superior to) loudspeakers ranging from two to nearly ten times their price. This means the 30.7 is at once an expensive product that also offers exceptional value for money! If you have the chance, I urge you to hear Magnepan’s 30.7, if only to experience what a world-class $30,000 loudspeaker system can really do.”
U-Turn Orbit Special Turntable Review – Video
July 3, 2018 Comments Off on U-Turn Orbit Special Turntable Review – Video
Spendor A7 Review
July 2, 2018 Comments Off on Spendor A7 Review
“Such qualities could easily nudge the Spendors over into ‘clinical-sounding’ territory, but instead they’re full of expressive melodies and undulating dynamics.
From sparse, mournful Ólufar Arnalds compositions to the chirpy hip-hop of Salt-N-Pepa, the A7s masterfully weave their way through whatever rhythm they’re confronted with, engrossing us with their performance along the way.”
NAD VISO HP50 Headphone Review
July 2, 2018 Comments Off on NAD VISO HP50 Headphone Review
“To be clear, the black headphone target frequency response curve is the equivalent of a loudspeaker in a reference listening room with a measured response of ~ 10 dB downward slope from 20 Hz-20 kHz. Both of which are subjectively preferred and perceived as flat or neutral sounding to our ears. Or put another way, as Floyd Toole describes, accurate and preferred are synonymous. The green dotted curve is the equivalent of the in-room measured response that is flat from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, which is not the preferred response, but used as the reference point for the listeners to adjust bass and treble to their preferred response.”
Focal Clear Headphones $1,500 Review
July 1, 2018 Comments Off on Focal Clear Headphones $1,500 Review
“The Focal Clear is an exquisite-looking and brilliantly executed pair of headphones. Its extremely well-balanced performance would provide long-term satisfaction for an overwhelming majority of listeners. Yes, if you’re the questing type and money is no object, you can spend more and get more—but a lot of folks with four figures to spend might want to stop right here.”
PS Audio • Stellar Gain Cell Digital-to-Analog Converter and Stellar M700 Mono Amplifiers
July 1, 2018 Comments Off on PS Audio • Stellar Gain Cell Digital-to-Analog Converter and Stellar M700 Mono Amplifiers
“After reinserting the Emerald Physics EP100.2SE stereo amplifier into the chain, the most immediate thing I noticed was the need to increase the volume setting in order to get the same level as that reached with the M700s. Those 350 on-demand watts per channel do make a difference. With the Emerald Physics amp, I did notice a very slight narrowing of the soundstage and I thought I could hear a slight softening of the mids and highs, although I cannot make a definitive statement on this. In fact, I find it difficult to make any definitive comparative statements regarding the sound of the two amplifiers. They are that close. Perhaps the explanation is that they both use Danish ICEpower modules. Both provided ample power to pressurize my room when called for and both seemed equally able to plumb the lowest bass frequencies without feeling any pain. If anything, the Emerald Physics EP100.2SE summoned up more robust, if less controlled bass than the M700s, as evidenced on the Pan Sonic track cited earlier. As for the mids and highs, well, these are not tube amps and they did present, in my experience, a more analytical, less euphonic sound in this range than tubes (the Emerald Physics EP100.2SE less so). I personally prefer this sound.”
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