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  • Magnat Signature Edelstein Loudspeakers Reviewed

    Magnatโ€™s Signature Edelstein bookshelf speakers may be small, but their robust construction, clever engineering, and surprisingly weighty, detailed sound prove theyโ€™re no gimmickโ€”just serious value and musicality in a compact package.

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  • NAD Electronics Launches New C 700 V2 BluOS Streaming Amplifier

    Latest generation of NAD’s popular compact, value-driven โ€œjust add speakersโ€ solution upgraded with ESS Sabre DAC, MM phono input, Dirac Live readiness, and Dolby Digital decoding.

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  • Observations At T.H.E. Show 2024

    T.H.E. Show 2024 delivered standout momentsโ€”from AGDโ€™s immersive orchestral realism and Margulesโ€™s dynamic warmth to PBNโ€™s jaw-dropping power and finesse, which earned this yearโ€™s โ€œBest of Showโ€ nod from a well-sated reviewer.

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  • Heaven 11 Billie MKII Integrated Amplifier Review

    Doug More of The Sound Advocate likes what he hears in the new Heaven 11 Billie MKll class-D / tube integrated amplifier.

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  • PS Audio Introduces the Integrated Amplifier / DAC Stellar Strata MK2

    “Combines the benefits of an exceptional analog preamplifier, a full-featured state-of-the-art DAC, a stereo 150-watt per channel power amplifier, and an amazing sounding MC/MM phono stage”

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  • NAD Introduces the C 379 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier

    “The new addition to the Classic Series combines innovation and value to deliver refined performance and sound quality.”

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  • Review: Fezz Audio Mira Ceti 300B Amplifier

    Fezz Audioโ€™s Mira Ceti 300B combines luxurious design by award-winning Kabo & Pydo with rich, refined tube soundโ€”at a shockingly fair price. Pair it with the right speakers and prepare to be spellbound.

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  • Closing The Gap Between Analogue and Digital

    Despite loving both analogue and digital, Tom Gibbs affirms LPโ€™s supremacyโ€”yet with DSD 512 and upgraded Audio Art Cables, digital playback is now rivaling tape and vinyl in clarity, nuance, and musical realism.

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  • Review: PS Audio AirLens Network Streamer

    The PS Audio AirLens Network Streamer is building a huge following. This review explains why.

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  • Unveiling Chord ULTIMA Integrated and Rega NAIA at AXPONA

    The Sound Organisation Brings Chord Electronics, Rega Research, Chord Company and ProAcย to AXPONA 2024

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  • MAF 2024: Absolu par Centre Hi-Fi / Technics

    Prices listed in CA$. I have fond memories of the Technics brand name. My dadโ€™s very first turntable was the Technics SL-QX300โ€”the first turntable I ever touched. As a kid seeing a record player for the first time, I was mesmerized by this foreign device and intrigued by how it was able to make sound.…

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  • MAF 2024: Audio Note UK

    Prices listed in CA$. I heard a classical orchestral piece in the Audio Note UK room (I will tell you what it was later) and noticed three things: 1. Timpani sounded like an explosion instead of a real timpani2. Decays sounded like an applied reverb instead of natural hall ambience3. The instruments sounded all over…

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  • Moon To Showcase New 891 Network Player/Preamplifier And 861 Power Amplifier At AXPONA

    April 4, 2024 (Montreal, Canada) โ€“ MOON will be showcasing an incredible reference system at this yearโ€™s Axpona. The new MOON 861 power amplifier and MOON 891 network player/preamplifier will make their US show debut and will combine with MOONโ€™s 810LP phono amp, 820S power supply, and a Clearaudio Concept Signature turntable to deliver an…

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  • MAF 2024: Heaven 11 Audio / PureAudioProject

    Prices listed in CA$. PureAudioProject speakers are offered through an interesting business model: the company sends you all the speaker parts and you assemble them. Itโ€™s a kit. But the speaker is an open-baffle design, so it costs less in parts than a conventional speaker, and since there are less parts, and they โ€œsnapโ€ into…

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  • MAF 2024: Audio by Mark Jones / Magico, Linn, CH Precision, Nordost, Solidsteel

    Prices listed in CA$. Magico and Linn need little introduction to audio aficionado. Both brands are formidable forces in the audio industry, and products from both these companies were being demoed in the Audio by Mark Jones room. Those products were the Magico S3 Mkll speakers (62,000/pr), whose frequency range is rated as 24 Hz…

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