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System Review: EMM Labs & the Credo Cinema LTM Speakers
Imagine an interview with a mountain climber who just scaled their highest peak. “What was it like?” the reporter asks. “Really big!”
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Review: Rethm Aarka Active Speakers
If you like the way the Rethm Aarka look, you should hear how they sound.
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Review: Marten Parker Trio Floor Standing Loudspeakers
You might think that all well designed and well made speakers are easy to like. In my experience, this isn’t always the case. Some speakers can sound downright foreign, as if their musical language isn’t the same as yours.
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Review: AVM OVATION A 8.3 Integrated Amplifier
The AVM Ovation A 8.3 Integrated Amplifier is a hybrid design, featuring a pair of AVM-branded ‘803 T’ dual triodes in the preamp married to a Class A/AB high current MOSFET output offering 200 Watts of power into 8 Ohms and 330 into 4.
Digital Reviews
Review: LUMIN U2 Mini Digital Transport/Streamer
Perhaps more than any other audio component, you want a streamer to get out of the way. The less you ‘hear’ a streamer, the better.
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Review: ModWright KWH 225i Hybrid Integrated Amplifier
Power. Sweet, sweet power. I suppose there’s such a thing as too much power when it comes to hifi, but I think it’s actually bad sounding power we’re talking about as opposed to too much.
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Review: Feliks Audio Arioso 300B Integrated Amplifier
Few amplifier topologies in and of themselves conjure blissful thoughts and of those rare birds that do, perhaps none bring to mind more vivid imaginings than the single-ended 300B. It is the stuff of audio legend.
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Review: Klipsch Cornwall IV
“If you’re not having fun, you’re doing something wrong.” ― Groucho Marx
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Review: LSA VT-70 Integrated Tube Amplifier
How? That was the word and question that nagged at me all the while the LSA VT-70 amp was lighting up the Barn. How can you get so much for so little?
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Review: Kinki Studio EX-M1 Integrated Amplifier
You can’t argue with the numbers. Or so the saying goes.
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Review: Qln Prestige Five Loudspeakers
Loudspeakers convert an electrical signal into acoustic energy, i.e. sound waves. Sounds simple. With such a simple sounding job, I find it more than fascinating that the world of available loudspeakers diverge more than they converge when it comes to the mechanics of approaching this […]
Digital Reviews
Review: Mytek Liberty DAC II
My history with Mytek dates back to RMAF 2011, where they debuted the Stereo192 DSD DAC. At the time, this DAC represented a rather large leap toward the affordable in DSD-capable DACs.
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Review: Melco N50-S38 Music Library
In some ways, I’d like to be able to tell you that the Melco N50-S38 Music Library made no audible difference in my system because that would be simpler than the truth.
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Review: NAD M10 V2 Streaming Amplifier
If I could sing, I’d sing the praises I’m going to lavish on the NAD M10 V2 because it is many good things in one, and with the right speakers, you could easily be done.
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Review: Fern & Roby Raven III
Take one look at the Fern & Roby Raven III floorstanding speakers and a few things should become evident.
