Feliks Audio Espressivo MKII OTL Tube Headphone Amplifier Review
February 6, 2018 Comments Off on Feliks Audio Espressivo MKII OTL Tube Headphone Amplifier Review
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I could go on and on about this amp, but to me what sums it up is my willingness to just listen out of it for hours on end, with nothing but pure joy. So is it worth the money? Well at €799 it is not cheap, but it is an investment, and also a work of art. It is expertly hand crafted, and built to bring you years of service. So if you have some higher impedance full size headphones that you will be holding on to for a few years, then the Espressivo MKII should be on your list of amps to pair with them.”
DYNAUDIO SPECIAL FORTY STANDMOUNT LOUDSPEAKER $2,999
February 5, 2018 Comments Off on DYNAUDIO SPECIAL FORTY STANDMOUNT LOUDSPEAKER $2,999
“The Dynaudios captured Bebe’s voice with a rare quality of immediacy and razor-sharp focus that would do credit to far more expensive loudspeakers. But what was equally impressive was the way the Special Forty’s revealed not only the subtle sound of the bassist’s fingers on the strings of the instrument, but also the sound of the amplifier—clearly positioned a few feet away from the bassist—reproducing the amplified sound of the performance. The result was one of the most intensely realistic hi-fi moments I’ve experienced in quite a while. I felt almost as if I had been permitted to sit within the studio as Bebe and her accompanist rehearsed the enchanting song.”
EARSONICS ES-5 REVIEW
February 5, 2018 Comments Off on EARSONICS ES-5 REVIEW
“This is one of the better sub-bass signatures with excellent depth and presence as well as an above average level of control. The pace of the low-end driver is spot on. It never lingers with a balanced level of decay to sound fairly natural yet never boomy or sluggish.”
Advanced Alpha Over Ear Planar Magnetic Headphones – video
February 4, 2018 Comments Off on Advanced Alpha Over Ear Planar Magnetic Headphones – video
Pass Labs XA25 Stereo Amplifier $4,900 Review
February 4, 2018 Comments Off on Pass Labs XA25 Stereo Amplifier $4,900 Review
“There is an old platitude often used in high-end audio: the perfect amplifier would have the best of both worlds–the beautiful colors, lack of grain, and space/imaging of a great tube amplifier and the dead quiet nature, rock-bottom/tight bass, and transient speed of a great solid-state amplifier. In my 30 years of listening to great amplifiers from Threshold/Pass Labs, I believe that Nelson Pass and his team have come closest to this utopian ideal with the new XA25 amplifier than ever before in their long and illustrious history.”
Gold Note Mediterraneo Turntable $5,973 Review
February 4, 2018 Comments Off on Gold Note Mediterraneo Turntable $5,973 Review
“It’s worth noting that Gold Note offers an excellent instruction manual, something not all turntables offer. And the table comes well packed. Once removed, the Mediterraneo should take you about 10 minutes to assemble; install the platter on the spindle assembly, string the belt and then fine tune the tonearm for your cartridge. Tracking force is straightforward, and anti-skate is adjusted with a small weight on a string. This table is easy to work with, falling into place quickly. Even analog newcomers should have no problem setting it up quickly and easily.”
Yamaha R-N803 Stereo Network Receiver – Hands On Review
February 4, 2018 Comments Off on Yamaha R-N803 Stereo Network Receiver – Hands On Review
TAD Evolution Series D1000MK2 Disc Player $14,995 Review
February 3, 2018 Comments Off on TAD Evolution Series D1000MK2 Disc Player $14,995 Review
‘The beautiful thing about owning a device like the TAD D1000MK2 Disc Player is you don’t have to worry, you just have to be happy. I did spin some shiny discs on the TAD’s disc spinner and they all sounded good. Really good. Better than the file? I wouldn’t say better but if you own lots of discs, CDs and perhaps more importantly SACDs that you don’t plan to turn into files, you can rest assured that the TAD will serve them very well. For my personal listening preferences, the TAD TAD-DA1000 DAC ($10,995) makes more sense because the physical music media I enjoy is of the vinyl variety but part of me really loves the sexy silent machined smooth beauty of the D1000MK2’s disc mechanism. It certainly plucks at my lover-of-lovely-things heartstrings.”
Bluesound Node Review
February 3, 2018 Comments Off on Bluesound Node Review
“A streaming DAC with a variety of inputs, outputs and features, all wrapped in a low profile package. No giant black boxes here! And even though the hardware has been on the hump for some years, Bluesound’s ongoing series of software updates slows the ageing process. And who doesn’t want that? It wasn’t so much the Node 2’s sound quality that led me to its purchase. Parent company Lenbrook’s pedigree with NAD and PSB means that was almost a given. It was Node 2’s broad feature set that tipped me over the line. Because function matters.”
XACT Audio, Stillpoints, Schröder tonearmsRMAF 2017
February 3, 2018 Comments Off on XACT Audio, Stillpoints, Schröder tonearmsRMAF 2017
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