SUGDEN: Their Fusion21 CD player

They say ….. The Fusion 21 is designed to compliment both the A21 and A21SE Signature integrated amplifiers. Utilising a high speed transport mechanism and on board memory, the Fusion 21 is a technically advanced CD player. To reduce jitter and control errors during play back there is a dedicated transceiver circuit, this re-formats data […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

WHY FLAT: It’s always good to step out of our comfort zones about things we cherish as fixed – like flatness.  I am not sure flatness is a great standard.

When we look at the specs for a piece of audio equipment we want to make sure it doesn’t emphasize or reduce one frequency area over another.  We routinely see flatness specs that are within 1/10th of a dB from below where we can hear to way above where we hear.  These specs make us […]

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SONY: TA-N77ES amplifier – Specifications

High End Audio For The Passionates write: The Sony TA-N77ES is Japan’s greatest power amplifier of all time. It’s a 55-pound behemoth with huge meters that sounds and measures extremely well. The TA-N77ES was Sony’s last effort at pushing the envelope of serious power amplifiers at the end of Hi-Fi’s glory days. No one will […]

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PS AUDIO: Piano keys

Paul McGowan: “Great distortions annoy; lesser distortions fatigue.”  Great quote from one of our readers and it’s quite appropriate as we start looking at Listener Fatigue.  I didn’t want to just examine the nature of fatigue, however, I wanted to steer the discussion into something I actually know about: design.  How does design influence listener […]

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