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PMI Belles Aria Preamplifier and Monoblock Amplifiers Review
It’s all about simplicity, and it is something audiophiles tend to forget. It seems the machinery of industry always wants to push a new feature, another aspect of operational complexity. Our cars are...
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Linn launches Selekt DSM Network Player
Also read: Audio Blast of Linn Selekt DSM Music streaming pioneer, Linn, today announces the launch of Selekt DSM, an all-new Linn network music player that promises to bring the feeling back to...
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Audio Blast: Linn Selekt DSM Network Music Player
Also see the Linn Selekt DSM Press Release of September 18, 2018 Gilad Tiefenbrun, Managing Director of Linn, and Jen Cassidy, Sales and Marketing Director On September 18, 2018 Linn Products held a...
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Rogers High Fidelity 65V-1 tube integrated amplifier Review
It’s been a while since tube/valve gear made any extended appearance in any of my homes. Nothing against the gear, but what with graduation and traveling and not settling down it just wasn’t...
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Interview with Slawa Roschkow of SW1X from England
Slawa Roschkow/SW1X: Valves/Tubes in the 21st century. Were it not for my restlessness on one of my many excursions to London, England where I found with myself with free time, idle hands being...
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Small Green Computer releases the Sonicorbiter OS V2.7
Small Green Computer, manufacturer of the sonicTransporter servers and the series of Sonore Rendu players (microRendu, ultraRendu, Signature Rendu SE) has released its latest operating system, the...
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COS Engineering D1 DAC + Pre-Amplifier Review
Three Taiwanese connoisseurs of sound decided they need to bring some of their perspectives to the world, so they started COS, which stands for “connoisseur of sound”. Evidently they wish anonymity,...
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Hana EH moving-coil cartridge Review
I have been using the Hana EH high output moving coil phono cartridge for the past two years, and I had a chance to meet the man responsible for the Hana cartridge distribution, Mr. Masahiro Shibazaki...
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2018 CAS Report by Marc Silver, Part 3
Day Two CAS 2018 See Day One, 2018 CAS (CAS8), Pt 1 and Day One, Pt 2 I have to admit, I slept in this morning. Last night I hung out with Peter Soderberg of MartinLogan and a few other exhibitors...
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Tekton Design Mini-Lore Monitors Review
From all outward appearances, given what the public knows from images of Tekton Design’s speaker range, one would be hard pressed to immediately identify the Mini-Lore Monitors as part of the family....
View ArticleSmall Green Computer sonicTransporter i5
New Hempshire, NJ-based computer audio specialty company Small Green Computer has been offering Music Servers, CD Rippers and related accessories to the music-loving public since 2008. 7 Music Servers...
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Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature phono stage Review, Part 2: S9M Step-Up Transformer
Read Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature phono stage Review, Part 1 Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature This is the second of a two-part review on the Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature phono stage. The first article...
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Metaxas Marquis headphone amplifier/preamplifier
October 31, 2018 – Parker, Colorado: Amsterdam-based high-end audio manufacturer Metaxas, represented in the U.S. by Aaudio Imports, manufactures a complete system of electronics and speakers. Among...
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Frank “Big Boy” Goudie: Jazz On Three Continents Part 1 of 3, France and...
Goudie’s professional headshot, 1939. Photo courtesy and property of Christine Goudie. Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (b. 1899 Louisiana – d. 1964 California) has been almost completely overlooked; a mere...
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Merrill-Williams R.E.A.L. 101.3 turntable Review
Introduction I can scarcely believe that it has been seven years since my introduction to the original Merrill-Williams R.E.A.L. 101. Since that time, the 101 has not only been my reference, but has...
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Studio Electric
Salt Lake City, UT (11/8/2018) – Founded in 2006, Studio Electric is run by managing partner David MacPherson. David’s background is in professional speaker development and according to him, there are...
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Capital Audio Fest 2018: Room 323 – In Through the Out Door
Rogers High Fidelity: 34S-1 amplifier, PA-1A phono stage / Harbeth M30.2 loudspeakers / Acoustic Signature DOUBLE X turntable, Wolf Audio Systems Alpha 3 digital audio server / Accusound speaker and...
View ArticleAudio Note Fifth Force / Fifth Element DAC
One of its most ambitious projects, Audio Note UK’s Fifth Element/Fifth Force DAC retails for 153,753 USD. We extracted the following passages from its very extensive owner’s manual for your reading...
View ArticleInterview: Mike Sanders of Quicksilver Audio
Mike Sanders, founder/chief engineer of Quicksilver Audio, has been in the audio industry since the 1981. Quicksilver Audio participated in the recent California Audio Show, partnering with the Sierra...
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Ortofon MC1 Turbo moving coil cartridge Review
I recently retired after spending the past forty years as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Constantine Soo suggested that I try something both new and different, such as writing about audiophile...
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