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Bowers and Wilkins P9 Signature Headphones $900 Review – Video

January 13, 2017 Comments Off on Bowers and Wilkins P9 Signature Headphones $900 Review – Video

Marantz HD-AMP1 Integrated Amplifier & DSD DAC Review

January 13, 2017 Comments Off on Marantz HD-AMP1 Integrated Amplifier & DSD DAC Review

I listened to the HD-AMP1’s analog inputs by connecting the Simaudio 280D DAC, with built in MiND ethernet streamer. The results were the same, mirroring my impressions of the overall character of the USB input. This speaks very well of the analog output stage. (Oh, and the Simaudio DAC costs two and a half times more than the HD-AMP1, so color me impressed.) I am quite pleased that Marantz chose to include analog inputs, as this allows for use of an SACD player, tape deck, or vinyl/outboard phono stage setup.”

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Fluance Signature Series 3-Way Floorstanding Speakers $699 Review

January 13, 2017 Comments Off on Fluance Signature Series 3-Way Floorstanding Speakers $699 Review

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“The cabinet build quality is not bad considering the price. The enclosure is MDF, of course, and Fluance calls it “audio grade MDF” (first time I have heard of that grade of MDF). The side and rear panels are 0.7” thick, and the front baffle is a more impressive 1.4” thick. Window bracing is used in the cabinet, and one nice touch is that the drivers have separate internal enclosures. The mid-woofer and tweeter occupy their own sealed compartments in an effort to keep other driver’s back waves from interfering with their smooth operation. The speaker is bi-ampable for those who want to amplify the bass section separately from the midrange and tweeter section. This may help to reduce distortion slightly. The cabinet is chock full of polyfill for damping internal waves”

JL Audio Dominion d108 Subwoofer Review

January 13, 2017 Comments Off on JL Audio Dominion d108 Subwoofer Review

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” Listening to a variety of music, I did not specifically seek out bass-heavy stuff, but definitely material with high quality bass content. I called on one of my very favorite albums, System, by Seal. The near perfect blend of acoustic guitar, electronica, and moody grooves was great for helping dial in the Dominions. Stellar tracks like “Dumb”, “Amazing”, and the title track allowed me to hear the nice shimmering top end and mellow midrange with the Dominion’s low end reinforcement.”

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CES 2017 LOUDSPEAKERS $20K AND UP

January 12, 2017 Comments Off on CES 2017 LOUDSPEAKERS $20K AND UP

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“I have some good news and some bad news about CES 2017. The good news—and it is good news—is that the sound at this year’s rendition of Viva Las Vegas was considerably better than it’s been in years past. The bad news—and it is very bad—is that there were some 40 fewer exhibitors at the 2017 show. Folks, that amounts to an entire floor of the Venetian hotel that in previous decades would’ve been crowded with visitors and filled with the sound of music.”

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Simaudio’s $120k Moon 888 mono amplifiers: First take at CES 2017 – Video

January 12, 2017 Comments Off on Simaudio’s $120k Moon 888 mono amplifiers: First take at CES 2017 – Video

HiFiMAN Shangri La – CES 2017 Video

January 11, 2017 Comments Off on HiFiMAN Shangri La – CES 2017 Video

MartinLogan Masterpiece Renaissance ESL 15A loudspeaker Review

January 11, 2017 Comments Off on MartinLogan Masterpiece Renaissance ESL 15A loudspeaker Review

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” MartinLogan’s claim to fame was to figure out how to keep the two highly charged metal stators insulated as they tensioned the virtually massless sheet of Mylar sandwiched between them, also highly charged, into a smoothly curved surface—and keep it all that way. Sanders eventually came up with the solution, then collaborated with electronics engineer Ron Sutherland (now of Sutherland Engineering), who built the power supply to get the thing making noise. The name MartinLogan combines the middle names of Sanders and Sutherland.
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