REVIEW: Audio Research REFERENCE CD9 - Compact Disc player/DAC from USA
hy would anyone today, in the second decade of the 21st century, in the time of audio files and the demise of physical media, need a CD player? The question can be answered directly, without any...
View ArticleREVIEW (cover story): Tannoy KENSINGTON GR - floorstanding speakers from UK
t is difficult to briefly tell the story of a company whose roots date back to 1926. The first important event in its history, when it was called Tulsemere Manufacturing Company, took place in 1929...
View ArticleREPORT – SHOW: AUDIO SHOW 2013 – audio show in POLAND
„DOM&WNĘTRZE” REDUX perfectly remember the day and place where for the first time I bought “Dom&Wnętrze” (“Home & Interior”) monthly magazine dedicated to interior design. It was 22 years...
View ArticleKRAKOW SONIC SOCIETY: Meeting No. 90: Acrolink 7N-PC9500
ften asked if we have good time during our KSS meetings, I answer that we have absolutely splendid time. We meet with people we like, we are interested in each other and in new records as well as old...
View ArticleFEATURE ARTICLE: STRAUSSMAN STORY – some thoughts from BERLIN
hat do we need audio shows for, I ask you? I hear the question over and over again from the manufacturers and distributors alike that - yet! - participate in them. I try to answer the question honestly...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Chris Connaker, ''Computer Audiophile'' - founder/chief editor...
In "THE EDITORS" series we have interviewed so far: Dirk Sommer, „HiFiStatement.net”, Germany, chief editor, interviewed HERE Marja & Henk, „6moons.com”, Switzerland, journalists, interviewed HERE...
View ArticleREVIEW: Avantgarde Acoustic ZERO 1 PRO - Active loudspeakers from GERMANY
he bottom panel of the electronics module mounted on the Zero 1 PRO speaker’s rear baffle features an identification plate. In addition to information about the place of manufacturing – here...
View ArticleREVIEW: Bakoon Products AMP-12R + RCK11 - integrated amplifier +...
ittle over a year ago Wojtek started his review of Bakoon's AMP-11R with a quote form manufacturer's website, that read: "The design goal of the AMP-11R is to be a world best high-end compact...
View ArticleREVIEW: Auralic VEGA - Digital Audio Processor from Hong Kong
ever before, until now, have I seen or heard products from Auralic located in Hong Kong. While “High Fidelity” has published a review of the Auralic ARK MX+ D/A converter, its author was Marek Dyba,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Tellurium Q - IRIDIUM 20 - power amplifier from Great Britain
ingle-ended triode (SET): an ultimate dream of many music lovers, usually these more experienced ones, people who consider a fall of the Berlin Wall an event of quite recent history, and not something...
View ArticleREVIEW: Langerton Configurations Division CONFIGURATION 217 - floorstanding...
y visit with family to Berlin earlier this year has left me with only good memories. Very nice food, great beer and some really cool people (see Straussman Story HERE). Hence my surprise at Andreas...
View ArticleINTERVIEW in The Editors series: HELMUT HACK - “Image Hi-Fi”, Managing Editor...
udio magazines are called differently: for some they are a monthly, for others they are simply a magazine, while there are even those who refer to them as a “newspaper”. From the publication frequency...
View ArticleAWARDS OF THE YEAR 2013
n 2013, we reviewed over 120 products in the "regular" tests. These do not include product auditions at the Krakow Sonic Society meetings, or those presented in columns and reportages. Whole audio...
View ArticleREVIEW: JBL S3900 - floorstanding loudspeakers from USA
spent nearly six years working as a sound engineer in Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that this rather short period of time would change my way of thinking...
View ArticleREVIEW: Reimyo DAP-999EX Limited - D/A converter from Japan
he recent changes in music distribution have been nothing but revolutionary. Since the dawn of mechanical reproduction of sound we have always dealt with the physical media, first strip of paper, then...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ancient Audio MASTER OSLO - active speakers from Poland
he recent meeting of Cracow Sonic Society that hosted Raveen Bawa, the export chief of dCS, who presented Vivaldi system, was sort of revelation for all of us. First of all because of the result of...
View ArticleREVIEW: Tellurium Q BLACK DIAMOND + BLACK DIAMOND + BLACK POWER -...
he Black Diamond series is the latest addition to Tellurium Q product lineup. The manufacturer, whose heads come from the pro audio world, thereby offers a really expensive system, contradicting the...
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