Elac Element EA101EQ-G Integrated Amplifier/DAC Review
March 4, 2017 Comments Off on Elac Element EA101EQ-G Integrated Amplifier/DAC Review
” In direct contradiction to my above statement, I began to wonder if the amp had a certain affinity for soundstaging. Tracks with generous hall sound (or high-grade studio reverb), and tracks with unusually wide stereo imaging, seemed just a shade more alive, distinctly wider, and even a bit “taller” than I remembered. A track I’ve heard countless times, Diana Krall’s version of “Frim Fram Sauce,” ballooned its gorgeously recorded vocal’s natural reverb above, behind, and around the piano in convincing fashion, but it kept unblurred the punchy pianoness of the occasional sharp accents from Krall’s fingers. With my worldview shaken, I tried to compare, but the process of switching source inputs and speaker outputs is laborious enough to make such comparisons inconclusive at best. Suffice it to say that the Elac not once suffered from the contrast.”

Universal Music Group + MQA = Hi-Res Streaming
March 4, 2017 Comments Off on Universal Music Group + MQA = Hi-Res Streaming
“The UMG deal added to the existing Warners deal gives MQA access to the catalogs of two out of three major labels, leaving Sony Music as the last major chip to fall..”

Nordost Valhalla2 USB 2.0 Cable Review – Video
March 4, 2017 Comments Off on Nordost Valhalla2 USB 2.0 Cable Review – Video
Audeze iSine 20 Planar Magnetic Headphones – Review
March 4, 2017 Comments Off on Audeze iSine 20 Planar Magnetic Headphones – Review
Alta Audio Titanium Hestia Loudspeaker $32,000 Review
March 3, 2017 Comments Off on Alta Audio Titanium Hestia Loudspeaker $32,000 Review
“The Titaniums are a majestic version of the Celesta. For 30 years I have happily lived in an apartment in New York City, and resisted over the years every attempt by friends, wife and family to encourage me even to think about moving into the suburbs so as to live in a house with all the more space and rooms it can provide, and to buy/drive a car (necessary then) to make it all work out.”

KINGSOUND M-03 & KS-H4 ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEM REVIEW
March 3, 2017 Comments Off on KINGSOUND M-03 & KS-H4 ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEM REVIEW
“One can understand then the use of the H04 as the primary headphone to pair with the M-03 given the feedback that the H03 was the more analytical and brighter headphone and the H04 is the smoother more relaxed version, you simply do not want to push a good treble performance into a harsh one on this system.”

Grado Prestige Series Headphone Comparison – Video
March 3, 2017 Comments Off on Grado Prestige Series Headphone Comparison – Video
CYPHER LABS AUSTRU $800 REVIEW
March 3, 2017 Comments Off on CYPHER LABS AUSTRU $800 REVIEW
“The Austru from Cypher Labs is an accomplished, smooth and rather balanced sounding hybrid IEM. Rather than emphasizing the bass weight with the filter switch, Cypher Labs have instead given us something a lot subtler in terms of fullness. It is also a source dependent IEM with stronger amps, or perhaps more musical sources benefitting the most from the bass filter switch effect on the low-end response of the Austru.”

The best new turntables at the Bristol Show 2017 – Video
March 2, 2017 Comments Off on The best new turntables at the Bristol Show 2017 – Video
Project Audio Essential III turntable unboxing – Video
March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Project Audio Essential III turntable unboxing – Video
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