McINTOSH C12000 NEWS

Next-gen two-chassis McIntosh C12000 pre revealed McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio for over 70 years, is proud to announce the C12000 Preamplifier. The new C12000 Preamplifier benefits from a unique two-chassis design that isolates the audio section from the control and power sections for ultimate sound quality. In addition to […]

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TECHNICAL: Popping noise on turn off

Q: Hello Colin. The unit in question is a Lafayette 4 channel decoder. When turning off my system, there is a popping noise from the rear speakers unless I turn the volume down on the decoder first (I’m only using the rear outputs). I’d like to eliminate the problem. I’ve searched bypass capacitor and coupling […]

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DAN GEORGE COMMUNICATIONS: A specialist PR and communications agency serving the audio technology sector.

Dan George Communications is a specialist PR and communications agency serving the audio technology sector. Proud of our journalistic DNA and our 27-year media background with giants such as TimeWarner and MTV, we are perfectly positioned to help brands flourish in the press and have real ‘business-class’ experience. From PR and content creation to social […]

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Here’s something to contemplate. If ripping a CD results in identical bit-perfect data to the original and, if you store that ripped data on a hards drive, how could one ripping process sound different than another?

The answer is simple. It cannot. Yet, few among us would suggest one ripping process sounds the same as another. Thus, if all the evidence is true, that means the data has to be different. Error correction was used. Something other than jitter or timing changed. (We know this because hard drives do not store clock […]

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MELCO: NEWS

The N10/2 is available in two distinct storage type variants: an HDD version (N10/2-H50, £6,999) plus an SSD version (N10/2-S38, £8,999). The HDD version is a direct replacement for the original N10 and the SSD version replaces the previous SSD flagship, the N1Z/2EX. The new libraries centre around newly selected HDD and SSD drives: 5 TB in […]

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BENCHMARK: Audio application notes – Interpreting THD Measurements – Think dB not Percent!

John Siau writes: Distortion measurements (THD, THD+N and IMD) are traditionally expressed in terms of percent. But what do 1%, 0.1%, 0.01% or 0.001% mean in terms of loudness or audibility? If you are like most people you just know that 0.001% is the best of the three numbers listed above. If you are a well-trained […]

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LEEMA ACOUSTICS: News

Leema Acoustics, the much-loved Welsh hi-fi manufacturer, is celebrating 25 years of British-made audio equipment in 2023, with some exciting plans for the company’s celebratory year incorporating The Bristol Hi-Fi Show.  Originally founded in Wales in 1998 by two ex-BBC sound engineers, Lee Taylor and Mallory Nicholls (Lee-ma), the company has stayed true to its […]

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SONY: ES amps – overlooked bargains or overpriced nostalgia?

  Been doing some fishing for info around the www with regard to these amps. Reason being, I know there’s a quiet but nonetheless appreciative following for these beasts, and as a good mate of mine is considering selling his TA-FA3ES at what seems like a good price, I’ve been giving some thought to giving […]

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“How about Meridian, or SimAudio? Or Wadia? Of course, EMM or dCS,as well as Esoteric (Teac) but they play SACD as well.”

“I onws a CDSE se and DC2 se, but I as I don´t have not one SACD disc, I want to buy one only CD player, I has heard Naim 555, very very good, also the same for MBL, but not heard new Nagra, and it seems that the Reimyo is not made more. I […]

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AUDIO NOTE: Zero System test review – by Jimmy Hughes

Audio Note’s Zero system is a great advertisement for the benefits of partnering a good low-powered amp with sensitive loudspeakers. It’s a winning combination of cohesiveness and integration; brilliance and detail; dynamics and attack. With each individual component being very well matched, the overall result is superb and, as we’ve already indicated, as separates they […]

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