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  • AXPONA 2023, Part 2

    A brand heavily promoted by Roon to showcase their streaming software and gear is Dutch & Dutch. Photo 1 shows the full-range, Roon-ready, DSP-equipped, class-D powered model 8c ($14,950).

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  • Michael Fremer bares all in exclusive interview with PMA Magazine, Pt 3/3

    Even Mikey admits that the sound of digital playback has come a long way since its nascent ear-bleeding days. Still, is there an entry-level vinyl setup available today he thinks can beat the sound of even the most expensive digital front-ends?

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  • AXPONA 2023, Part 1

    The last AXPONA I attended was five years ago. Much has since changed. The good news is that AXPONA was bustling this year.

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  • Treat your system (and you!) to Korean psychedelic music

    Audioguyโ€™s sanjo recordings have given me the most ecstatic listening experiences of my audiophile life.

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  • MoFiโ€™s 40th Anniversary Edition of Michael Jacksonโ€™s Thriller REVIEWED

    When MoFi offered to send me an advanced promo for one of the most famous albums of all time, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity and thrill of revisiting a classic forty years after its initial release.

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  • KEF Launches MU7 noise-cancelling wireless headphones

    Marlboro, NJ โ€“ October 13, 2022: Featuring inimitable sound by KEF and design by long-term collaborator Ross Lovegrove, the KEF Mu7 Wireless Headphones deliver an uncompromising audio experience paired with understated style. An exercise in both engineering and aesthetic excellence, KEF has continued its partnership with visionary designer Ross Lovegrove to produce the Mu7. Renowned…

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  • Luxman releases LMC-5 moving coil phono cartridge

    The companyโ€™s first cartridge in 40 years BALLSTON SPA, New York, March 2022 โ€“ Not since the original LMC-1 of 1981 and 1982 follow-up model LMC-2 has Luxman offered a phono cartridge. That 40-year absence ends now with the introduction of the LMC-5 moving coil cartridge. โ€œThis new reference class MC cartridge is the result…

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  • Whyโ€”and WHICH!โ€”classical recordings can make your system sound stunning, Part 2

    In this part and the next is where the meat is; Iโ€™m going to provide a shopperโ€™s guide on what to look for and what to avoid in terms of recording quality.

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  • Putting an end to the audio cable debate! Part 2

    Simple copper wire, of sufficient gauge, would provide the same sound quality as premium-priced speaker cable.ย It all came down to resistance, capacitance, and inductance.

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  • Honey, weโ€™re building a basement studio!

    With our trip canceled due to the pandemic, what to do at home with the money we saved?ย  Build a basement studio, of course! We have two rooms that were storage spaces, recently emptied, because we had time to clean them!ย  We also made a playroom for the little one. He got the big room,…

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  • PS Audioโ€™s Paul McGowan: a candid interview about a man and his speaker

    Okay, so I finally caught up with Paul McGowan, but it wasnโ€™t easy. I cornered him in a room, and with a light shining on him border guard-like, I grilled him about stuff I was dying to know about him and PS Audio. Okay, thatโ€™s not quite accurate. Truth is, Paul was at his home…

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  • Hitting the right (audio) balance

    The human voice is an amazing thing. I can think of no other instrument that moves our emotions and soul as powerfully. The examples are endless: Freddie Mercury, Beyoncรฉ, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby McFerrin, Luciano Pavarotti, Ariana Grandeโ€ฆ Just take your pick. And itโ€™s not just singersโ€™ voices that we respond strongly to. How about the…

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