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Angel City Audio & Melody Valve Hifi, CAS 2014 – Room 325
This year we will be showing our LCR monitor, the Trinity, as well as a Melody Pure Black 101 preamplifier and MN845 mono amplifiers. In addition to those products which are available for purchase, we...
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ReVox Announces Joy CD Player
Kitchner, Ontario (July 2014) — ReVox is proud to announce the new Joy CD player – their highest performing 2 channel CD player to date. Not only is it a welcome addition to the already successful...
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Bache Audio 001 Loudspeaker Review
I am a fan of so-called “augmented wide bander” speakers, by which I mean speakers that use a wide band driver for the majority of the audible frequency range, supplemented below with a woofer, and...
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The Beatnik Pet Peeves Part One: Continued
Yes, Lowther loudspeakers are vintage, but the only time I see reviews of them is when someone tries a new method of using the drivers. So, I’m going to include them and especially the Teresonic...
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LP Reviews – Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Mumford &...
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman • Numbered, Limited Edition, 180 grams, 2 LPs • Mastered from the Original Master Tapes • Pressed at RTI Musicians: Jerry Garcia, guitar,...
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iFi-audio Micro Series – iTube/Pre-amplifier Review: Part I
iFi-audio, aka AMR’s pint size little brother Abbingdon Music Research, or AMR as audio hipsters like to say while sipping their double mocha macchiato, is a British manufacturer of high quality (both...
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2014 Capital Audio Fest Report
The 2014 Capital Audio Fest was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Silver Spring Maryland, July 25-27. The show had a friendly and congenial atmosphere, though attendance was lower than most of us would...
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iFi-audio Micro Series – iDAC, iUSBPower Peripherals – iPurifier, Mercury USB...
iFi-audio Micro Series – iDAC iDAC – $299 + Mercury USB cable – $99 for 0.5 meter, $129 for 1 meter I recently became somewhat serious about computer audio. Last month I bought an Asus laptop and two...
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Audioengine Introduces New Bluetooth® Music Receiver
AUSTIN, Texas – August 5, 2014 – Audioengine® today introduced the Audioengine B1 Premium Bluetooth® Music Receiver. The B1 is a high-fidelity audio component that easily integrates into your music...
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Music First Audio Baby Reference Preamplifier Review
“Simple means purer,” I have often thought as I have worked through a cornucopia of two channel devices that diminish the purity of the audiophile experience. This is not to mention the plethora of...
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TEAC PD-501 Digital Player Review
System set-up and listening I used two systems for this review: my personal reference system which consists of David Slagle’s Silver Remote Autoformer, a Wavac EC-300B SET amplifier driving the...
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Melody Valve MN845 Monoblock Power Amplifier Review
Earlier this summer I first wrote about the wonderful Melody Valve P2688 vacuum tube line stage. As I had mentioned, accompanying the P2688 on the long journey to South Florida was a pair of Melody...
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Fritz Accuton 6 Two Way Compact Bookshelf Speaker Review
At the 2013 California Audio Show I had the pleasure of serving on a panel discussion where attendees were invited to ask audio writers question. On the panel was Jason Victor Serinus of Stereophile,...
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The Beatnik’s 2014 California Audio Show Reports
This year I want to cover the show a little differently. I’ll post some pictures and my usual turntable eye candy pictures. I’ll also give you an article about my six favorite rooms divided into the...
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The Beatnik’s 2014 California Audio Show Reports The Two Best Modern Sounding...
As I said this year I want to cover the show a little differently. I‘ve posted some pictures of turntable eye candy and a thought piece, I called the blessings and curses of Audio Shows. Now it’s time...
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Beatnik’s 2014 California Audio Show Turntable Eye Candy
Wilson-Benesch Full Circle Turntable Pear Turntable a second Pear Turntable VPI with Bob Device SUTs Project Vertere RG-1 with SG-1 Tonearm Tri Arts Audio Pebbles Turntable Technics SP-10 MK2 Margules...
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The Beatnik’s 2014 California Audio Show Reports The Best Room Combining...
Music First Audio teamed up with TriangleART and Audio Note UK to produce the best sound I have heard from a pair of Audio Note E’s at a show, and that includes the Audio Note Level 5 system that was...
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The Beatnik’s 2014 California Audio Show Reports, The Two Best Vintage...
Let start with the Burwell & Sons room; it was right there when you got off the elevator on the third floor and it sure seemed to be the best attended room at the show. From a few minutes before...
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Cecile Mclorin Salvant, Phil Woods Quartet, Townes Van Zandt, Ella and Louis...
Cecile Mclorin Salvant – Womanchild 180 Gram Vinyl, 2LPs Side 1 St. Louis Gal I Didn’t Know What Time It Was Nobody WomanChild Side 2 Le Front Cache sur Tes Genoux Prelude/There’s A Lull In My Life...
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An Interview with Daniel Khesin of Polymer Audio Research
Laurence Borden: Dan, welcome to dagogo. Please begin by telling us a bit about your background, including your introduction to audio. Daniel Khesin: Thanks Larry, I am very excited to share our story...
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