FEUILLETON: Close Encounters of the SECOND Kind | POLAND
PRE-INTRODUCTION When I was a little kid, my mother told me that there is the "black death" hiding in the power socket. It was a simple threat, of course, intended only to protect my life. Many parents...
View ArticleKRAKOW SONIC SOCIETY, MEETING #96: Ancient Audio P-3 - pre-amplifier/speaker...
n 2011, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the High End exhibition, I asked a few producers what the dominant trend would be in the next few years. Almost all of them said that everything that...
View ArticleREVIEW: Harmonix TU-666M “BeauTone” MILLION MAESTRO, 20th Anniversary Edition...
e have already written about the work of Mr. Kazuo Kiuchi many times (see: HARMONIX in “High Fidelity”). He has been committed both to music (he professionally deals with state-of-the-art stringed...
View ArticleREVIEW: ZYX - Premium DIAmond X + Premium Artisan – MC cartridge + phonostage...
e have already explained where the name of this Japanese company with over 30 years of experience comes from when we tested the R-1000 Airy3 X/TB model, so we do not have to repeat the story to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Miyajima Laboratory MADAKE – MC cartridge | GOLD Fingerprint | JAPAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------ washimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine (jap. 石清水八幡宮) is one of the three most important Hachiman-gu Shintō shrines in Japan. It was...
View ArticleREVIEW: Harmonix X-DC20SM MILLION MAESTRO - power cable | GOLD Fingerprint |...
here will always be those who doubt ability to assess and differentiate audio devices by listening to them in controlled environment and comparing them with others. That's human nature – many people...
View ArticleREVIEW: TechDAS AIR FORCE TWO – turntable | JAPAN
ost likely by a pure coincident, if you believe such thing exists, a few things analogue related happened within one week period, important things I must add. First, on Tuesday, I received the latest...
View ArticleREVIEW: Accuphase A-70 – power amplifier | RED Fingerprint | JAPAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ome devices are able to fit into particular audio system seamlessly, like they have always been a part of it, as if they've...
View ArticleREVIEW: Trenner&Friedl ART – loudspeakers | AUSTRIA
or whatever reason, despite my best intentions, until now I've never had a chance to listen to any product of Austrian company Trenner&Friedl in my room. Sure, I listened to few models during...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mogami NI-2497 + NI-2477 – interconnect + speaker cable | JAPAN
istory of a company Mogami Densen, that in English goes by: Mogami Cable, is closely related to the Japanese history after the Second World War. It was full of ups and downs, sudden turns of direction,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Audio Tekne TFM 2000 + TEA 2000 – integrated amplifier + phonostage |...
t so, coincidentally, happened, that me and Wojtek, both love Japanese audio products. I, admittedly, prefer devices with tubes on board, but am also capable of appreciating also solid-state devices...
View ArticleREVIEW: Verictum X BULK – ground filter | POLAND RED Fingerprint Award
erictum is a brand owned by Commercial Technology Group Sp. z o.o. The name combines two Latin words: VERI + ICTUM, that mean ‘real influence’. – That's how the description of this brand and its...
View ArticleREVIEW: C.E.C. CD5 – Compact Disc Player | JAPAN
he latest Compact Disc player manufactured by the Japanese company C.E.C. (which I am going to simplify to CEC in this article), which was launched at the end of the last year, is officially called...
View ArticleREVIEW: RT Audio Design ULTRA USB DAC ORPHEUS – Digital to Analogue Converter...
ore and more interesting devices come to us from countries that, not that long ago, seemed to have nothing to offer for audiophiles, and today, to many people's of the West surprise, these countries...
View ArticleFEUILLETON: MARK ROBINSON– Englishman in JAPAN
Japan and Audio apan is the perfect country to live in if you're into audio. The opportunities I have here to satisfy my quest for the highest possible sound quality seem endless. Tokyo is absolutely...
View ArticleSHOW REPORT: The HIGH END 2015 exhibition – Munich | GERMANY
he sound of a fast-moving train is already audible in the room where Dirk Somner has set up his mastering system. You have already seen it in a photo in the interview which Dirk gave for “High...
View ArticleREVIEW: Amare Musica DIAMOND - music server | POLAND
mare Musica is one of our own, Polish brands with an almost classic story behind it. It was founded by two guys who for years played in DIY area, participating also in life of Polish biggest audio...
View ArticleREVIEW: SPEC RSP-901EX - real-sound processor | JAPAN
here is not too many people like Mr Shirokazu Yazaki. I was tempted to write something like: are extremely rare, but I managed to hold myself back. He is an engineer with impressive education and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Xavian PERLA – loudspeakers | CZECH REPUBLIC
dwin van der Kleij, the owner of Siltech, is a great fan of speakers designed by Franco Serblin. Over the years he bought all his designs with Sonus faber logo, and later with Franco Serblin one, too...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: SRIDHAR VOOTLA - Hifitoday.com, “THE EDITORS” series | INDIA
ndia, the second most populated country in the world, is not associated with audio in Europe. It is hard to say why, as people listen to music everywhere in the world. Even if we assume that the richer...
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