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Jonson Lee
As an audiophile and a voracious listener of all kinds of music, Jonson believes that the experience of being immersed in music is often something spiritual. Born and raised in Korea, he cut his teeth on western music mostly through the music of the 80s and the 90s. As of today, names that make his heart beat a little faster include Vladimir Horowitz, John Coltrane, Youn-Sun Nah, Francis Poulenc, Leonard Bernstein, Tannoy, and Magnepan. Jonson also runs a podcast and a YouTube channel about language learning, called SpongeMind.
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Prices listed in CA$ unless otherwise note. When I first heard Audio Physic speakers (the Classic 15) at Audio Element in Pasadena, California, I was immediately impressed. They were featured in PMA Magazineโs โBest Audio Systems For $10,000โ series. I couldnโt believe that speakers costing less than US$ 5000/pair could sound so accomplished or have…
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Prices listed in CA$ dollars unless otherwise noted. SVS is a company almost exclusively known for its subwoofers. So I was surprised to learn that they also make speakers. Doing its Canadian debut in the Lalibertรฉ รlectronique room at the Montreal show were the Ohio-based companyโs Pinnacle Ultra Evolution speakers (US$ 5000/pr; Canadian price TBD).…
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Jonson Lee explores how excessive dynamic compression is warping our musical experience, comparing classic and remastered waveforms to show how โbiggerโ sound often means less nuanceโand why old CDs may offer sonic salvation.
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After years of engaging with online audio debates, Jonson Lee shares how a shift in mindsetโfocusing on empathy over egoโtransformed conflict into connection, making peace the real prize in audio discourse.
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First impressions can mislead with Magnepan speakers, writes Jonson Lee, who reflects on their lifelike realism, anti-forward presentation, and high-maintenance charm after more than a decade of devoted ownership.
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Skeptical of audioโs placebo effect, Jonson Lee tested AGD Productionsโ class-D Audion ampsโdisguised as glowing tubesโand found their stunning design inseparable from their sonic magic, both subtly shaping the listening experience.
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The second part of this insightful series explores how Aversions, Desires, and Expectations subtly sabotage our music enjoymentโarguing that true listening begins only when we quiet the critical voice in our head.
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Jonson Lee argues that the real reason your audio system sounds โmehโ might not be your gear or setupโitโs your thoughts: aversions, desires, and expectations, which sabotage the listening experience.
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From reel-to-reel romance in British Audio Guysโ room to the ultra-luxe finesse of Lansche speakers with Thrax amps, Jonson Lee captures T.H.E. Show 2023โs sonic splendorโwith Katli, AGD, and Audio Limits all making standout impressions.
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Jonson Lee shares three surprising insights from his digital audio journey: your server matters more than your DAC, digital sources are highly vibration-sensitive, and even a reformat can revive sound quality.
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Audioguy CEO Jung-Hoon Choi champions the traditional Korean genre of sanjoโa hypnotic, rhythmically accelerating solo formโas the ultimate system test and spiritual reset, captured in stunning resolution on his labelโs audiophile-grade recordings.
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Read the article in English here, et en franรงais ici. ํํธ: ๋ต์ ์คํผ์ปค๊ฐ ์๋ ์ด๋ ธ์ ๋ ์ด๋ฐ ๋์ด๋ฅผ ์์ฃผ ํ๊ณค ํ๋ค. ์์ด๋ค์ด ํ์ค๋ก ์ ๋ค. ๊ทธ๋ฆฌ๊ณ ์ฒ์ ์์ด๊ฐ ์ ์์ดํํ ๊ท์๋ง๋ก ๋ฌด์จ ์๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ํ๋ค. ๊ทธ๋ฌ๋ฉด ๊ทธ ์์ด๊ฐ ๋ค์ ์์ดํํ ๊ท์๋ง๋ก ๊ฐ์ ๋ง์ ์ ํ๋ค. ์ด๋ฐ ์์ผ๋ก ๋ง์ง๋ง ์์ดํํ ๊น์ง ์ฒ์ ๋ง์ ๊ทธ๋๋ก ์ ๋ฌํ๋ ๊ฒ ๋์ด์ ๋ชฉ์ ์ด๋ค. ๋ฌผ๋ก ์ด๊ฑด…
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Based on three key insightsโroom acoustics, system synergy, and installationโJonson Lee argues that speakers account for just 12.5% of your systemโs sound quality, challenging the conventional wisdom and prioritizing smarter investments.
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After testing 49 amps, Jonson Lee crowns the Danish-built Densen DM-30 for its balance of smooth neutrality, reliability, and cool operationโoutshining even the visceral Proceed AMP5 and musical Audio Research D115.
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After testing 16 interconnects, Jonson Lee concludes that cables over $100 can offer real gains, price doesnโt predict performance, cleaning contacts boosts clarity, and a cableโs sonic character stays consistent across gear.