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...
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...
Audeze MM520 Headphones with SLAM Robert H. Levi ...type Ultra-Thin Uniforce™ Transducer size 90 mm Maximum SPL >130dB Frequency response 5Hz - 50kHz Impedance THD 18 ohms <0.1% @ 100dB SPL, 1 kHz Sensitivity 102dB/1mW (@Drum Reference Point)...
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...
Computer Audio on the Cheap! (Part 3) – Another New Computer and Some USB Schiit… Steve Lefkowicz ...try one of iFi's newer more capable DACs, and of course will keep listening to and reviewing other budget DACs, but for now, the iFi is my go to reference....
The Pursuit of Happiness: My Rega Revelations Wayne Goins ...the rig (PS150 power supply; VPI Prime Scout; LTA Ultralinear amplifier and Microzotl amp; Daedalus Audio Athena v.2 loudspeakers; and a complete set of WyWires cables/interconnects. You can read that...
The Editors Series - Edgar Kramer of Audio Esoterica Wojciech Pacuła ...Directly Heated Triode circuit in the Supratek DHT Reference preamplifier. Flemming Rasmussen is a true artist and Gryphon's extraordinary designs reflect his talent as an industrial designer and maker of...
Core Power Technologies EQUI=CORE 300 Victor Chavira ...beyond the electrical box. Core Power Technologies' EQUI=CORE 300 suppresses noise by converting alternating current to balanced power. In the same way that balanced signal cables uses two signal conductors...
Kharma Elegance dB7-S Loudspeakers Lawrence Blair ...Koetsu rosewood phono cartridges, Breuer Silver Coaxial interconnects both in balanced and single ended configuration, Nirvana power cord and interconnects cables. Kharma new Elegance loudspeaker cables. Charles Van Oosterum and...
RAY Select Premium 12AU7 Vacuum Tubes Tom Gibbs ...my ProJect Classic EVO turntable that's mounted with an Ortofon Quintet Bronze MC cartridge. AC power conditioning is courtesy of AudioQuest and Vera-Fi Audio, and all interconnect and speaker cables...
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...
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...
