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2024 Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards [UPDATED]

Editors at Positive Feedback

...of cables, Audience has employed numerous proprietary technologies and design techniques to elevate performance to unprecedented levels. The frontRow interconnects and speakers cables utilize oxygen-free OHNO continuous-cast copper of 99.9999%...

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Toronto Audio Fest 2024

Douglas Seth Brown

...Grimm MV-1 streamer ($12,500 USD) on static display. The one-box preamp / DAC was a Suisse-made CH Precision C1.2 ($36,000 USD). Mark Jones room Amplification was a CH Precision A1.5...

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Impressions:  Long Reflections on the T+A 3100 HV Stack

David W. Robinson

...HV Reference SACD/CD Transpor Retail: $23,450 (US Dollars) T+A SD 3100 HV Reference Streaming DAC Retail: $36,390 (US Dollars) T+A P 3100 HV Reference Preamp Retail: $23,750 (US Dollars) Distributor...

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Bryston BP-19 Preamplifier

Malcolm J. Gomes

...as well as in James Tanner's reference system. Tanner graciously invited me to his home to audition his own reference system that is almost exclusively comprised of Bryston components. This...

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Siltech Royal Single Crown Interconnect

Wojciech Pacuła

...HOW WE LISTENED The Siltech Royal Single Crown interconnect was tested in the High Fidelity reference system, where it was compared to the reference cables: Siltech Triple Crown. The interconnect...

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XACT USB and Ethernet Cables

Marshall Nack

...unveiled a bunch of new gear, among them a line of reference cables. JCAT already retails cables; the XACT Phantom USB and LAN cables aspire higher in performance and price...

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GoldenEar T66 Loudspeaker

Michael Zisserson

...with many of the same design elements that brought the Triton Reference to the spotlight. GoldenEar did not simply rest on the laurels of the Triton Reference, the T66 has...

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The Bag End ISUB2-18 Powered Sub Rocks the Low End with Precision, Adding Elegant Oomph to Your Playback Experience!

Juan C. Ayllon

...upfront to the left of my Usher ML-802 loudspeakers (on IsoAcoustic Orea Bordeaux Equipment Isolators) tethered to the Pass Labs X150.8 amplifier with reference Straight Wire Crescendo 3 speaker cables....

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Network Acoustics Expands eno2 Range with New Balanced Digital & USB Cables

Positive Feedback

Network Acoustics (NA) are excited to announce the release of the eno2 USB Cable and the eno2 Balanced Digital Cable. Developed alongside the reference muon2 USB and Balanced Digital Cables,...

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The Gem Dandy PolyTable Signature Showcases Vinyl with Vim and Vitality!

Juan C. Ayllon

My eyes welled with tears staring at a glorious reproduction of Edgar Degas' painting, The Orchestra at the Opera, in a massive book in the reference section of the University...

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Serve Vinyl on Your Best China with the Korf HS-A02 Ceramic Headshell

Juan C. Ayllon

...purchased. I used the Korf HS-A02 Ceramic Headshell to compare the Gem Dandy PolyTable Signature (at the bottom of the photo) with my reference Micro Seiki BL-91, applying small strips...

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Akiko Audio Speaker Improver

Malcolm J. Gomes

...analog converters, cables etc., that are as good as you can afford and then look to tweaks that enhance the listening experience by improving the sound quality. Every once in...

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The Elegant HiFi-Home Lifestyle Balance PS Audio Aspen FR10 Loudspeaker

Juan C. Ayllon

...my reference system by clicking on my byline at the beginning of this review). After initial placement, I connected them to a pair of Straight Wire Crescendo 3 loudspeaker cables,...

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Crystal Cable Infinity Power Cable

Marshall Nack

...To that end, I've been searching for products that share this bias. They are as rare in audio as they are on stage. After installing Infinity PCs on my CH...

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Flow Three Integrated Amplifier

Wojciech Pacuła

...Elemente Master Reference Pagode Edition MkII rack. They should have been complemented by appropriate pads to keep it from sliding on the shelf, but I didn't find any in the...

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AIDAS MAMMOTH TUSK LIMITED EDITION CARTRIDGE DEBUT AT AXPONA 2024

Positive Feedback

...server; Cardas’ Clear Beyond cables; and HRS’ EXR Rack. Created with ultra-precision engineering, The Mammoth Gold Limited Edition is artisinaly hand-crafted with meticulous attention to detail and offers an exceptional...

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XACT S1 Music Server

Marshall Nack

...own distortions, artifacts and colorations. It is not the ultimate reference. As Lynn observed after a recent listening session with the panel, "There's digital; there's analog; and there's acoustic. Audiophiles...

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Vertere Acoustics introduces the new CALON high-end Phono Preamplifier

Positive Feedback

...all the performance gains enabled by recent improvements in Vertere Record players, especially the new XtraX cartridge, SG-II PTA HB, and Reference tonearms, are not lost. Less-than-ideal circuits, circuit layouts,...

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McIntosh MC830 Solid-State Monoblock Amplifiers

Douglas Seth Brown

...McIntosh's valve amplifiers, but with slightly less tube warmth and a bit more solid-state muscle. They chiseled sonic images with greater precision and in a less rounded and romantic way....

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