“The most engaging to-die-for sound I’ve had the pleasure of hearing for some time,” says reviewer Jason Kennedy of the Computer Audio Design CAT (or Computer Audio Transport). “The CAT is obviously a superb digital source and one of the finest I’ve yet encountered… you want to use it all the time because it’s so quiet and revealing.”
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We need to talk about room acoustics
For some reason it seems that we audiophiles don’t talk much about room acoustics. Which is curious, since we’re constantly obsessing about the control, damping and isolation of pretty much everything else from connector cables and the component parts of a cartridge, to the feet of our speaker stands. But what of the effects of arguably the biggest component, the largest instrument, in the room – the listening room itself?
Here at David Denyer PR, we found ourselves with an acoustical challenge and, in having to work our way through it, came to realise the very real significance of room acoustics.
Read all about the challenge, how it was effectively resolved and how it inspired us to revisit our entire listening room set-up, on our blog at thereeltoreelrambler.com/2020/05/21/we-need-to-talk-about-room-acoustics
“Ingenious, impressive…”: StereoNet gets up close and personal with Dan Clark Audio’s Aeon 2 open and closed headphones
“In my book, these are perhaps the finest planar headphones available for the audiophile on the go right now,” says Jay Garrett, editor of online magazine www.stereonet.co.uk. And, “having the option of closed or open-backed variants is a really smart move, I think.” Continue reading “Ingenious, impressive…”: StereoNet gets up close and personal with Dan Clark Audio’s Aeon 2 open and closed headphones
“This does fabulous things for your music”: The Ear reviews Townshend’s Allegri Reference amplifier
“Max Townshend is the real deal,” says Jason Kennedy, editor of The Ear online audio magazine, and “the Allegri Reference is [his] latest and most successful passive preamplifier.” So what makes it so successful, and “a true high end component”?
“Right on the money”: Hi-Fi News reviews Dan Clark Audio’s Aeon 2 Open headphone
Dan Clark Audio, formerly known as Mr Speakers, recently released a new version of its Aeon planar magnetic open and closed headphones. Hi-Fi News test drives the Aeon 2 Open.
Continue reading “Right on the money”: Hi-Fi News reviews Dan Clark Audio’s Aeon 2 Open headphone
“Among the world’s finest”: HiFi World samples Furutech’s DSS-4.1 speaker cable
Furutech’s by-the-metre, off-the-reel DSS-4.1 loudspeaker cable is designed for the demanding listener, whether destined for the professional studio or the home listening room. HiFi World hears the difference it makes.
Continue reading “Among the world’s finest”: HiFi World samples Furutech’s DSS-4.1 speaker cable
“At, or very close to, the state of the art”: HiFi Critic reviews Townshend’s Allegri Reference preamplifier
“It is several years – back in 2012 to be precise – since we reviewed the first compact Townshend line level control based on a ‘fractal’ miniature auto-transformer wound with cryogenically-treated wire,” writes Martin Colloms in the Jan/Feb/Mar issue of HiFi Critic. This was and still is the Allegri, which is still offered in Allegri Plus form as a six input, single-winding passive volume control or ATVC. Colloms continues to use the Plus as a reference. So how will the new Reference compare?
Aesthetix and Furutech demagnetisers in Hi-Fi Plus round-up of top vinyl accessories
In the second part of Hi-Fi Plus’ round-up of some of the latest and greatest products for vinyl enthusiasts to “preen, clean, set-up and adjust their LPs and turntables,” Andrew Harrison discovers the joy of an anti-magnetic spin thanks to these two handy gadgets.
“A game-changer”: StereoNet reviews Townshend’s Allegri Reference Preamplifier
Professional musician and audiophile Rafael Todes “recommends without question” Max Townshend’s new Allegri Reference. “I never tired of this preamp’s ‘revelatory’ quality; everything you play somehow sounds different to before… [it] gives preamplifiers at any price and of any type, an almost impossibly hard time in terms of sound.”
Continue reading “A game-changer”: StereoNet reviews Townshend’s Allegri Reference Preamplifier
“Blown away”: Hi-Fi Choice gets very excited about Exposure’s VXN active crossover with Kudos Audio’s Titan 505 loudspeakers
What do you get if you cross “a luxury loudspeaker and a high-end active crossover”? Kudos Audio’s Titan 505 and Exposure’s VXN analogue crossover “come together with extraordinary effect”. Hi-Fi Choice reviewer Ed Selley is “utterly smitten”. Continue reading “Blown away”: Hi-Fi Choice gets very excited about Exposure’s VXN active crossover with Kudos Audio’s Titan 505 loudspeakers
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