REVIEW: SPEC RPA-MG1000 | integrated amplifier/power amplifier | JAPAN | GOLD...
⌈ SPEC Corporation is a Japanese company founded by Mr. SHIROKAZU YAZAKI, former chief engineer of TEAC and Pioneer, in order to achieve one goal: to provide a tube sound with solid-state amplifiers....
View ArticleREVIEW | CONVERSATION: JPLAY FEMTO | software audio player | software | POLAND
⌈ JPLAY is a software music player. It is a specialized software intended to improve quality of sound played from a computer via optimizing several parameters. It replaces default software players...
View ArticleREVIEW: Falcon LS3/5a | loudspeakers | standmount | GREAT BRITAIN
⌈ LS3 / 5a is simply a symbol for many audio fans. And yet it refers to a product that would fit in a student's backpack. These are loudspeakers manufactured under the BBC license, intended for...
View ArticleREVIEW: Acoustic Revive ABSOLUTE-POWER CORD | power cable AC | JAPAN | GOLD...
⌈ ABSOLUTE is the top series of cables from the Japanese company Acoustic Revive. There are currently three products in it: analog interconnect (RCA and XLR), AC power strip and AC power cord. We test...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: KARL-HEINZ FINK, FINKTEAM/FINK AUDIO-CONSULTING | owner, main...
⌈ KARL-HEINZ FINK is now the owner of two companies: Fink Audio-Consulting and FinkTeam. The former deals with commissions from external companies, designing loudspeaker columns for them. The latter...
View ArticleCOVER REVIEW: FinkTeam BORG | loudspeakers / floorstanders | GERMANY | RED...
⌈ The BORG are loudspeakers manufactured by the German FINKTEAM company. The person who came up with the idea and designed them is Karl-Heinz Fink, a man well-known and much respected in the audio...
View ArticleTECHNOLOGY | HANDBOOK: MICROTUNING |3| i.e. time for cables | POLAND/Krakow
⌈ MICROTUNING consists in actions that aim to precisely set up, equip and arrange loudspeakers, electronics and cables. In small steps, we can totally change the sound of these devices. Read our third...
View ArticleREVIEW: Reimyo CDT-777 TOKU | Compact Disc Transport | JAPAN | GOLD Fingerprint
⌈ COMPACT DISC TRANSPORT is a device used to read an audio signal from a Compact Disc and send it to an external digital-to-analogue converter. The CD transport includes two main elements: a drive...
View ArticleREVIEW: Hijiri SM2R „Sound Matter” | Power cable AC | JAPAN | RED Fingerprint
⌈ Mr. KAZUO KIUCHI, the owner of Combak Corporation, is a typical Japanese - he has a master belt in Kendo, he loves opera, he is also a fan of high-class sound. In addition to the production of...
View ArticleREVIEW: Haiku-Audio | „Haiku Custom Works” SENSEI 300B SE | Integrated...
⌈ HAIKU-AUDIO is a Polish company with its headquarters based in Krakow, specializing in the production of audio amplifiers. Established in 2012, it took its name from the type of output amplifier by...
View ArticleREVIEW: DS Audio DS W2 | Cartridge/phonostage | JAPAN
⌈ DS AUDIO is a Japanese company specializing in optical systems. Using its experience, they proposed a phono cartridge in which instead of a coil and a magnet there is a diode and a photo cell. The...
View ArticleMUSIC | REVIEW: MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI, KAORU ABE - Kaitaiteki Kokan (Kaitai...
s it seems, every music genre and each trend within it and, on the other hand, every national discography have their “rarities” – rare and special, often simply “cult” albums. ⌈ cult «liked very much...
View ArticleKRAKOW SONIC SOCIETY | Meeting #120: ADAM CZERWIŃSKI and AC RECORDS – tape,...
⌈ A lot has already been said ABOUT ANALOGUE TAPES – by us as well. However, it was the first time we had had the opportunity to compare an analogue “master” tape with the “lacquer” cut from it and...
View ArticleCOVER REVIEW: Leben CS600X | Integrated amplifier | JAPAN | RED Fingerprint
⌈ Leben is a small, Japanese company that is treated with great attention in its country of origin. It owes this to its founder and chief designer, Mr. TAKU HYODO. It is mentioned by Japanese magazines...
View ArticleREVIEW: Trilogy Audio 915R + 995R | preamplifier + power amplifier | ENGLAND
WORLD PREMIERE ⌈ TRILOGY AUDIO is a British company founded in 1991 by Nic Poulson. From the beginning associated with tube amplifiers, in 2008 it presented their first hybrid amplifier, the 990...
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