Beats by Dre PowerBeats 3 Best Sport Earphones ? – REVIEW – video
December 21, 2016 Comments Off on Beats by Dre PowerBeats 3 Best Sport Earphones ? – REVIEW – video
UNIQUE MELODY MAESTRO V2 $1,959 – REVIEW
December 21, 2016 Comments Off on UNIQUE MELODY MAESTRO V2 $1,959 – REVIEW
“Bass was gently elevated from 50 to 100Hz on the old v1 with a quick drop off below 50Hz. Bass is more subtle than anything else adding body to the sound rather than dominant and overpowering. Lower harmonics are good with a reasonable bass presence right up to 300Hz followed by a gradual drop off into a very balanced, detailed but largely neutral midrange.
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Mytek Brooklyn DAC / Preamp Review
December 21, 2016 Comments Off on Mytek Brooklyn DAC / Preamp Review
“I’m a fan of big band music, and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band is right in my wheelhouse. the track Sing Sang Sung from the album Swingin’ for the Fences, is a stalwart in my playlists. Great music, great musicians, great sound quality. It’s the trifecta about which audiophiles have always dreamed. Pressurizing the room right from the start, the drums are big and bold. The horn section enters, no less bold shortly thereafter. An elegant soprano sax enters the track, seemingly floating through the air. All of this sounds big and loud, but incredibly realistic. Attention kids, this is what real instruments sound like. The soundstage of this track through the Mytek Brooklyn is smack in the middle of the speakers both right to left and front to back. There is a nice sense of height though, especially when the soprano sax comes in toward the middle of the track. Height can be elusive in an audio system and it’s great to hear this from the $1,995 Brooklyn. ”
The Audiophiliac Speaker of the Year: Bowers & Wilkins 805 D3 $6,000
December 20, 2016 Comments Off on The Audiophiliac Speaker of the Year: Bowers & Wilkins 805 D3 $6,000
“Some high-resolution speakers reveal too much about how nasty a ragged recording sounds, so I was especially happy about the way the 805 D3 sounded when I played a $2 “Ventures Golden Greats” LP I bought at a record fair a few years ago. Man, the jangly electric guitars, bathed in massive reverberation played with a kicking rhythm section, sounded awesome. Talk about a wall of sound! The energy was palpable — 50-year-old music still sounded fresh!
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Schiit Modi Multibit vs. Modi 2 Uber Review
December 20, 2016 § 1 Comment
” For those looking into the field of low cost DACs, some options do appear. Some of the more successful models take the form of small USB sticks with a single 3.5mm output. The new Modis set themselves apart in this regard with a full range of digital inputs and the more elegant RCA line level output for an approach that more precisely mirrors high end separates ready for an amplifier. Perhaps unheard of at this pricepoint, the application of the Schhit Magni 2U gets separates on the desktop for headphones at a $250 price tag ($200 if you opt for the older Modi). The emulation here has its appeal. Isolation has its benefits. The pluses stack up in fine order next to a cost that doesn’t stack very high at all’
Linear Tube Audio ZOTL40 MK.II Stereo Amplifier Reviewed
December 20, 2016 Comments Off on Linear Tube Audio ZOTL40 MK.II Stereo Amplifier Reviewed
“After the amazing experience I had with the Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL preamplifier, I can’t say that I’m shocked by the performance of the ZOTL40 MK.II amplifier. Both are based on David Berning’s ZOTL designs that are universally acclaimed and hand-built by Mark Schneider to a high level using quality parts. In all the important areas that can be used to judge an amplifier’s performance–overall clarity/transparency, seamless integration of all frequencies, beauty of tonality/color/timbres, spatial dimensionality, overall speed and dynamics, and the palpability of individual players–the ZOTL40 MK.II ranks with the very best that I have ever heard.”
Auralic Altair Wireless Streaming DAC $1899 – Review
December 20, 2016 Comments Off on Auralic Altair Wireless Streaming DAC $1899 – Review
” The Altair’s extended treble energy is obvious. It’s a little on the lean side; and can get a bit edgy when the volume is cranked. Although I felt the deepest octaves suffered at times from a slight lack of definition, overall bass reproduction was excellent; solid, front and center, and tuneful—seriously dynamic bass that reaches into deep space.”
A $1500 Wireless Speaker – Meet Naim Audio’s Mu-So – Video
December 20, 2016 Comments Off on A $1500 Wireless Speaker – Meet Naim Audio’s Mu-So – Video
Best Headphones You’ve Never Heard Of 2016 – Video
December 18, 2016 Comments Off on Best Headphones You’ve Never Heard Of 2016 – Video
MAGICO Q-SUB 15 AND RAIDHO D-5.1
December 18, 2016 Comments Off on MAGICO Q-SUB 15 AND RAIDHO D-5.1
” Having done so many of them, I know that frequency response charts can be chameleonic and misleading, but this one (which is only 1/12th octave smoothed) actually comes close to reflecting the way the Raidho D-5.1/Magico Q-Sub 15 system sounds in my room. As you can see, though the bass still shelves up at 70Hz, it is very linear from there through 20Hz (actually through 15Hz!), and the huge peak at 50–60Hz is gone.”
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