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NAD Masters Series M23 V2 Stereo Power Amplifier Reviewed
Reading Time: 9 minutesLast year, when I reviewed the NAD M23 (read my review), the stereo power amplifier in NAD’s top-of-the-line Masters Series, I enjoyed its smooth and transparent sound. Now, NAD has released an update, the NAD M23 V2 ($4,999; buy at Crutchfield). When I asked NAD what has changed, they told me: “The primary update … is the upgrade from the Read More »
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Paradigm Premier 120B V2 Bookshelf Speakers Reviewed
Reading Time: 7 minutesParadigm Electronics has a long and storied history in the audiophile loudspeaker business. The company dates back to 1982, when Paradigm was founded by Jerry VanderMarel and Scott Bagby in Toronto, Canada. The company’s original mission was to build speakers that were of a high-performance level but were affordable and based on hard science. To Read More »
PS Audio Aspen FR10 Floorstanding Loudspeaker
Reading Time: 12 minutesPS Audio spent nearly five decades building a reputation in audiophile electronics before entering the loudspeaker arena in 2020 with its flagship Aspen FR30, a speaker designed to meet CEO Paul McGowan’s uncompromising standard for resolution and truly full-range performance. The “FR” designation is no marketing flourish; it signals a speaker engineered to deliver both revealing detail Read More »
Cary Audio DMS-800PV Network Streamer DAC Reviewed
Reading Time: 11 minutesI have gone all-in on digital music as my preferred audiophile source these days. This includes both streaming from Qobuz and access to over five terabytes of local USB-attached high-definition music. I listen to music files that are both PCM and DSD. In the last five years, the increase in digital music products, high-definition music, Read More »
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How Audiophile Equipment Has Changed and How It Remains the Same
Reading Time: 11 minutesIn the modern world in which we live, things move really fast. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage and, while we love the potential technological advancements, we remain mindful of the potential pitfalls. The business world moves at a speed and with cutthroat ethics, which makes the idea of a gold watch as a Read More »
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Dynaudio To Pull Out of U.S. Market
Reading Time: 2 minutesFamed audiophile loudspeaker manufacturer, Dynaudio, will announce tomorrow that they are pulling out of the United States market. This news has been confirmed, first hand, by an executive with direct knowledge of the situation at Dynaudio North America. Factors such as import tariffs and inflation are main drivers of the decision. Poor marketing, focused on older Read More »
Audio Desk Systeme introduces the Premium Silent Core One Vinyl Cleaner
Reading Time: 2 minutesAudioDeskSysteme Gläss GmbH is best known for nearly two decades of manufacturing “the original” Vinyl Cleaner, the first fully automatic ultrasonic record cleaning machine that has been considered the benchmark in its product category ever since being introduced in 2009. Over the past seventeen years of manufacturing, the Vinyl Cleaner has evolved in terms of Read More »
Is Audiophile Gear Too Large?
Reading Time: 7 minutesIn 1987, Arnie Nudell, Cary Christie, John Ulrick and Bill Watkins, the legendary designers of Infinity Systems, introduced the Infinity Reference Standard, or IRS, speaker system. This was by far the most ambitious speaker design of its day. And even by today’s standards, few speaker systems are as complicated and take up as much space Read More »
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Rethinking The Traditional Stereo Store Once and For All
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