van den Hul XGW Colibri Signature Stradivarius Moving Coil Cartridge: A New Contender for State-of-the-Art Myles B. Astor ...low distortion. In the end, it's an absolute dead heat between the Colibri XGW Signature Stradivarius (Reference 1) and Atlas SL (Reference 1a). Each cartridge brings a different set of...
The SPL Phonitor 2 Dirk Sommer ...Audeze LCD-X and EL-8 closed back, PSB M4U, Ergo 2 Precision Interface Technology, HMS Gran Finale Jubilee, Audioquest, Swiss Cables Reference, Goebel High End Lacorde PS Audio Power P5, Clearaudio...
Clones Audio 25iR Integrated Amplifier Wojciech Pacuła ...balance of 25iR was shifted towards lower midrange and it was surely not as resolving as reference sets. But such comparison made sense only because without such reference 25iR seemed...
Cen.Grand DSDAC1.0 John Hoffman ...wide array of Digital to Analog converters and have yet to find one that soundly trounced my long-time reference multi-bit DAC that utilized the Burr Brown PCM1704 chip set. Last...
Accuphase C-3900 Line Preamplifier Wojciech Pacuła ...on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Accuphase company launched its reference preamplifier C-3800 which was replaced with the C-3850 model in June 2016. Starting with the C-3900 that...
Matrix Audio MP1 and MA1 John Hoffman ...reference level product. Many components are manufactured at Matrix Audio facilities. The fit and finish of these pieces are superb. WBT speaker binding posts and Wima and Mundorf capacitors are...
Wonder Audio Labs’ P1 Deluxe Phono Stage Douglas Seth Brown Most audiophiles I know try different cables on a regular basis. Components are, however, an entirely different matter. Once a serious audiophile has bought an end-game piece of gear that...
Doshi Audio V3.0 Tapestage: Choices, Choices, Choices Myles B. Astor ...Doshi Audio V3.0 tapestage. Nick Doshi's phonostage has been my reference for quite some time (more on the new V3.0 soon) and seeing and hearing his new V3.0 tapestage at...
Marvin Gaye, What's Going On - Marvin's Masterpiece Claude Lemaire ...Forest on drums, Robert White on guitar, and the lengendary James Jamerson on his Fender Precision Bass, who on this occasion famously played the entire bass line laying down on...
Brief Impressions: High Definition Tape Transfer’s DSD256 of Bernstein Conducts and the DSD128 of Bernstein's Stravinsky/Debussy David W. Robinson ...context, sketched... My comments on these two recordings were based upon listening via our reference office system here at PF Central. It consists of the following: The wondrous Vinnie Rossi...
Bending Wave USA's Grand Opening Is Set For January 26th, 2019 Positive Feedback ...Opening celebration will take place on January 26th and 27th, 2019. The sound room is equipped with $750,000 worth of high-end luxury speakers and cables from Germany, and reference quality...
Stage III Triton Power Cord Marshall Nack ...stereo amplifiers. Too Much of a Good Thing The Kraken recently came back for a return visit, only now my situation has changed. I'm running the CH Precision M1 Monoblocks...
Krakow Sonic Society Meeting 121 - Ultimate HQCD Discs Wojciech Pacuła ...harder, and thus generates a higher level of jitter. Memory-Tech then developed a process in which instead of polycarbonate it used a different type of plastic used to produce precision...
McIntosh MC830 Solid-State Monoblock Amplifiers Douglas Seth Brown ...McIntosh's valve amplifiers, but with slightly less tube warmth and a bit more solid-state muscle. They chiseled sonic images with greater precision and in a less rounded and romantic way....
47 Labs Gaincard Amplifier Editors at Positive Feedback ...get out the music's way that is unlike anything I have heard recently. Some of the better single-ended triodes also do this, but not with such a sense of precision...
Pass Laboratories XP-25 Phono Preamplifier Robert S. Youman ...Research Powercell 10 UEF & FEQ - PowerCell Equalizer MIT SL-Matrix50 Interconnects and SL-Matrix90 Speaker Cables SRA VA Turntable Isolation Base Rix Rax Hoodoo Component Rack Magico QPod Footers Caveat...
Wireworld Releases Platinum Starlight® 48 HDMI Cable Positive Feedback ...an Ultra-High Speed HDMI cable with the amazing harmonic purity, dynamic expression and imaging precision of the scientific reference standard, a direct connection between components,” comments Wireworld designer and President,...
Vertere Acoustics introduces the new CALON high-end Phono Preamplifier Positive Feedback ...all the performance gains enabled by recent improvements in Vertere Record players, especially the new XtraX cartridge, SG-II PTA HB, and Reference tonearms, are not lost. Less-than-ideal circuits, circuit layouts,...
RMAF 2018 Photo Essay Part 5 Carol Clark ...Son, Relaxa 530. XACT Audio, CH Precision, Rockport Technoloties, Kodo turntables, Schröder tonearms....and the door sign promised, "No Diana Krall!" Fidelis Music, Stenheim, Acoustic Signature Turntables, Exposure Electronics, Stein Music,...
