Tag: audiophile sound
Remastered Stand Up by Jethro Tull Is Another Wilson Masterpiece
Anyone who likes Jethro Tull or follows the remastering genius of Steven Wilson must listen to Stand Up: The Elevated Edition. Wilson has done it again with his amazing 5.1 mix of a music classic. Stand Up, first released in 1969, was Jethro Tull’s second studio album. It featured the addition of guitarist Martin Barre, […]
July 31, 2017
Astell & Kern KANN Is the Portable Player to Buy–Finally
Portable high resolution audio (HRA) players range in price from the Pono or the Questyle at under $600 to the flagship Astell & Kern at just under $5,000. Selecting the right player at the right price has been confusing to the point of creating consumer paralysis. The confusion is finally over. Buy the Astell & […]
June 12, 2017
Audience Introduces New Power Cords
Audience recently announced three new AC power cords — the Au24 SX powerChord, Au24 SE-i power Chord, and powerChord SE-i. Incorporating its latest advancements in materials and engineering, Audience promises to again revolutionize high-performance audio systems. Audiophiles who understand the difference that power cords make in a high-end audo system will be eager to test the new Audience […]
May 22, 2017
King Crimson, “On (And Off) the Road” Box Set
At some point they will run out of live King Crimson to remaster and re-issue, but for now there are still many performances to share and treasure. The newest deluxe box set, On (and off) the Road, features 19 discs and covers all of the music from the band’s three 1980s studio album releases. The […]
January 9, 2017
UpTone Audio USB REGEN vs. AudioQuest JitterBug
People have started to figure out that the reason digital music does not sound as good as vinyl has less to do with the studio mix burned digitally as 1’s and 0’s, and more to do with the “timing” of the playback of those 1’s and 0’s. In order to address playback problems BEFORE the […]
October 10, 2016
The CD is Not Dead: Catalog of The First 100 Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs CDs
Anyone who has had to return to their CD collection and rip it for a second or third time knows that CD’s are not dead. Hard drives are not forever. When they age they will inevitably become corrupted and the information on them may be lost. In addition, the popularity of file formats change. In […]
May 31, 2016
Audiophiles Gather at AXPONA in Chicago
AXPONA (Audio Expo North America), the high-end consumer audio show held last weekend at the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, Il, is one of the best events of the year for audiophiles. While this is only one of about a dozen national high end audio shows, it is one of the more popular shows for audiophile […]
April 18, 2016
Synergistic Research Grounding Block
Synergistic Research has become a market leader of innovative audiophile products. While teaks of all kinds find no shortage of skeptics, the Grounding Block from Synergistic Research is a tweak based on solid science and it works. It has always been known that a well-grounded audio system has a lower noise floor than one where […]
April 11, 2016
Ethernet EMI Filter for Better Digital Audio
DJM electronics has made the first Ethernet noise filter that might be helpful for an audio signal. It is called the GigaFOILv3 Ethernet Filter and it is currently priced at $1,000. It is commonly accepted that EMI causes Noise in power cables. When that power is used for audio, noise adversely affects the quality […]
March 7, 2016
More on Vibration control: Stillpoints, Symposium Acoustics, or Vibrapods
One of the most popular vibration control tweaks, and probably the one that most audiophiles use in their systems is the Stillpoint Ultra SS. The Ultra’s are priced at about $300 each and you need at least three of them. Stillpoints have been around for a while and they are seen frequently under components at […]
February 1, 2016