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81HIGH-END AUDIO on a BUDGET: Getting The Very Best HiFi-Sound at the Least Possible Cost.
by W.A.J. When it comes to high-end audio, it is best to buy used equipment if what you seek is the best value, and best quality sound, for your money. This is something the manufacturers, distributors, and mainstream audio magazines will never...
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73Pt.2- HIGH-END SOUND: Sweet&Refined-or-Raw&Natural
Indeed, in the High-End community there seems to be differences in opinion as to what type of sound best represents reality (dry, clinical and analytical, or, warm, natural and smooth) and this is reflected in...
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83Review of the McIntosh XR14 Loudspeaker
The McIntosh XR-14 is an excellent-sounding loudspeaker from one of the most respected and long-storied American makers of HiFi equipment. McIntosh is perhaps best known for their amplifiers and pre-amps,...
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73A MAJOR FAULT COMMON to MOST AMPLIFIERS: Where's The Body?
-The Good, The Baad, and The Ugly - (3 amps in my system) by W.A.J. Most popular POWER-AMPLIFIERS should be locked-up in a secure room with the keys thrown away - solid-state especially. Their overall...
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78McIntosh MA 2275 Review - Tube Integrated Amplifier!
Ahhh yes, high end audio. I have been a so called "audiophile" for about 14 years. Before that it was all cheap stereos from electronic stores and as much as I loved those high watt, "all-in-one" monsters I had no idea that there was products out...
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77AUDIO-RESEARCH LS3; ACTIVE vs PASSIVE PRE-AMP ops: 'The Review'
The AUDIO-RESEARCH LS3 is one of the greatest pre-amps the world has ever known. It MUST be. I cannot imagine anything sounding much better than this. Sure there are some that cost more (Audio Research’s...
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76LINN SONDEK & Turntables You Can Afford: Better Than CD
by W.A.J. The Linn Sondek LP12 spring-suspended, belt-driven turn-table was the undisputed KING of all turn-tables anywhere on this planet. That is a fact, acknowledged by all, and beyond dispute. But I use...
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53audiophile
In a way, is fun. Star Gerrard has been feared. And still enjoy good fortune predictable! That will not play in Bucharest. But Liverpool is still coached by that old man removed, which he said nothing unusual...
67AUDIO MAGAZINES' SINISTER PRACTICES: 'Let the Reader Beware'
An irate reader, some time ago, wrote a letter to a popular high-end magazine (re: The Absolute Sound, Issue# 162). This letter was brimming with scathing criticism, literally accusing TAS of blatant dishonesty in its reporting to its readership. ...
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72Pt. 4 - THE ROOTS of MODERN SPEAKERS' DEFICIENCIES: 'The Roots of Evil'
It is said; we need to be aware of from whence we came so that we may have a clearer understanding of where we're at (and why) and also to understand where we're headed. Perhaps we'll look at where we're...
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