Tag: Audiophile
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
Vibration Control for the Audiophile: Gingko, Synergistic Research PS Audio or Symposium Acoustics
Vibration control is a good area for a tweak because not all components absorb vibration efficiently. Rather than add to the cost of the component, manufactures often ether ignore vibration or deal with it as cost effectively as they can to keep the component in budget. There is no shortage of third party vibration control […]
January 25, 2016
Apple Alternatives for a High Resolution Audio Portable Player
While an Apple product still does not exist, there are many excellent portable digital music players like the old Apple i-Pod that can deliver high resolution audio sound. So, yes, the digital music library of 24 bit music that you downloaded from HD Tracks and other web stores is portable. Apple devices still cannot support […]
January 11, 2016
New Shunyata Power Cables Are Not Always Better
When it comes to high-end power cables, Shunyata is the king. So every time Shunyata replaces their top of the line cable with a new model, “attention must be paid.” In 2009, the King Cobra CX by Shunyata was their flagship power cable. Priced at $3500, it was the reference cable most often used to […]
November 9, 2015
The Atmosphere, the HFT-2, and Room Acoustics for Audio
It is difficult to believe that ten metal cylinders half the size of a fingernail tacked to the walls of a large listening space could have any effect on the acoustics. Synergistic Research calls them HFT-2—and they work. So it wasn’t much of a stretch to try the new Atmosphere, a black tower the size […]
October 5, 2015
The Chord Hugo DAC Delivers
The Chord Hugo is simply the best portable amplifier/DAC on the market. Whether you use it with your computer or with a portable transport to carry when you are out and about, the Hugo has no equal. Perhaps the $2,500 retail price is steep for a DAC, but after one listen you will agree that […]
September 8, 2015