Hifiman Susvara $6,000 Review
September 8, 2017 Comments Off on Hifiman Susvara $6,000 Review
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All true, but for sound quality the AB-1266 is still my reference. Compared to that one the Susvara sounds like a more conventional headphone, albeit one with superior midrange, so vocals and acoustic instruments sound more natural, and imaging focus is more precise than what I heard from the AB-1266. The Susvara is also more comfortable than the AB-1266 or any full-size Audeze headphone.”

Aurender A10 digital music server and DAC – Review
September 8, 2017 Comments Off on Aurender A10 digital music server and DAC – Review
“I tried first playing tunes back using the Tidal interface alone, and found that the sound I was getting wasn’t quite up to par with what the A10 offered. Next, I tried streaming through Pure Music (which can be done using that software’s Playthrough Audio Driver (PAD) option), and indeed the sound smoothened up a bit. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the Master MQA files to play nice with Pure Music, so I was limited to playback of regular content. The 44.1 kHz files actually sounded quite nice via Tidal streamed through Pure Music, giving me perhaps some of the best sound my digital setup has offered to date. Even so, I couldn’t quite capture that last little bit of magical “flow” that I described before that made listening so pleasurable via the Aurender A10.”

Wilson Audio • Alexx Loudspeakers $109,000 Review
September 8, 2017 Comments Off on Wilson Audio • Alexx Loudspeakers $109,000 Review
“All of the Wilson speakers I’ve heard in my system and subsequently reviewed have begun with that collection of traits and progressed from there. This remains true of the Alexx, but more so: like the WATT/Puppy 6 and Alexandria XLF, it represents another leap forward for Wilson Audio, not just for its general sonic magnificence but also its price.”

NEW ABYSS AB-1266 Phi Headphones Review – Video
September 7, 2017 Comments Off on NEW ABYSS AB-1266 Phi Headphones Review – Video
NASOTEC HEADSHELL CARTRIDGE ALIGNMENT BLOCK
September 7, 2017 Comments Off on NASOTEC HEADSHELL CARTRIDGE ALIGNMENT BLOCK
Sony’s new totally wireless earphone review – Video
September 7, 2017 Comments Off on Sony’s new totally wireless earphone review – Video
Sonus Faber Amati Tradition Floorstanding Loudspeaker $29,900 Review
September 6, 2017 Comments Off on Sonus Faber Amati Tradition Floorstanding Loudspeaker $29,900 Review
“The Amati Traditions continue their strong performance on the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 on the same disc. The drive and energy are tremendous, the orchestra sounds fast and dynamic. The piano sound is warm but articulate, with a gorgeous singing tone. But there is also room for improvement. The image does not fill the full width between the speakers and the strings feel somewhat overripe and smoothed over. The Carmel 2s in the same location throws a continuous image and the strings have much more texture.”

Subwoofer Build with Concrete Base – Video
September 6, 2017 Comments Off on Subwoofer Build with Concrete Base – Video
News: TIDAL inside Mercedes-Benz
September 6, 2017 Comments Off on News: TIDAL inside Mercedes-Benz
“My takeaway, beyond the fact that this kind of seamless flow of music from home to on-the-go is, well, plain cool, is the other more-exciting-to-me fact that Tidal HiFi is going to around for some time.”

MRSPEAKERS ÆON PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONES $799 -REVIEW
September 5, 2017 Comments Off on MRSPEAKERS ÆON PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONES $799 -REVIEW
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I found that on ‘If I Could Eat Your Words’, the ETHER C offered a slightly but noticeably higher degree of resolution on upper midrange and treble transient and textural details, leading to a more tightly focused sound overall (although I found this performance gap could be narrowed by fitting the ÆON with high performance after-market signal cables such as Kimber’s Axios headphone cables). On the same track, the ETHER Flow offered more solidly grounded mid-bass, which was noticeable on Arnopol’s acoustic bass lines, and it also offered slightly richer and more vivid tonal colours, plus somewhat more resolution and three-dimensionality from top to bottom. Even so, I think most listeners would consider the performance gaps between the ÆON and the ETHER C or ETHER Flow to be fairly narrow ones, meaning that the ÆON offers impressive value for money, to say the least.”


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