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Meridian Audio’s Explorer
Desktop audio and portable audio have been two of the fastest growing segments in the audio world for the past few years. For every twentysomething who’s bought a turntable recently, 100 have bought a...
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Vivaldi is here!
Now that dCS has caught up on production of the Vivaldi digital playback system, one has made it across the pond to replace our Paganini, which has served well as our publishers digital reference...
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The iRiver AK100 High Res Player
Just when you thought the world of high performance personal audio couldn’t get any more crowded, with a plethora of great DAC’s and headphone amplifiers, iRiver released the AK100 music player. It...
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Features 995: Sounds that Won’t Break the Bank AVA Media Maestro-50 Digital Amplifier By Mark Marcantonio Macro: Sound for Small Spaces Motorheadphones By Bob Gendron Ressonessence Labs Concerto DAC By...
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A Visit to Simaudio
Perhaps the most important thing you need to know about Simaudio is that the entire company has only one person in its service department; he’s not terribly busy – and that’s a good thing. When I...
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Happy Peachtree winners
Here’s a shot of Miranda and Dan, winners of our Peachtree contest, with the new gear… As Miranda says, they “love the sound and the color – they are gorgeous!” Hang out with TONEAudio, get cool stuff!...
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Simaudio MOON 100D
We’ve got a new prize for our readers… A MOON 100D This 24/192 DAC has a retail price of $649 and you can get more information here: http://www.simaudio.com/moon100D.htm To have a chance of this...
View ArticleWelcome Oblivion
Any suggestion that Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor has completely mellowed with age should be immediately put to rest. In a recent “Ask Me Anything” segment on the popular Web site Reddit, the...
View ArticleAudio Additives – Dig. Stylus Force Gauge
Here’s the answer for those wanting a digital stylus force gauge on a tight budget. Music Direct’s Audio Additives Digital Stylus Force Gauge tips the scale at $79.99. About three times what the...
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Room Treatment From Vicoustic
Whether you’ve spent a small, medium or super size pile of cash on your system, chances are good that it’s not delivering the maximum performance that it’s capable of. I’m guessing that many of you...
View ArticleTour of Zu Audio
Hi-fi isn’t just about boxes and wires – it’s about people. Meet Christian Drecksel – paint shop guru and today’s tour guide of Zu Audio’s factory floor. I’m here to talk Union, a new loudspeaker...
View ArticleLow
There’s mood music, and then there’s whatever it is Low is currently doing. Now on its tenth album, the Duluth, Minn., trio remains perhaps the only band around about which its fans could plausibly...
View ArticleREVIEW: The New Beatles Box
The Web has been abuzz for more than a year about EMI’s latest attempt to extract more oil from a well that we keep thinking will eventually run dry: the Beatles catalog. Yet the label manages to...
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German Physiks Unlimiteds: Further Listening
Living with the Unlimiteds for a few more weeks continues to reveal treasure. The resolving nature of these speakers continues to impress everyone that hears them and their chameleon – like character...
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The latest from Plinius…
We’ve just received a pair of Plinius Audio’s newest separates, and they are quite impressive. The Hautonga Integrated amplifier features a 200 watt per channel class AB power amplifier, preamplifier...
View ArticleThe Virtue of Vintage
If you happen to be at the New York Audio show this weekend, please stop by and sniff around. And, if you feel so inclined, I invite you to sit in on “The Virtue of Vintage,” a presentation...
View ArticleEmotiva XDA-2 Review
John Darko from Digital Audio Review takes an in-depth look and listen at Emotiva’s latest DAC/digital preamp, the XDA-2… My first slice of Emotiva DAC coverage appeared nearly two years ago. In 2011,...
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KEF and Matrix Sound & Vision Present Fabrizio Sotti
KEF, the renowned manufacturer of innovative, reference-quality loudspeakers, will celebrate its participation in the New York Audio Show 2013 by hosting a special evening with lauded Italian jazz...
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The NewClear NC1000
While vacuum tube and solid-state amplifiers continue to improve, the gains have been for the most part evolutionary rather than revolutionary at this stage of the game. Class D amplifiers are a whole...
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Sonus faber Guarneri Evolution
It’s as if Sonus faber put the $120,000 Aida speakers in a shrink machine… Finished to the same high standard as their flagship speakers, the new Sonus faber Guareri Evolution speakers retail for...
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