Positive Feedback -A Creative Forum for the Audio Arts http://www.positive-feedback.com Issue 59 January/February 2012 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:21:07 -0700 en-us An Epic Mini-System by Pete Davey http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/minisystem.htm http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/minisystem.htm Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:21:07 -0700 The other day I was thinking about some equipment that I had in the queue to review and had an epiphany… Let's build the ultimate mini-reference system! JansZen zA2.1 Loudspeakers as reviewed by Peter Davey http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/janszen.htm http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/janszen.htm Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:21:07 -0700 JansZen is back! Well, they really hadn't gone anywhere but sort of remained "behind the scenes" so to speak. We're talking about one of the granddaddies of ESL technology, much respect here. SteinMusic H2 Harmonizers as reviewed by Robert H. Levi http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/harmonizer.htm http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/harmonizer.htm Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:21:07 -0700 Here is a quick audiophile question for my expert friends! What do speakers do? If you answered, "move air," then your answer is identical to the other 99% of audiophiles I know. If loudspeakers move air, then air is an important part of the process we know as audio reproduction in the home. The Neoteric Listener and the CEntrance Audiophile Desktop System by Dean Seislove http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/centrance.htm http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/centrance.htm Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:21:07 -0700 For anyone looking for a high level computer audio desktop system that is well built and delivers a true audiophile experience, then the Audiophile Desktop is certainly a great way to make it so. CES 2012 Show Report, Part 1 by Myles B. Astor http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/cesma.htm http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/cesma.htm Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:21:07 -0700 Part 1 of Myles' CES report. Densen B-200 Preamplifier as reviewed by Andre Marc http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/densen.htm http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/densen.htm Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:21:07 -0700 After a few hours of listening time, I began to get an idea of how the B-200 was performing sonically. What I heard initially, and what I confirmed later after weeks of extensive listening in both systems, was an open, wide soundstage, and precision.