Sometimes there is as much intrigue in the world of high-end audio as there is in the realms of politics, entertainment and narcotics. Such seems to be the case with the saga of the high-respected audio firm Krell and its founders, the D’Agostino family. Continues HERE
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CHRIS HALL: What’s happened?The Cleer Enduro ANC headphones fall on the more affordable end of the spectrum when it comes to wireless noise-cancelling cans. But, despite the relatively low cost of entry, these headphones have some serious specifications.Our quick verdictIf you’re looking for an affordable set of wireless noise-cancelling headphones, the Cleer Enduro ANC are well […]
Why are headphones not as enjoyable as loudspeakers for listening to music on your system? MORE
Edd Harris writes: In 1976 when two passionate Cambridge University students founded ‘Amplification and Recording Cambridge’, now formally known as ARCAM (since 1980), the companies main focus was firmly on producing high performance technologies for the blossoming record production industry. Little did the founders know that their reference quality journey would lead them into the […]
So Carl … how did your interest in music reproduction start? My involvement with music started at an early age. I studied piano for 12 yrs while growing up. My Mom would take me to the Metropolitan Opera. My parents had a deep love for music and I got to hear a lot of […]
The thread starts: I’m in the market for a new pre amp for my Audio Note Empress Mono Blocks, apart from the obvious contender such as the AN M2 which retails at £2500 anyone care to add some others to the list for me to consider, I’m quite open to ideas either new or secondhand […]
Sorry for the long winded question. I have been trying to figure out how to ask this for a while. I haven’t got much experience with many amps but here is what I found over the years. 1984 I bought an HK 580i. It seemed to play anything. The bass was deep and the mids […]
Audiophiles have gotten a lot of bad press recently, what with the apparently silly Pono music player (which plays much higher quality audio files despite almost no one being able to hear the difference) and the news from Wired magazine that “burning in” your headphones has no discernible effect on sound quality. Reading about the […]
John Siau writes: The Benchmark AHB2 power amplifier and HPA4 headphone amplifier both feature feed-forward error correction. This correction system is an important subset of the patented THX-AAA™ (Achromatic Audio Amplifier) technology. It is one of the systems that keeps these Benchmark amplifiers virtually distortion free when driving heavy loads. It is also the reason […]
