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Zu Audio DL-103 MC phono cartridge
Arthur C. Clark posited that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. This has become more relevant today where mysterious black boxes perform all sorts of services for us. Do you want to understand how your car engine monitors and adjusts air/gas ratios or how your phone does the same tasks that until
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Revive your Vintage Electronics – Audiocubics R-Cube
The seventies was the golden age of receivers and integrated amplifiers. Kenwood, Marantz, McIntosh, Pioneer, Sansui and others produced high power, technologically advanced receivers and integrated amplifiers. I know what your thinking…”Sansui, come on, for real? Sansui?” Yes, Sansui! Sansui made some powerful receivers and integrated amplifiers that are now considered audiophile legends. Remember the
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Margules Audio ACRH 1.2 Hybrid Integrated Amp
A Sweet-sounding Bargain: the Margules Audio ACRH 1.2 Hybrid Integrated Amp I am an unabashed fan of products that deliver a consistently high return in performance for money spent. The Magenta ADE 24.1, an all-analog harmonic sweetener made by Mexico City-based Magules Audio, is one of these—in my opinion one of the greatest values in
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Neko Audio D100 Mk2 DAC
The Neko Audio D100 Mk2 DAC surprised me with deep taut bass, a smooth midrange, and refined top end. The model of selling superior products at reasonable prices isn’t new, but in today’s expensive high end audio climate, sometimes it can be hard to see the forest through the trees. One product you can see through
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Schiit Audio Bifrost DAC
Mike Moffat of Theta fame and Jason Stoddard of Sumo fame teamed up to create affordable components right here in the good old US of A. First of a Breed Schitt Audio recently released the Bifrost, which is the first and least expensive of three planned Digital-to-Analogue Converters (DACs) in the company lineup. The second
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Sennheiser HD 800 headphones
The Sennheiser HD 800′s have an effortless presentation, a rightness and refinement of sound that clearly betters what used to be high end offerings in the $500 range… $1,400 for a set of @#$% headphones?! This was my initial reaction when discovering that Sennheiser had released a new flagship HD 800 headphone. Other than the
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Dayton Audio DTA-100a
The Dayton Audio DTA-100a Class-T Digital; value, versatility, and hopefully virtuous (I’m running out of “V” words) sound quality. The Real Deal What if I told you about a $99 dollar stereo amplifier with Tripath Class-T power that delivers 20-25 watts of audiophile power into an 8 ohm’s…what would you say? Now throw in a
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Aragon 4004 mkII Review
ARAGON 4004 mkII AMPLIFIER Do you need an amplifier that’ll drive the heck out of your speakers? Say hello to the 4004 mkII from Aragon. The 4004 mkII is powerful stereo amplifier delivering 200w into 8 Ω and 400w into t4 Ω. It was built by Aragon in early 1990′s, and designed by legendary designer
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