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It's huge! Why am I gushing like this? I don’t normally gush. But it’s relevant to this review. For a short time, I slid my Bryston 4B3 back in place of the H30A, and the system promptly lost some of that magic. Don’t get me wrong! The Bryston is a superb amp, one I’ll likely keep until my wife feeds me to the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba (she tells me she’ll do this if I get unmanageable in my later years). But over the review period, I came to cherish the Hegel’s ability to juice up the realism, to pull me more deeply into the musical performance. I think it would be news if the Hegel ..

April 13th, 2023 - Renowned hi-fi brand Technics has refreshed its beloved SL-1500C record player with an elegant new finish that will seamlessly complement any décor style and fill homes with the warm, authentic sound of vinyl. Now in beautiful matte white, the SL-1500C-W sees the brand’s beloved turntable updated for 2023, while retaining the innovative sound technology that Technics has driven forward since it unveiled the world’s first direct-drive turntable over fifty years ago. Sublime elegance, precisely designedDeveloped at the request of vinyl lovers yearning for a design-oriented, fr..

With the V5 Elektra, IsoTek presents a new mains filter that offers complex, efficient current optimization and high-grade overvoltage protection at an attractive price: In favor of optimum performance, the current optimizer has six slots, each with its own filtering and precisely dimensioned: two outputs are for high-wattage amplifiers and four outputs for Source devices designed. If more is required, the System Link also enables simple modular expansion. We tested what the V5 Elektra does in terms of sound.-----ConclusionAs IsoTek's new entry-level model in the line filter portfolio, the V5 ..

The most striking aspect of the Lumina’s performance was its replication of dimension, distance, and soundstage. It made large acoustic spaces more present and reverberantly alive. The acoustics of a symphony hall shimmered with air movement. Perspective was expanded rather than flattened. On a disc like the Rutter Requiem the vast chorale seemed to glow, creating a thick reverberant field suspended in the voluminous air of the Meyerson Symphony Center. During musical rests I could catch the chorus individually and collectively taking breaths.-----Similarly, Lumina RCA and XLR interconnects us..

Whoever at Panasonic pulled the trigger on the Technics SL-1200 re-launch (I think I know), made the right call! In the years since, Technics has introduced a series of new, well-received direct drive turntables, the latest being this one, the SL-100C priced at the magic $999 spot on the turntable dial, complete with an Audio-Technica AT-VM95C cartridge installed on the head shell. -----ConclusionTechnics has been building variants of its classic 1200 direct drive turntable for many decades now. It knows what it’s doing! The SL-100C turntable is a high value, high quality variant that offers m..

15 Minutes with David P. Kelley, CEO of KLH Audio The return of the KLH was big news at 2018 CES. Industry pundits and audio enthusiasts looked on with great interest and a little skepticism. Could the iconic brand cofounded by hi-fi pioneer Henry Kloss in 1957 be resurrected in a way that would pay homage to its founder? Or would it be just another example of an entity acquiring the rights to a once-famous brand with little or no interest in honoring the identity and values that made it famous in the first place? Ironically, Acoustic Research, the speaker brand Kloss helped launch in 1954 bef..

True Wireless Earbuds EAH-AZ60 was selected as "Best Multipoint Bluetooth Headphones and Earbuds 2023" by CNET. Thank you! “they sound sweet with clean, well-balanced sound, well-defined bass and good detail. They feature active noise canceling (it's good), a transparency mode, multipoint Bluetooth pairing so you can connect to your computer and phone at the same time and they have very solid voice-calling performance with good noise reduction. The buds are IPX4 splash-proof and are rated for up to 7 hours of battery life on a single charge at moderate volume levels.”Technics EAH-AZ60..

How Nearfield Placement Delivers No Complaint BassBass reproduction in residential spaces is ALWAYS a problem: especially when the obstacles are a combination of poor acoustics, spatial limitations, architectural issues, and overwhelming negative social pressure.Bass that emulates real music in real spaces, and reproduced in the home environment is perhaps the final hurdle in achieving a believable facsimile of a live event in a personal space. This is virtually impossible to pull off without bass extension below 30 Hz, and even lower if you wish to capture the feel of the original venue.If yo..