Roon Nucleus Titan Music library/server
July 21, 2025 Comments Off on Roon Nucleus Titan Music library/server
https://www.hifinews.com/content/roon-nucleus-titan-music-libraryserver
The Titan’s processing power is one area where it differs from the step-down Nucleus One, supporting a greater number of tracks and albums (over 100,000 and 10,000, respectively) and more simultaneous playback zones. Additionally, the Nucleus One does not support all the DSP options available via the Titan, while it uses an internal cooling fan, features far more prosaic casework, and has a reduced number of USB and HDMI connections.
As advertised, Roon’s new server is supremely easy to engage with. The power button around the rear lights up blue once pressed, which is useful or you’d otherwise have no way of knowing if the device was switched on. It runs silently, and those heatsinks are very effective at keeping the casework cool to barely warm.
The elephant in the room is that there’s nothing about the internal workings of the Nucleus Titan that a computer-savvy audiophile couldn’t assemble themselves. What this model offers, on the other hand, is a true plug-and-play solution. Yes, you could achieve the same for less if you did it yourself, but it wouldn’t be anywhere near as pretty, would most likely have a noisy fan… and you probably wouldn’t want it anywhere near your hallowed hi-fi rack.
Danacable Lazuli™ Voilà II Headphone Cable Review
July 21, 2025 Comments Off on Danacable Lazuli™ Voilà II Headphone Cable Review
I truly enjoyed my time with the Danacable Lazuli™ Voilà II Headphone Cable, like all Danacables, they give you more without changing the character of your headphone. While quite pricy, it is money well spent on a headphone of this caliber. The extra separation provided by the use of two distinct separate cables is well appreciated, and the use of bridges to both keep the cables apart and together greatly facilitated this upgrade. There was a clear difference in dynamic range, detail, resolution, timbre quality, and soundstage with the Lazuli™ Rhapsody Headphone Cable versus the stock cable, there was an equal improvement with the Voilà II versus the Rhapsody. The phase linearity and current capacity of the Voilà II bring the SUSVARA to a whole new level of performance, especially when it comes to the low frequencies where control is so difficult.
SME Model 8 $10,835 Review
July 20, 2025 Comments Off on SME Model 8 $10,835 Review
https://www.whathifi.com/hi-fi/turntables/sme-model-8
Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever set reinforces our impressions. The Model 8 sounds insightful and composed. It can track low-level instrumental strands with ease, yet still keep a firm grip of the whole. Basslines are remarkably powerful and weighty, while lacking little in terms of articulation, though Eilish’s distinctive voice comes through with impressive clarity.
Yet, the deck doesn’t quite manage to convey the ebb and flow of the music quite as explicitly as we would like, and emotionally, we are left a little cold by the lyrics. We can make out everything Eilish is saying, but we’re not sure we quite believe her.
FX-AUDIO- R07PLUS Headphone Amplifier Review
July 20, 2025 Comments Off on FX-AUDIO- R07PLUS Headphone Amplifier Review
My first serious listening tests with the FX-AUDIO- R07PLUS Headphone Amplifier was using the Dan Clark Audio NOIRE XO Headphone which are denoted in that review, though more impressively was the performance of the R07PLUS with the HIFIMAN SUSVARA which was able to allow me to hear the subtle differences in resolution, tonality, and dynamics of different headphone cables.
So for this review I decided to use a selection of headphones including my reference headphone the Dan Clark Audio E3 Closed Back Planar Magnetic Headphone, for a couple of headphone priced closer to the R07PLUS I’ll be using the HIFIMAN DEVA PRO Open Back Planar Magnetic Headphone, the Dan Clark Audio AEON Flow Open-Open Back Planar Magnetic Headphone, and the Grado Prestige Series SR325x Open Air Dynamic Headphone, and for extreme testing I’ll use the Dan Clark Audio EXPANSE Open Back Planar Magnetic Headphone, and the Noble Audio
Shanling M3 Plus $499 Review
July 19, 2025 Comments Off on Shanling M3 Plus $499 Review
I would love it if the screen protector were factory-installed, because I had to install it myself. Of course, I butchered it, leaving some dust and bubbles underneath.
The packaging also included a perfectly fitting, magnetized door and purple leather case; unfortunately, it doesn’t match the mocha color on the M3 Plus body. It would be nice if it were available in dark brown or black
FX-Audio L07 Integrated Amplifier and DS07 DAC/Preamplifier Review
July 19, 2025 Comments Off on FX-Audio L07 Integrated Amplifier and DS07 DAC/Preamplifier Review
While the FX-Audio L07 and DS07 both appeared to me to be designed predominantly for desktop installations, I don’t really have a dedicated desktop setup in my home that receives any consistent use. So I took the acid-test approach and inserted them both into my usual digital source system that features a pair of KLH Model Five loudspeakers that are occasionally interchanged with the Magneplanar LRS panels, a pair of Vera-Fi Audio Caldera 10 subwoofers, a Naiu Labs Ella power amplifier, PS Audio’s Gain Cell preamplifier, an Aurender A1000 music server/DAC/streamer, and an S.M.S.L VMV D2R DAC. With cables and power conditioning, the system tops out at over $30k; you can click on my name in the header above to see the full contents of both audio systems in my suite of dedicated upstairs rooms. With the combined MSRP of $398 for the FX-Audio equipment, the L07 and DS07 inserted in that setup accounted for one one-hundredth of one percent of the total system value. If this equipment came from anyone other than Mark Schifter, I’d think my approach to this evaluation was completely nuts!
Esoteric F-01 Class A Amplifier Review
July 19, 2025 Comments Off on Esoteric F-01 Class A Amplifier Review
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