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I’m of the opinion that cable design is a thing, which is why some audio cables perform better than others, and you can’t convince me otherwise. I’ve heard the differences.
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I’ve so far had the pleasure of listening and evaluating three digital cables and three interconnects from cable veterans AudioQuest, Kimber Kable, and Audience. I say “pleasure”, because although they […]
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Our “Best $10,000 systems” feature is one of our most popular, so it was only a matter of time that we’d start to stretch our budgetary palette, so to speak.
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For the purposes of evaluating these interconnects, I substituted the Kimber Kable D60 Illuminations digital cable for my regular one by Canadian company Bis. I did this for a couple of reasons […]
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One of the things that impresses me most about PMA Magazine contributor Claude Lemaire is the man’s encyclopedic knowledge of popular music. If there was an edition of the game show Jeopardy! entirely focused on the minutia of who did what on any recording, I’m convinced Claude would have a legitimate shot at being inducted…
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Hints: It isn’t your speakers. And it isn’t your source. As a child, you probably played the game “Telephone” or “Chinese Whispers”. It’s a simple game where each kid in a line or circle whispers a message into the next kid’s ear with the goal that the message remain intact all the way to the…
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The Taxman. That’s why. Exile On Main St., released on May 26, 1972, may or may not be the greatest Rolling Stones album, but it is undeniably the most Rolling Stones album the band has ever done. A gritty, grinding amalgam of everything that influenced them, it took running away from home to an entire…
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High End Munich is an extraordinary event unlike any other. Nowhere else can you hear and see such a large display of high-end gear assembled by exhibitors from around the world. I had a chance to attend the 2022 show, which ran from May 19 to 22. Over the course of those three days, I…
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Here we go, starting with four CD-related products: three SPDIF digital cables and an accessory for CD playback. If the former might rankle the sensibilities of some outside the audiophile sphere, the latter will surely send those same people into a hissy fit.
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Short on time? Click here for our quick-access grid summary of the Rotel A12MKII As we delve into the world of the Rotel A12MKII, we find ourselves examining not just an electronic device, but a carefully constructed instrument designed to bring out the best in your music collection. Whether it’s the intricate layers of a…
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Audio show enthusiast and writer Mike Harkins travelled from his home in Austin, Texas, to the Canadian province of Quebec to visit the Montréal Audiofest, where he found the temperature in March to be a bit nippy. Welcome up North, Mike. Mike took down notes and took pictures at the show which he graciously allowed…
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By this point, I felt confident that I could recommend Ian to any of my friends looking to buy audio products—on the condition, of course, that the system we were about to hear sounded good.
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Welcome to this second installment of the Cable Guru, an appreciation series on audio cables and, to a lesser degree, accessories.
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“No, I have the best system in the world!” #5: Crafting an Audiophile’s Dream in a Split-Level House
Be forewarned: If your stomach knots in pain at the very thought of expensive, high-end audio cabling or AC conditioning products, you may want to bypass this article, which contains many references to such items. Ditto, if you’re averse to systems costing comfortably in the six figures, such as the one that is the subject…
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Prices listed in US$. $10,000 is a lot of money to spend. Or not. It depends on what you get for your 10K. By the same token, what if that 10K is for an audio system? And when I say a system, I mean it has everything you need to listen to music: a pair…