The ATC SCM40 Loudspeaker - a Crazy Diamond Hidden in Plain Sight Juan C. Ayllon ...And building on the success of their reference quality precision-made monitors, they began producing smaller speakers ranging from SCM7s through 10s and 20s to offer their ATC performance and reliability...
XACT S1 Music Server Marshall Nack ...own distortions, artifacts and colorations. It is not the ultimate reference. As Lynn observed after a recent listening session with the panel, "There's digital; there's analog; and there's acoustic. Audiophiles...
Harbeth M40.5 XD2 Loudspeakers Wojciech Pacuła ...amplifier, and the signal was sent using SiltechTriple Crown speaker cables. My reference speakers for this test were Harbeth M40.1 and YG Acoustics Vantage 3. As a source of music...
Hegel Music Systems H590 - Integrated Amplifier/Music File Player Wojciech Pacuła ...amplifier. There are some solutions known from both the DA30 and the Mohican CD player here, and another upside—one doesn't need additional cables power nor IC since the DAC is...
McIntosh MC352 Amplifier Editors at Positive Feedback ...the Magneplanars are noted for their seamless musical perspective. The responsiveness of the quasi-ribbon when connected to the MC352 was truly exceptional. Notes cut through the air with a precision...
Audiomat D1 Transport Paul Candy ...to compare the D1 and Maestro 3 Reference DAC combo against a NAS connected to the Maestro 3 Reference via its onboard Ethernet card. Ethernet streaming is supposedly the most...
J. Sikora 12" Tonearm Wojciech Pacuła ...it came to it it was the top-of-the-line reference, which was introduced in 2014. In 2018 the company revealed its first tonearm, the KV12, and last year at the Warsaw...
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,...
Audiophile Analog and Digital Quickies Robert H. Levi ...event in the room. Other top reference USB cables sound blurry and less neutral compared to this K-S winner. The Emotion is truly even sounding from the lowest bass to...
CEntrance Launches DACmini 2 Positive Feedback ...supply), reducing cable clutter. Dual outputs allow the use of standard headphone cables or, for lower noise and crosstalk, balanced cables. The volume level is adjusted with a large analog...
Florida Audio Expo 2020: Better the Second Time Around, Part 1 Maurice Jeffries ...Featuring Classic's field coil powered T-3.4 horn loaded speakers ($54,950 the pair), a loom of Purist Audio Design Cables ($35k for the exhibited loom), Ralph Karsten's stellar Atma-Sphere tubed electronics...
Nordost QBASE Power Distributor Marshall Nack ...with a suffocatingly euphonic signature. What I want are products voiced between the extremes: neutral, but allowing full expression of timbre and tone—like my CH Precision gear. Nordost is a...
The Sony LSPX-S3 Glass Surround Speaker: Modesty's Beguiling Musical Eros Jim Merod ...for more than forty years, but a died-in-the wool tribal ring leader hanging out with the bold cognoscenti who pioneered the most exquisite speakers, hardware, and cables. To wit, no...
ONO Tone Labs a3 Standmount Loudspeakers: Stunning Performance, Sustainably Built Tom Gibbs ...on my Audio Art Cable Statement speaker cables provided a firm and secure connection. The a3's nominal impedance is 8 ohms, and their response spreads across a range of 40Hz...
European Audio Team Introduces New Turntable, the C-Dur Positive Feedback EAT’s latest creation has reached North America and is shipping now — a compact, accessibly priced entry that shares its DNA with the brand’s luxe reference tables Nesconset, NY —...
Wilson Audio Alexx Loudspeakers Danny Kaey ...hundred, or even two hundred thousand dollars on speakers, amplifiers, cables (!), and various source components would have been met with radical ridicule, today these price points are simply status...
Origin Live Agile tonearm John Hoffman ...Proteus cartridge onto the arm while it was unattached. I then fitted the Agile to the arm-board, dressed the tonearm cables, and bolted the board to the sub-chassis. This is...
Furutech DeMagα LP Demagnetizer Greg Weaver ...column. From freebies like listening later in the evening and properly "dressing" your cables, to cheap but very effective DIY component racks and interconnects, I covered a lot of low-cost...
The Audia Flight Strumento n°1 mk2 Preamp Dirk Sommer ...The Preamp Power Amp: Ayon Epsilon w/ KT150 tubes, Einstein The Poweramp, Kaiser Acoustics Kawero! Classic, LumenWhite DiamondLight Cable: HMS Gran Finale Jubilee, Swiss Cables Reference Plus, Goebel High End...