Florida Audio Expo 2023 - Part 4 Tom Gibbs ...always feeding Jeff's loudspeakers don't hurt things either! As always, all cables throughout the system are from Cardas, and the digital source was an Aurender A20 Reference network player. The...
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 Latest audiodharma Cable Cooker Marshall Nack ...This outcome surprised me. The CH Precision Reference Balanced Link Time to try another cable brand. I chose two runs of CH Precision Reference Balanced Link interconnect, because its design...
Siltech Royal Single Crown Interconnect Wojciech Pacuła ...HOW WE LISTENED The Siltech Royal Single Crown interconnect was tested in the High Fidelity reference system, where it was compared to the reference cables: Siltech Triple Crown. The interconnect...
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...
AXPONA 2022 - My Six Favorite Rooms Robert S. Youman ...Amplifier ($35,000 ) Estelon Forza Loudspeakers ($160,000) Innuos Statement Streamer ($15,100) MSB Reference DAC ($49,500) Transparent XL Cables Throughout (Assorted) Quintessence Audio, Sonus Faber, Boulder, Clearaudio, DS Audio, dCS, Transparent,...
The 2025 Florida International Audio Show Lee Scoggins ...be damned. Cables were the reference level Audioquest Dragon cables. Honestly, some of them could have used better mastering. But then they cued up Jon Martyn's Solid Air album. This...
ATC SCM19AT Active Tower Speaker System Michael Wechsberg ...Townshend Rock 7 with the high output London Reference Cartridge. I use a variety of interconnects and power cables, but for this review I connected the speakers and preamp with...
XACT USB and Ethernet Cables Marshall Nack ...unveiled a bunch of new gear, among them a line of reference cables. JCAT already retails cables; the XACT Phantom USB and LAN cables aspire higher in performance and price...
The "New" AXPONA? Maurice Jeffries ...($2729), and Pear Audio Blue Reference phono preamp ($4495); GamuT-refurbished Revox RTR player; GamuT M250i monoblocks ($25,990/pair) plus reference cables; and RS7i speakers ($39,990/pair) per pair; and Gamut cable loom)....
The Power and Precision of ATC SCM40 Active Loudspeakers - Are They For You? Juan C. Ayllon ...(whose Crescendo 3 speaker cables are used with my SCM40 passives, while their Crescendo 3 balanced cables connect to the active version), informed me prior to my review of the...
From the Kipnis Studios: The View From The Top - Essence for Hi Res Audio, the HDACC Jeremy Kipnis ...Ruby Speaker Cables & Interconnects, Glass Optical and HDMI Cables Monster Cables M1 & M1000 Speaker & Interconnect, Pro 500 Microphone Cables Mapleshade 1st Generation Experimental Speaker, Interconnect, and Digital...
Music Streaming with Fidelizer - the Nimitra2 Server + Nikola2 LPS + EtherStream Network Switch Marshall Nack ...to use my much more expensive CH Precision transport as the reference, I'd say the Mac with Fidelizer ancillaries reproduced about 60% of what's to be had, forcing me to...
AVM Ovation CS 6.2 Streaming CD-Receiver Michael Wechsberg ...as well. I tried a couple of other speaker cables I had on hand and settled on a pair of XLO Signature 3 speaker cables I reviewed some years ago....
Göbel Lacorde Statement XLR Interconnects Marshall Nack ...Ralph Sorrentino, the Brand Ambassador for CH Precision America, a call. CH had five rooms and I noticed they were partnering a lot with the Göbel brand for speakers and...
Impressions: My Brutus Awards for 2019, Part the Second David W. Robinson ...its active shielding and grounding. I have the Playback Designs MPT-8 Reference Transport and MPD-8 Reference DAC resting two of these units, while the PASS Labs Xs Reference Preamp is...
The New Apartment Lounge: Musical Fidelity's Scrumptious M6 Encore 225 Integrated Amplifier Maurice Jeffries ...ails you. On the other hand, and much to my surprise, my reference Maggie 1.7i planar speakers clearly preferred the added power, precision, and control that my reference amps deliver,...
STEALTH Audio Helios Phono Cable - Analog Dreams of Noise-Free Vinyl Marshall Nack ...insights. I soon determined its impressive reveal hinged on one overriding characteristic: the cable's off-the-charts signal to noise ratio (SNR). Fine Analog Let me back up a bit. My reference...
AXPONA 2081, Photo Essay Part 3 Carol Clark ...nice. A museum of electrical things in the High Fidelity Cables room. Van der Graaf generator. Electricity was in the air. High Fidelity Cables system. High Fidelity Cables, the cables...
