Sonic.build Sonic DAC Review
December 2, 2016 Comments Off on Sonic.build Sonic DAC Review
” Let’s not beat around the bush; the ELAC is a better-sounding player. Tone colors are more varied and vibrant, strings pluck more brightly, voices sound richer and fuller, and the space of the recording is much more believable, open, and tactile. By comparison, the Sonic DAC bunches things up, darkens things down, and subtle details are glossed over. The Discovery takes that sense of sameness I heard with the Sonic DAC and adds a rainbow (I know, but that’s the way I hear it). If build quality is important to you, the ELAC is about a hundred times nicer. More or less.”
EARSONICS ES-2 AND ES-3 REVIEW
December 2, 2016 Comments Off on EARSONICS ES-2 AND ES-3 REVIEW
” I think our French friends have made a nice push to mid-fi market of IEM’s. The ES-2 was the obvious surprise with that veiled and dark sound but if you match it with a reference DAP with a brighter sound I think you will get a great musical result, and I insist that it has a better tone overall than ES-3. If you’re treble sensitive like me, you can go for it.”
World Wide Web Of Music Influence Infographic!
December 1, 2016 Comments Off on World Wide Web Of Music Influence Infographic!
“If you do enough digging you will find that for the most part music artists will always name one, if not a handful, of icons in the industry that have positively shaped their successful careers. While examining five of Billboard’s Top 100 Artists in history – The Beatles, Garth Brooks, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and The Rolling Stones – Readers compiled all of their connections, collaborations, and relationships listed on Wikipedia into this World Wide Web Of Music Influence Infographic. The popularity and number of linked articles to each artists is indicated through the size of their circles.”
PSB SubSeries 450 Subwoofer $1,499 Review
December 1, 2016 Comments Off on PSB SubSeries 450 Subwoofer $1,499 Review
” That logo reveal should almost overpower a room with acoustical energy, but this just wasn’t the case with the 450. While it did produce some output, it seemed to run out of gas in the very deep bass, at least compared with each of my reference subs (playing individually). There was sound, to be sure, but little punch for this kind of low-bass content, and some direct A/B comparisons really highlighted the 450’s limitation in this regard. When the logo slammed on the screen, it did so with a whimper, not a bang. Furthermore, I couldn’t feel the sonic impact of Buzz’s afterburners.
CAYIN I5 DAP $499 REVIEW
December 1, 2016 Comments Off on CAYIN I5 DAP $499 REVIEW
“This section is going to be very comprehensive as there is so much to say about the new i5 DAP. The i5 is made out of CNC aerospace aluminum and it has a carbon fiber back plate as we often find on many DAPs. The materials used are top notch and the build quality couldn’t be better. The only thing I am not 100% satisfied with is the leather case, the case itself is very nice but the i5 sits very loose in it and it’ll even fall out wen help upside down.”
yamaha WXA-50 MusicCast Amplifier Review – Video
December 1, 2016 Comments Off on yamaha WXA-50 MusicCast Amplifier Review – Video
Legacy Audio Signature SE Loudspeaker Review
November 30, 2016 Comments Off on Legacy Audio Signature SE Loudspeaker Review
“The dual AMT ribbon combination is quite sensible. Even with amps that tend to be (overly) clear with high frequencies, the AMT works well, although its whole potential is of course only unleashed with the right amp as a partner. The Spectral DMA-100 worked great with the Signature, but was outperformed by the Air Tight tube mono amps. With these amps the Signature produced a clarity and an ease of musical performance which I have never experienced before. The effort put towards choosing an amp really pays off.”
Egglestonworks Nine Signature speakers production
November 30, 2016 Comments Off on Egglestonworks Nine Signature speakers production
FiiO X1 music player $99.99 Review
November 30, 2016 Comments Off on FiiO X1 music player $99.99 Review
“I started listening to the X1 2nd Gen with a pair of Koss Porta Pro on-ear headphones ($29, £27), and really liked what I heard, the sound was distinctly clearer than what I was getting from my iPhone 6S playing lossless Tidal streaming files. Continuing with a set of 1More Triple Driver in-ear headphones the second-gen X1’s transparency advantages over the ‘6S were even more apparent, though the ‘6S had a fuller, but muddier sound.”
NUFORCE HEM8 FLAGSHIP IN-EAR REVIEW
November 30, 2016 Comments Off on NUFORCE HEM8 FLAGSHIP IN-EAR REVIEW
“Her voice was as detailed and upfront as ever. The HEM8’s have a magical ability to portray female vocals and they were certainly up to the task with Norah’s singing. Out of my iPhone 6, the HEM8s sounded sublime with this record, but when I plugged them into the uDAC5, things did improve noticeably. The clarity and transparency improved and I could hear even more of the most inner workings of this recording. As well, the sound staging opened up almost immediately. This led me to conclude that the uDAC5 was a definite upgrade to my standard iDevice and again, considering the price point, a no brainer for me. When I compared the sound of this combination to other $500 IEMs I’ve heard or have on hand, I just kept coming back to the HEM8s!”
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