Impressions: AXPONA 2025, Part The First...My Audio Oasis! Awards David W. Robinson ...product releases. At the heart of this was a new reference in their reference M series loudspeakers, the exciting new Børresen M2. The M2, shown here with the brand new...
Bryston BP-19 Preamplifier Malcolm J. Gomes ...as well as in James Tanner's reference system. Tanner graciously invited me to his home to audition his own reference system that is almost exclusively comprised of Bryston components. This...
Audio Engineering Society 2017 Convention in New York Scott Dorsey ...at the NAB show where they were talking about coaxial cables and camera cables and all manner of video cables, but sadly they didn't have anyone over on the AES...
On the Road Again: Featuring Greg Weaver's Home Audio System Editors at Positive Feedback ...mono amps ($75K each), also a VAC design. A loom of top-level MasterBuilt Audio interconnects and power cables (but Stealth Audio phono cables), a new Lampizator BALTIC 3 tubed DAC,...
The Editors Series № 34 - Roy Gregory Wojciech Pacuła ...DAC FILE TRANSPORT: Wadax Atlantis Reference, Wadax Atlantis Transport. LINE PREAMPLIFIERS: CH Precision L1/X1, Connoisseur 4.2LE. POWER AMPLIFIERS: VTL S-400 II and (when I can borrow them) CH Precision M1.1....
New from TARA Labs - The Muse Cables Marshall Nack ...be hard-edged, even disturbing. This was in the context of my reference gear with the substitution of the Lamm L2.1 Preamplifier for my CH Precision L1. The system was mostly...
A Tale of Two Power Cables - TARA Labs Omega Evolution and The Muse Power Cables Marshall Nack ...power cables. I have one latched onto my CH Precision L1 Preamp now. The Softness Became Firm I wasn't surprised that the OE multiplies and extends the effects of The...
The New Apartment Lounge: Two Memorable Winter Road Trips Maurice Jeffries ...Heart NS moving coil phono cartridge ($3200); Transparent Audio Cables 8' XL speaker cables and $17,000 balanced interconnect cables starting at $11,000; 1pr. 1.5m XL balanced interconnects at $11,340; 1m...
Impressions: A Collection of Notes on the Furutech Lineflux XLR NCF, V-1 Power Cable, and Pure Power 6 NCF David W. Robinson ...plugs, with enough space to comfortably insert your cables. This tandem was placed in our reference office system, and used over nearly a year with various high-end AC cables (Furutech,...
Impressions: The Playback Designs Merlot Quad DSD DAC and Syrah Music Server, with Brief Notes on the Pinot Quad DSD ADC David W. Robinson ...via USB-X: a longtime reference for me. For years Playback Designs was my reference for SACD and DSD, with their MPS-5 SACD player. (DSD was added later, when Andreas developed...
Argento Flow Master Reference Phono Cable Plus a Discovery About Ground Wires Marshall Nack ...the relentless audiophile norm. the Flow Master Reference Phono Cable The new arrival, the top-gun Flow Master Reference Phono from Argento, also happens to be the most expensive by far...
Impressions: The Playback Designs MPS-8 Reference SACD/CD Player with Quad DSD DAC and StreamX Streamer Module, Part 1 David W. Robinson ...with Kubala-Sosna Realization RCA (MPS-8 to the STERN), Kubala-Sosna Elation! (STERN to HEISENBERGs), K-S Elation! power cables, K-S XPander Power Distribution Unit, and Synergistic Research Galileo UEF reference loudspeaker cables....
The Hanze HiFi HAT Turntable Power Supply Jeff Day ...rigid CNC'd aluminum chassis, and we used an oversized & perfectly balanced high-mass CNC'd brass platter, which spins on a precision spindle assembly uprated for the heavier platter. The Artisan...
RS Audio Launches the Apparition Series: A New Class of Audio Cables That Redefines How Cables Are Designed Editors at Positive Feedback ..."The Apparition Series was created for audiophiles who desire a significant boost in performance beyond traditional reference cables at a reasonable price point. The result is a collection of cables...
Impressions: The Sound Galleries SGM2015 – Chapter 2, with the Nagra HD DAC and MPS External Power Supply David W. Robinson ...me that they have reference-grade DSD DACs that go quite a long ways beyond the performance of the start-up price point. They might even send their reference system this way...
Node Audio SS-1 Cable Lifts Marshall Nack ...the Chinese lifts under the Stage III Kraken Power Cords—the main PC for my CH Precision M1.1 monoblocks—with a single SS-1 Power Cord lift on each side. I can't say...
Monet Power Cable from Crystal Cable - a Very Pleasant Surprise Marshall Nack ...some of my reference cables. However, this is not due to the treble leading the way, as with many cables noted for speed. The Monet transient is broadband and coherent,...
Argento Audio Flow Phono Cable - Escape to the Old World Marshall Nack ...Style in Audio It was inevitable that I would want the same sensibility from my audio system. And then I stumbled upon it with the CH Precision Reference wires. While...
Impressions: The Wave Kinetics NVS Turntable, Durand Tosca Tonearm, and DS Audio DS Master 1 Optical Cartridge and EQ/Phono Amp with the DS Audio ION-001 David W. Robinson ...niceties all at once. Wave Kinetics NVS Computer-Controlled Direct-Drive Reference Turntable Features (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) The NVS reference direct-drive turntable is a long-time companion here...
