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This
Issue's Reviews & Commentaries |
August
16th-Of-The-Month
articles:
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Fred Crowder traverses the
Rocky Road to a Reference Quality
Front-End.
"This
article seeks to make several points by looking at the
evolution of my current front end: i) that achieving a
reference quality front end is a journey, ii) that it is
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Richard
Austen extols the musicality of the
Audio Note J/SPe
loudspeaker.
"The Audio Note AN E has
become a modern day classic now widely reviewed and
revered all around the world by several major
publications, including ..."
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August
Top-Of-The-Month
articles:
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System
Profile #4:
Another 6 Days at Aaudio Imports.
"A
premium dealership network is crucial to the long-term
stability of the audio industry. For the audio hobby
entails a “system” approach that is best conveyed and
demonstrated by the brick and mortar establishment.
Without stores that provide a personable learning ...'" |
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Doug Schroeder
ascertains the nature of the super cool ICEpower™-empowered
Jeff Rowland Design
Group 501
mono amps.
"With
a perfect face, a killer body and an ultra sexy voice, I
would like to introduce America’s next Top
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Watch
how Doug
Schroeder unravels the myth behind the
$1,795
Rogue Audio Perseus
tube preamplifier.
"Rogue
Audio is out to slay a few dragons, or at least a
Medusa. Seems they’re taking a “no holds barred”
approach to making components which go toe-to-toe
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Doug
Schroeder gets speechless with
cables from
Wireworld
Cable Technology.
"Over
time, it becomes clear to the ardent audiophile that
there is a distinct sonic difference between brands of
cables. I have never reviewed or conducted ...'" |
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Recent Reviews & Commentaries |
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Beatnik's
Journey
(Commentary) |
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The
Beatnik Shares Lessons From His Past.
"The
recent delivery, setup, and subsequent listening
sessions of the new Teresonic Ingenium MK2 speakers has
lead me down memory lane again. I started to daydream
about a few major surprises and some
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Phillip Holmes takes a dive with the water cable that is
"Comparing
one cable to another should be tedious and amount to splitting hairs.
That’s what the objectivists want us to believe. The number |
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Jack
Roberts analyzes what Clearaudio
has achieved in their
$10,000
Anniversary AMG Wood CMB
Turntable
with
Clearaudio Synchro Speed Controller and Clearaudio Outer
Limit Turntable Ring.
"Clearaudio of Germany
has been dedicated to
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New
promises and new looks as
realized by Jack Roberts of the $2,750
Lowther America Alerion
single-driver horn loudspeaker.
"The Medallion cabinet
of Lowther America has been one of the most popular
cabinets for the use of
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Jack Roberts in
a declaration of a new standard:
Teresonic
Clarison Cables.
"This review comes as a result of
yours truly getting caught quite by surprise. Mike Zivkovic of Teresonic sent
along his cables when I picked up the
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Art! The Perspective in the
Creative Process,
Part XII: A Hollywood Make-Up Artist (Part 1).
"In as much as the audience of Dagogo
Magazine is a part of that quintessential sector of the
society who are often referred to as Audiophiles,
Music-system-...'" |
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Constantine Soo examines
the latest disc treatment product from Germany:
Audiotop Digital.
"Non-contact medium, such as CD,
SACD and DVD do not require cleaning normally, save for Dagogo
readers whose easy-mannered family members or relatives
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Jack
Roberts describes the Analog High-End as re-constructed
by the $3,500 Tiny-Output
Benz-Micro Ebony TR S
Class moving-coil cartridge.
"The Benz Ebony TR
cartridge is one of the world's very best phono
cartridges. It also one of the world's
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Phillip Holmes straightens
the records on the $229
Denon DL 103 cartridge.
"We’re all susceptible
to hype and wishful thinking. Certain audio pieces
start to gain a mythical reputation; the Bozak Concert
Grand was the first thing that
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Doug
Schroeder details how the $1,499
Cambridge Audio Azur
840C
CD player
is made to survive the demise of the disc.
"The
CD player is on the way to becoming a relic.
Just as several rather nice
sounding players are hitting
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Ed Momkus reveals the
secrets of the
$28,000
Eventus Audio Lysithea
Loudspeakers.
"In
Greek mythology, Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus’s lovers. In
astronomy, Lysithea is a satellite of Jupiter that was discovered ...'" |
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The sub-$10k digital
front-end that wins Jack Roberts over:
Slim Devices
Transporter
High End Music Server.
"The
phone just rang, and it was my editor again, he wants to know if I've written a
review on the Slim Devices Transporter yet. “Well no, but I turned in reviews on
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One Cartridge for All LPs, Part 3 (final).
"After
I aligned the cartridge with my Dennesen Protractor, adjusted the VTA/SRA to
neutral, and set the tracking force at 1.8 grams, I got down to the
important
stuff.
The first record was an original pressing of
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Jack Roberts & The Flight
of the Mini-monitors, Part 4:
Bowers & Wilkins 805S.
"When
asked to review a pair of Bowers &Wilkins speakers, I jumped at it. While I have
never owned a pair over the years, many of my audio buds have. I
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Ed
Momkus reaches for sonic heaven with the $3,800
Lyngdorf RP-1
RoomPerfectTM
Room
Correction Device.
"If
you’ve read about human hearing, the effects of your listening environment on
your sound, and the difficulties associated with getting realistic bass, skip
the first
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Jack Roberts
realizes the promises of the single-driver speaker in
the $10,950
Teresonic Integrum
JL.
"My
favorite audio writer by far is Art Dudley. I often still think about, and miss
Listener magazine. It was he who whet my appetite to hear some Lowther-based
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Jack
Roberts' investigation into Allen Wright's designs
continues with the $6,300
Vacuum State GmbH SVP-1
Preamplifier.
"I
started my review of the Vacuum State's RTP-3D (January
2007), their all-out attempt at a “state of the
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