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Listening Event at Command Performance AV

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 20, 2019 | 16:04 pm

The following announcement is based on press information supplied to TAS. On Saturday, August 24th, Command Performance AV will be hosting an open house event in collaboration with MoFi Distribution. Also in attendance will be IsoTek's "headmaster" Keith Martin, visiting[…]

Franco Serblin Studio Accordo Essence speakers production

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 15:07 pm

A few snippets from the daily beat at the Franco Serblin Studio. This time from the production of the Accordo Essence speakers...www.francoserblin.it

NSR Audio Vibrato NS380 power amplifier

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 15:05 pm

"The NSR has been dedicated to the uncompromising art of sound, with guiding principle of musical purity above all else. Key to the exemplary purity and exacting precision of the NSR NS380 is that the digital section and analog section[…]

TechDAS Air Force V turntable

Stereophile.com Aug 20, 2019 | 14:51 pm

Unless a truly budget-priced Air Force model is in the works, the TechDAS turntable lineup now seems complete: The recently introduced Air Force Zero ($450,000) is at the top, and the "affordable" Air Force V ($19,500) is at the bottom.[…]

Listening #201: the Buddha Bearing

Stereophile.com Aug 20, 2019 | 14:31 pm

This is a story about a $1375 commercial turntable accessory and a free tweak—the latter discovered while installing the former, although the two things exist quite independently of one another. Here's how it all went down: Earlier this year, I[…]

Evosound

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 20, 2019 | 14:14 pm

Since its first release in 2004, the Evosound music label has experienced considerable success in the Asian market, but it hasn’t had as much of an impact elsewhere. That should change, however. An effort by the Hong Kong-based record company[…]

Kronos Audio Sparta at Silbatone SEA

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 07:39 am

A few photos of the Kronos Audio Sparta turntable with the SCPS power supply and new 12” carbon fibre armboard for the Black Beauty tonearm."www.musicimage.com.sg

New Airtight ATM-2211 tube power amplifiers

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 07:19 am

After 18 years of continuous production of the Airtight ATM-211, the iconic Japanese brand is introducing the successor, the all-new ATM-2211 tube power amplifiers with a single 211 power tube per-channel. www.airtight-anm.com

Frans de Wit

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 07:13 am

A sneak peek at the creative world of Frans de Wit and his beloved electronics and machines...www.signatureorigin.com

GigaWatt PF-1 MK2 Filtering Power Strip

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 06:57 am

PF-1 MK2 is the improved version of the advanced filtering power strip designed to power and protect budget audio and video systems. In the PF-1 MK2 better materials and components were used, and the modified construction of the device is[…]

Setiawan Demagnitizer

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 06:36 am

"DEMAGNITIZER is a product that I developed to eliminate the magnetic properties in objects that should not have magnetic properties, because the magnetic properties of audio equipment that should not have magnetic properties can caused performance reduction in electrical conductivity.""DEMAGNITIZER[…]

New Neohighend Quattron audio rack

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 05:04 am

Neohighend new NEO Quattron high-end audio rack in the luxury Bubinga veneer finish...Shelfs:- segment BS98mm + segment 272mm + segment 172mm + segment 122mmwww.neohighend.com

Sonnet Digital Audio preamplifier

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 05:02 am

A sneak peek at the Cees Ruijtenberg latest project, the Sonnet Digital Audio new digital pre amplifier. The four vertical slots will carry the new generation of dacs. These four dacs will replace eight modules of previous models. The horizontal[…]

MSB Technology Corporation

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 04:20 am

MSB Technology Corporation new in-house 5-Axis mill in action! This technology allows for multiple operations on a single setup. In the video you can see four Premier output modules getting the outside and jack-panels simultaneously cut. www.msbtechnology.com

Rupert Neve phono preamplifier

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 03:43 am

"Bring the sound of Rupert Neve to your vinyl playback system with the Fidelice Precision Phono Pre-Amplifier. Both its MM and MC gain stages have been painstakingly tailored for an enthralling listening experience, based around the classic topologies that have[…]

New Longdog Audio quartz turntable power supply for Lenco/Rega/Thorens and Garrard

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 20, 2019 | 03:15 am

"Longdog Audio new quartz turntable power supply is now shipping. Both silver and black available for £895. The design feeds your deck with a pure 50Hz controlled by a quartz crystal, just about the purest mains feed you can give[…]

ELAC Announces the Carina Line of Home Speakers

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 19, 2019 | 09:53 am

The following is a press release issued by ELAC. Cypress, CA | August 19, 2019 – ELAC, a leading global provider of high-performance speakers and electronics, today announced the Carina Series line of home speakers. This new line builds upon[…]

MoFi, Isotek Event in Falls Church, Virginia

Stereophile.com Aug 19, 2019 | 07:56 am

On Saturday, August 24th, Command Performance AV will be hosting an open house event in collaboration with MoFi Distribution. Also in attendance will be IsoTek's "headmaster," Keith Martin, visiting from the U.K.Mon, 08/19/2019

Estelon at Miaja Gallery's Mid-Summer Art Jam

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 19, 2019 | 05:20 am

Estelon Champagne Gold Estelon YB loudspeakers as a part of Miaja Gallery's Mid-Summer Art Jam in Singapore. Organised by AV Intelligence!Photo credit: Maritha Mae Photographyestelon.com

Audio Note Singapore

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 19, 2019 | 05:02 am

A few photos of the Audio Note Singapore stylish showroom with the plethora of Audio Note (UK) Ltd products on display.hifi.com.sg

Tellurium Q 10th Anniversary

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Aug 19, 2019 | 04:54 am

A wholehearted congratulations from Mono and Stereo for the Tellurium Q 10th Anniversary. Great products, great people, great friends!telluriumq.com

Wynton Marsalis’ Yummy Violin Concerto and More

Stereophile.com Aug 18, 2019 | 18:32 pm

I expect every lover of jazz and classical music will want to check out Decca’s new recording of jazz great Wynton Marsalis’ thoroughly engaging Violin Concerto and Fiddle Dance Suite. Sun, 08/18/2019

Lyn Stanley Toasts Julie London

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 16, 2019 | 11:01 am

London Calling: A Toast to Julie London is Lyn Stanley’s sixth album since 2013, with another due out before this review sees print. Seven superb albums in six years suggests someone making up for a lot of lost time. Well,[…]

The Day the Music Died

Stereophile.com Aug 15, 2019 | 15:12 pm

If you're a music fan—and if you're reading this, you probably are—you've heard this already: On June 11, the New York Times Magazine published an investigative report about a 2008 fire that destroyed a vault at Universal Studios in Los[…]

Wharfedale Linton Heritage loudspeaker

Stereophile.com Aug 15, 2019 | 15:07 pm

A dale is a broad valley. The Yorkshire Dales are broad, picturesque valleys in Northern England, mostly named for the rivers or streams that run through them. One of these is Wharfedale, which is the upper valley of the River[…]

CH Precision P1 Phonostage and X1 Power Supply

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 15, 2019 | 01:56 am

One of the most famous scenes in the film The Third Man, which is set in Vienna in 1949 and based on Graham Greene’s novel of the same name, comes when Harry Lime, who is played by Orson Welles, tells[…]

The 2019-2020 EISA Hi-Fi Expert Group Citations

Stereophile.com Aug 14, 2019 | 16:22 pm

Every year, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association hands out awards for the best products in each of 19 hi-fi categories, as determined by a panel of judges from the world's leading hi-fi magazines. Notice the word "world"—for, EISA, one[…]

Chord Electronics Hugo TT 2 DAC/Preamp/Headphone Amp and Hugo M Scaler

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 13, 2019 | 17:03 pm

As many music lovers know, the legend of Chord Electronics’ Hugo family of products started several years back with the first-generation Hugo, a wildly overachieving portable headphone amp/DAC that took the marketplace by storm. Though that first Hugo was ostensibly[…]

Klipsch Klipschorn AK6 loudspeaker

Stereophile.com Aug 13, 2019 | 15:48 pm

This almost happened 13 years ago. Thinking the time was right for a Klipschorn review—2006 was the 60th anniversary of its design—I got in touch with a Klipsch representative, who requested photos of my room and details of its size[…]

Recording of September 2019: <I>Higher</I>

Stereophile.com Aug 13, 2019 | 15:45 pm

Patricia Barber: Higher Patricia Barber, piano & vocals; Patrick Mulcahy, bass; Jon Deitemyer, drums; Neal Alger, acoustic guitar; Jim Gailloreto, tenor saxophone ArtistShare AS01712 (CD). 2019, Patricia Barber, prod.; Martha Feldman, assoc. prod.; Jim Anderson, rec. and mixing eng.; Bob[…]

Woodstock 50th Anniversary "Peace of Stage" and 5 Vinyl LP <I>Back To The Garden</I> Sweepstakes

Stereophile.com Aug 12, 2019 | 21:16 pm

Register to win one of five actual pieces of the original 1969 Woodstock stage (Value $99.00 ea) or a Back To The Garden - 50th Anniversary Collection 5 Vinyl LP set (Value $124.98) we are giving away. According to the[…]

The Audiophile Ecosystem

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 12, 2019 | 08:05 am

To a non-audiophile, the passion for good sound can seem like a remarkably solitary endeavor. That civilian walks past our listening room and glances knowingly at the single chair facing the loudspeakers. Even if we’ve made the expansive gesture of[…]

Introducing Mu-so Qb 2nd Generation

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 9, 2019 | 11:42 am

The following is a press release issued by Naim Audio. August 9, 2019 | Salisbury, England - Naim Audio, the British hi-fi specialist with 46 years of audio expertise, has introduced the latest member of its award-winning Mu-so wireless music[…]

Accustic Arts Amp II Mk 3 Stereo Power Amplifier

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 9, 2019 | 10:03 am

Over a decade ago, as I was traveling through Germany, I picked up an audio magazine at a train station to try and kill some time. Leafing through the periodical, I happened upon a review that announced with not atypical[…]

Blue Note’s Tone Poet Series

The Absolute Sound Articles Aug 9, 2019 | 08:55 am

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the legendary jazz label founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, Blue Note Records has introduced the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series. Produced by Joe Harley of Music Matters Jazz and[…]

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