KRAKOW SONIC SOCIETY: Meeting No. 91, JOHN ZUREK, “POSITIVE-FEEDBACK...
Hello Wojciech, My name is John Zurek, I am a reviewer for Positive Feedback. I am a Polish-American (all four of my Grandparents came from Poland) who has never been to Poland. I will be in Europe on...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ardento - DAC + amplifier + loudspeakers + set of cables (system)...
here is a chance that at least some of you remember my review of Polish loudspeakers, Ardento Alter (see HERE), that was published in September 2012. It wasn't my first encounter with products of that...
View ArticleREVIEW: Accuphase E-600 - integrated amplifier from Japan
The E-600 is the follower to Accuphase’s flagship integrated amplifier, the successful E-560. The manufacturer decided to change the name from E-five-hundred to ‘600’ to mark the amazing progress they...
View ArticleREVIEW: Audio Research SP20 – line/phono preamplifier from USA
ny of the audiophile/music lover visitors to the Audio Show when asked about their first association with the name Audio Research would answer without hesitation: vacuum tubes. And rightly so - in...
View ArticleREVIEW: APS Trinity – active loudspeakers from Poland
An appearance of a product targeted directly to the professional audio market in a magazine addressed to the enthusiasts of good sound on “this side” of the studio window is bound to stir up questions....
View ArticleREVIEW: Vermöuth Audio BLACK PEARL MkII + RED VELVET - analog interconnect +...
issonance is defined as a combination of sounds or musical notes that are not pleasant when heard together (Cambridge Online Dictionary). Dissonance in poetry is the deliberate avoidance of assonance,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Acoustic Revive – the whole system from Japan
his review is, I hope, one of more interesting attempts to understand the phenomenon of the so-called “audio accessories” and whether they at all affect the sound, and if they do, then in what way. It...
View ArticleREVIEW: Brinkmann BARDO + EMT-ti MC | Pi MC + EDISON – turntable + cartridges...
should start with a short explanation. My plan for this month was a review of Nagra system but, as it happens from time to time, even if you plan something meticulously some things just happen and......
View ArticleREVIEW: Dynaudio Excite X34 – loudspeakers from Denmark
he newest addition to Danish Dynaudio portfolio are the Confidence Platinum speakers. It's not like you can read about them in every audio magazine on the front page, which is quite an unusual approach...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jeff Rowland CONTINUUM SII – integrated amplifier from USA
eff Rowland Design presented the Continuum S2 integrated amplifier in the third quarter of 2013. It had two predecessors in the form of identical-looking Continuum 500 and Continuum 250, both using the...
View ArticleREVIEW: TechDAS AIR FORCE ONE – turntable from Japan
tereo Sound is an A5 sized quarterly magazine (issue No. 189, 2014 Winter, 520 pages) that has been published in Japan for over 40 years and is considered in the land of the samurai and Sony to be the...
View ArticleMUSIC: Sabina, Toujours, Naim Label, CD
Tracklist 1. Cinema 2. Viva L’Amour 3. Long Distance Love 4. Mystery River 5. The Sun (feat. Adanowsky) 6. Non Mi Aspettare 7. Toujours 8. Tabarly 9. Sailor’s Daughter 10. Fields of Snow 11. I Won’t...
View ArticleREVIEW: Origin Live AURORA Mk III + ONYX - turntable + tonearm from Great...
rigin Live is a British company based in Southampton. It was founded in 1986 and its first product was a solid-core cable, one of the first of its kind on the market. The lineup was expanded to include...
View ArticleREVIEW: MBL CORONA C51 - integrated amplifier from Germany
BL started in 1979 with a design Radialstrahler mbl 100 called. This name should ring a bell for many of you – tall loudspeakers shaped like a rocket missile, with unique drivers to generate sound....
View ArticleREVIEW: Resonessence Labs INVICTA MIRUS - digital-to-analogue converter from...
hat's going to be quite an atypical intro – I'm no fan of ESS Sabre DAC chips. These (different models I mean) are used nowadays by many manufacturers for both inexpensive and high-end devices, and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Goldring LEGACY SERIES - cartridge from Great Britain
ot many cartridge reviews are conducted in our country. Why? Because it is one of the most fragile audio products – simply put it's easy to damage any pickup and it doesn't take much to do it. One...
View ArticleREVIEW: Crayon CFA-1.2 - integrated amplifier from Austria
verybody knows what an integrated amplifier is. It is usually a modestly sized component with a volume control and input selector, which is fed with a signal from the source (a CD or turntable for...
View ArticleREVIEW: ZYX R-1000 Airy3 X/TB – MC Cartridge from JAPAN
ne could see that coming – the more popular in our country vinyl gets the more products for vinyl playback become available. ZYX, isn't a new name on Polish market, as there were some episodes of its...
View ArticleREVIEW: TRIODE TRX-M300 REFERENCE EDITION - Power Amplifier from JAPAN
riode appears in "High Fidelity" quite regularly, but not too often. For as long as I can remember, a review of one of its products has always featured in our "Japanese" issue. It may have to do with...
View ArticleREVIEW: SoulNote SA 710 - Integrated Amplifier from JAPAN
'm pretty sure that I've mentioned that already more then once but I'm going to do that again. Sometimes a pure coincident decides about what gets reviewed. In this particular case coincident happened...
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