Focal Clear Headphones Hands On Review – Video
October 8, 2017 Comments Off on Focal Clear Headphones Hands On Review – Video
MartinLogan Illusion ESL C34A Center-Channel Speaker Review
October 8, 2017 Comments Off on MartinLogan Illusion ESL C34A Center-Channel Speaker Review
“Over the past few years, I’ve used both MartinLogan’s Stage and B&W’s top-of-the-line HTM1 D2 for center-channel duty, as well as other models. As I said above, the ESL C34A is noticeably better than the Stage, with better definition and tauter bass. The HTM1 is the only other center channel I’ve had in my system that compares in terms of vocal clarity and dynamic capabilities. When I first installed the ESL C34A, I was concerned that its position on the floor would cause the center image to be lower and perhaps cause issues when sounds panned across the front, but this did not occur when watching movies. Every once in a while, I thought, “Gee, was that bit lower in the center?” But I think that was mostly because I was looking at a speaker sitting on the floor.”
VAC Signature 200iQ Stereo Amplifier Review
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“Perhaps the most startling sound I heard was that of the immortal Miles Davis’s Harmon-muted trumpet in “Basin Street Blues” from his Seven Steps to Heaven (CD, Columbia/Legacy CK 48827). It was explosive and piercing in a pleasant way, the notes lingering a bit in the air, a ghostly presence in my listening room. Every note was clear, tactile, evolving in time, plaintive and dynamic. The detail was such that notes bloomed as Davis played them, from attack impact to a subtle gathering in volume or a fading in aching diminuendo in long, sustained legatos and portamentos. There was a fabulous sense of touch and liveliness, the trumpet’s aural image solid and center-forward. It was as if Davis were there in front of me. The other players of his quartet were spread across the soundstage: Frank Butler’s drums deep at left, Ron Carter’s double bass near the center and noticeably behind Davis, and Victor Feldman’s piano at right. ”
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2v2 SE REVIEW
October 8, 2017 § 2 Comments
“Some of you are going to feel that a good DAC’s USB input should be totally immune to the degrading effects of a computer connection. Wyred 4 Sound states that “the DAC-2v2 SE’s USB connection utilizes galvanic isolation to eliminate computer noise from the audio signal completely.” I have yet to find a USB DAC that is totally immune to computer noise from the output signal; this includes my reference DAC, the Ayre QX-5 Twenty.”
Pro-Ject RPM 10.1 Turntable – Video
October 7, 2017 Comments Off on Pro-Ject RPM 10.1 Turntable – Video
PureAudioProject Trio15 Horn1 Speaker Review
October 7, 2017 Comments Off on PureAudioProject Trio15 Horn1 Speaker Review
“The smallish risk on this wire I took nearly a decade ago has paid off most handsomely! Measuring the lengths of wire to size was easy, as I had the stock wiring from the speaker for comparison (copper braided wire with somewhat larger strands). Cutting them was another story. The square clear jacket was incredibly tough and I had to apply serious pressure with a sharp blade to penetrate it. I also had to watch that I didn’t cut too deeply because the individual conductors seemed thin enough to be traces on a circuit board. If I cut too deeply dozens of them would be shorn.”
ANDRE LEVY – US$ 20,000 ULTRA RARE VINYL RECORD
October 7, 2017 Comments Off on ANDRE LEVY – US$ 20,000 ULTRA RARE VINYL RECORD
“Insanely rare Andre Levy recording, one of the Holy Grails of French Cello LPs. Early and only made in France on Lumen LD 3.448 original deep-grooved mono label, 12inch LP, one of a complet set of three individual records (no stereo exists). Program: Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello numbers 3 in C major and number 5 in C minor.”
Klipsch Forte III speakers Review
October 6, 2017 Comments Off on Klipsch Forte III speakers Review
“Movies typically have bigger soft-to-loud dynamic swings than music recordings, so I popped on the “House of Flying Daggers” circle of drums scene, and the Forte IIIs unleashed the sound of the big drums with explosive power I’ve never heard from any other speaker in the CNET listening room. When Mei (Zhang Ziyi) kicks the drums I not only heard the impact, I felt it. When I played the scene louder and louder, the Forte III never faltered. Bass was deep, definition was good, but hardly stellar. ”
Astell & Kern AK T1p Headphones Review
October 6, 2017 Comments Off on Astell & Kern AK T1p Headphones Review
” I heard textural changes and some shifts in coloration, but the T1p had more clarity. Shifts in sonics were due more to use of different wires, I think, than to the connectors. Overall ranking did not change. All other cans I tried had the 3.5 connectors or adapters, and demonstrated varying degrees of less clarity or linearity when compared to the T1p. The only cans on hand that fully achieved superior definition and imaging while maintaining the clarity of the Tesla drivers were the Grado PS 2000e, at a cost of $2695, using the 3.5 mm adapter.”
McIntosh D1100 Reference Preamp/DAC $7,000 – Video
October 6, 2017 Comments Off on McIntosh D1100 Reference Preamp/DAC $7,000 – Video
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