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Impressions:  The Munich High-End Show 2018, Part 2, and Audio Oasis! Awards

David W. Robinson

Munich 2018, or "What the hell was that?!" Fair warning:  This is not going to be a standard show report, whatever that is. There are plenty of audio scribes, showgoers, bloggers, and videographers running around high-end audio shows these days. There are tons of articles, postings, discussions, YouTube videos, bloggo-blather,...

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Argento Flow Master Reference Power Cord Utterly Natural Sound

Marshall Nack

You know how one thing leads to another. Since I am a huge fan of CH Precision, having acquired a whole system of their components, when I found out they market audio cables, I soon reviewed their Reference line (HERE). Once again, I was taken and acquired the demo set....

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Impressions:  The Sound Galleries SGM2015 – Chapter 2, with the Nagra HD DAC and MPS External Power Supply

David W. Robinson

Ye Olde Editor contemplating the mysteries of life and audio…  (Photograph by John Robinson) Back in the winter of 2017 (HERE in Issue 94), I shared my evaluation of the Sound Galleries SGM2015 reference-level Music Server. Since a music server cannot be reviewed without also considering either an internal or...

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High Fidelity CT-1 Ultimate Reference Cable System

Gregory Petan

Few cable manufacturers had the kind of rookie effort Rick had with his first company, Virtual dynamic, in the early 2000s. Like his initial approach, Rick continues to have an unwavering commitment to the use of high powered magnets that surrounds the wire the signal passes through. Rick has several...

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Siltech Triple Crown Power AC Cable

Wojciech Pacuła

The information regarding the design of the Siltech Triple Crown Power AC Cable provided by Siltech seem to be simple and few: Unique 7 heavy core S8 mono crystal silver conductors, Stabilized air core insulation, Spatial balanced for perfect EMC canceling behavior over an extreme frequency range, Ultra-stable operation even under...

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The New Apartment Lounge: An Abundance of Riches 

Maurice Jeffries

Good, good, good, good migrations I have some great gear in the house!   I feel like a kid at Christmas who received way more than s/he ever expected. The new arrivals represent the work of a talented group of engineers and designers that span the globe: The U.S, Japan,...

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The Time Reference Arrives: CH Precision T1 Time Reference Digital Clock

Marshall Nack

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Andy Warhol didn't foresee the internet, but he sure nailed a defining characteristic of how we live today. You could make a case that master clocks for digital audio had their 15 minutes when they were featured on audio magazine...

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The 14th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2017

Editors at Positive Feedback

Beginning at the end of 2003, PF established its first annual awards for fine audio. The Brutus Award was established for the best that David Robinson and Dave Clark had heard in their own listening rooms during that year. You can think of it as our equivalent of an "Editors' Choice" award....

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Impressions:  The Sound Galleries SGM2015 – Chapter 1, with the T+A DAC8 DSD DAC

David W. Robinson

In which our hero meditates… (Drawing by Robinson at a particularly boring faculty meeting many years ago….) What's the deal with me and German designs? In my later adult life, I've gravitated to a lot of products from our friends in Germania. While I'm not in the market for, say,...

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The New Apartment Lounge: Welcoming the New Von Schweikert Audio Unifield 2 Mk III Loudspeakers (Part 1)

Maurice Jeffries

Sizing Things Up Straight out of the box, the new Von Schweikert Audio Unifield 2 Mk III Loudspeakers (a replacement for the highly regarded Mk II version that came out several years ago) remind you that they are no ordinary compacts. For starters, these hefty beasts tip the scales at just...

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Krakow Sonic Society - Power Cables from Siltech and Crystal Cable

Wojciech Pacuła

Meeting #109: Crystal Cable's The Ultimate Dream power cable and Siltech's Triple Crown power cable One of the most pleasant things about the job that I do—let me remind you, I am a specialist journalist who deals with the aspects of high-quality audio—is contact with people who share my passion for music...

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Core Power Technologies EQUI=CORE 300

Victor Chavira

Image courtesy of Tweek Geek Power conditioners are an essential part of a high fidelity audio system. The reproduction of musical sounds in our homes begins with AC power. Unfortunately, AC power is susceptible to all manner of electrical contamination that impedes audio components from sounding their best. Even dedicated...

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Doshi Audio V3.0 Tapestage: Choices, Choices, Choices

Myles B. Astor

To go reel-to-reel tape or high resolution digital? That was the question facing this basically all analog person some ten years ago. No, there wasn't a lot of tape software available at the time but the same held true for high-rez digital too. Not to mention that digital playback technology...

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A Tale of Two Power Cables - TARA Labs Omega Evolution and The Muse Power Cables

Marshall Nack

One Monday night at Carnegie Hall, we found ourselves in the second row orchestra, way over on the right, in front of and looking up at the double basses (our eyes were level with the stage). When you purchase discount tickets, you take what they give you and don't complain....

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Audio Ramblings - The Aurender A10 and Comments on Cables from WireWorld

Dave Clark

So, two things on my mind here… the Aurender A10 and how wonderfully musical it is, and the WireWorld Starlight Cat8 Ethernet cables… and how they work so well together. I mean they work great by themselves with the Aurender A10 going a long way in terms of musicality, delicacies,...

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Munich High End 2017 - The Greatest Audio Show on Earth?

Greg Weaver

Bavarian Spring My flight landed at Flughafen München in Munich, the Bavarian capital and third most populous city in Germany, exactly on time, mid-morning Wednesday, May 17th. After stretching, collecting my bag, changing some currency from US dollars to Euro's, and using a vending machine to buy a Day Travel...

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New from TARA Labs - The Muse Cables

Marshall Nack

One Sunday afternoon we were listening to Krzystof Penderecki's Clarinet Concerto (DUX 0559). This is difficult, contemporary music—difficult enough to turn many listeners off; enough to make your neighbors complain. At 2:20 into the first movement, the solo clarinet plays a series of grace note figures which never fails to...

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Lamm Industries L2.1 Reference Preamplifier

Marshall Nack

"I suppose there's no remote? Dual mono volume controls?" I was discussing the operation of his L2.1 Reference Preamp with Vladimir Lamm. VL: "Yes, that's right." MN: "Ah, determinedly 20th century." VL: "Correction: 22nd century." MN: "Huh? Don't you mean 21st?" VL: "No. Sometime at the beginning of the next...

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The 13th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2016

Editors at Positive Feedback

Beginning at the end of 2003, PF established its first annual awards for fine audio. The Brutus Award was established for the best that David Robinson and Dave Clark had heard in their own listening rooms during that year. You can think of it as our equivalent of an "Editors'...

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