B&W: DM70 …… rebuilding an Icon

Editor’s note: One of my first introductions into proper music reproduction in the home was via these – driven by Armstrong 600 series amplification at some show or another. It was one of those increasingly rare occasions (although I didn’t know this at the time!) that the hair literally rose on my neck. Only later […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

THE AUDIO INSIDER: Unlocking dynamics?

Dynamic range describes the difference between soft and loud. What’s not defined is how soft or how loud—only the magnitude between the two—which is a problem if the softest sounds fall below the threshold of audibility. When that happens the range of dynamics is truncated, a fact not apparent when quoting dynamic range figures. I’ll […]

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