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REVIEW: Naim ND555DAC and PS555 Power Supply
If you are considering adding Naim’s top digital streaming DAC to your system, and if by some chance you are not fully integrated into the Naim way of doing things, please read the instructions first....
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New Integrated Amplifiers From Audia Flight
We’ve just received three integrated amplifiers from Audia Flight: The FL Three S ($3,800), The FLS 9 ($6,500) and the FLS 10 ($10,500). We really like the functionality and flexibility of these...
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Focal adds in-wall to their speaker lineup…
If you love Focal speakers, but don’t have room in your listening room, there’s a solution! Focal has added their new Wall 301 and Wall 302 speakers for your home theater environment. They will work...
View ArticleTalking about my/your generation
Here’s a note to all you Millennials, Gen X, Y, and Z’ers. For as long as I can remember, the generations have been arguing about why we hate each others’ music, why your music sucks and my music is...
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The Next Step in the Focal Aria K2 Story…
If you’ve spent any time with (or happen to own a pair) the Focal Aria K2 936 floor standers, launched last fall, with an MSRP of $5,990/pair, now you can build a completely matching theater system...
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The new, fourth generation of the Bowers & Wilkins 800 series is here.
If you’ve been an audiophile for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of Bowers & Wilkins, and their legendary 800 series loudspeakers. The ones that sit in the prestigious Abbey Road studios,...
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REVIEW – The LSA Warp 1 Power Amplifier
We’ve been having a great time here at TONE with the new LSA products that Mark Schifter has been sending us. For those of you that don’t remember, he was one of the principals in Audio Alchemy and...
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REVIEW – The Rega Kyte Speakers
The team at Rega Research is famous for somewhat out of the box solutions to engineering problems. In the case of their newest Kyte speakers, they take this to heart, using a phenolic resin material to...
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REVIEW – The FinkTeam Kim Speakers
With all the internet banter about speaker “break-in,” (and, yes we do believe in it) you know a speaker is special when it sounds fantastic right out of the box. When a speaker sounds as musical and...
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The Naim Mu-So 2
Time flies when you’re having fun, the saying goes, and Naim’s Mu-so is an incredibly fun way to enjoy music. The initial launch of the Mu-so at the Munich High End Show a few years ago raised the bar...
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REVIEW: The Naim Uniti Star
Naim’s audio gear legacy extends a half-century, starting with their original amplifier design. From those humble beginnings, they’ve continued to create durable and great-sounding components. While...
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REVIEW: The Thrax Yatrus Turntable
With turntables spiraling out of control, price-wise, a $100k turntable is no longer the talk of a madman that it once was. That said, I submit that a well sorted $20k-ish table/arm/cartridge...
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The Manley Mahi Monoblocks
Manley has not changed the circuit of their smallest monoblocks, the Mahi’s, but since this review came out in 2007, manufacturing costs and a crazy world economy has brought the price to nearly double...
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The Penaudio Lumi Speakers
Where so many manufacturers have fallen victim to designing a speaker line around a tweeter first, with each smaller model having progressively less bass as a result, Penaudio’s Sami Penttila does it...
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The Rega P10 Turntable and Apheta 3 Cartridge
Rega’s top table, the P10 is new again. Not new new, but Rega new, which means It’s been subtly updated in nearly every aspect. This warrants a two-tier review. One for those of you that closely follow...
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The Manley Snapper Monoblocks
Spinning Paul Weller’s “Beyond Sunset” just feels right through the Manley Snappers. Founder EveAnna Manley is currently a Southern California being, and these amplifiers instantly bring up that easy...
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The Luxman L-590AXII
Not only did Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s “It Takes Two” make hip-hop history, the 1988 smash and pop-culture staple espoused a philosophy that mirrors a long-held high-end audio doctrine: Separate...
View ArticleIssue 108
Cover Story: Luxman’s L-595ASE Integrated And… Amplifier roundup Features Old School: Altec Lansing 14′s -By Jeff Dorgay The Audiophile Apartment: The Pass Labs X-150.8 -By Rob Johnson 1095: Gear for...
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The Vitus Audio SIA-25 Integrated
Listening to John Hiatt’s Little Village collaboration, the delicacy presented is otherworldly good. The bass line in “Inside Job” is tight, controlled, defined and powerful. The treble range is...
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The Parasound JC 1+ Monoblocks
Eyes closed, listening to The Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East, at close to concert hall levels for a few minutes (gotta watch the OSHA regs…) if someone whispered in my ear and said, “you’re...
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