"Benchmark is a stalwart brand in pro audio, but has carved out a very respectable niche in the audiophile world with their diminutive but powerful components." "The audiophile world sometimes looks to the professional audio world for enlightenment, especially on the digital side of things, and...
most great high-end audio gear is going to be expensive. But I hate that this expensive phono cartridge comes with a fragile stylus, and the components of this stylus are prone to breakage. Even if they aren't broken by accident, the stylus, and then the cantilever will eventually wear ...
Included Components 4 Turntable NeedlesSpecial Feature Ceramic turntable needle, ION Record Player Needle Turntable StylusMaterial Acrylonitrile But.. New Blue Sun - André 3000 New Blue Sun180 gramsAndré 3000 Format: Vinyl“New Blue Sun is the continuation of discovery for me. My entire career has...
AudioReview’s Editorial Review– Given the price constraints it is hard to find an over all fault with the SS-B3000 speakers. But the highs can be a bit straining at times and if matched with some ‘hot’ components…Read Full Review ...
A bass player himself, JA lauded both the extension and transparency of our powered bass, noting that the Vandersteen system made differences between components more audible: "The Vandersteen system was sufficiently transparent in the bass that I could readily hear how the dCS Vivaldi kept the inte...
Back at the turn of the millennium you could put together a pretty good audio system for $10,000, and you could listen to many of those components in a local brick & mortar store if you lived in a decent size city. Sure there was some stratospherically priced gear in the $10,000 to...
It is perhaps one of the most salient moments I’ve ever had in this review game when Chord Electronics CEO, John Franks, presented it to me at a dinner meeting in late 2015: “The difference between us and a lot of other audio product manufacturers out there is that they are what we...
- I employ some fairly pricey dedicated passive line conditioners (1 LC=twice the price of 1 E15) for my other components and would like to employ the same for the E15 as that should impress. - Rythmik to offer their subs with an external amp option in a simple inexpensive metal ...
Audio Research has produced some of the finest components for music reproduction; this is especially true with regard to preamplifiers. In 1973, the SP3 was hailed by every major critic as the best preamplifier available, and this tradition of excellence has continued ever since. The Reference ...
Compare the size of the two T+A components stacked on the middle shelf with the Saturn power conditioner in a full-size chassis on the bottom shelf, for example. Note the Tough Nut rack here with each wood shelf supported by individual footers at each corner and the entire shelf sitting ...