Harman Kardon 730
When I was graduating from high school in 1976, what I wanted most was a Harman Kardon 730, a pair of JBL L100s and a Technics SL1200 turntable. That was my dream system.
Gryphon Kalliope DAC – PREVIEW We receive the magnificent Gryphon Kalliope DAC
Flemming Rassmussen builds some of the most technologically advanced audio components in the world and some of the most beautiful. The casework, bathed in black with its fine extrusions only hint at the miracle inside.
Octave HP700 Preamplifier – PREVIEW Octave's Masterpiece Preamplifier
Some of you might freak out that the HP700 features tone controls, but Octave has included those and more in their flagship HP700 Preamplifier. Like their Phonomodule we reviewed a couple of years ago, the HP700 takes a modular approach, offering a wide variety of phono modules, RCA and XLR input modules and RCA or balanced XLR output modules, allowing you to customize it to your system.
GamuT M250i Mono Power Amplifiers Mighty Monoblocks
It’s my turn to get in on all the GamuT fun. Our publisher has been using GamuT speakers for years now and managing editor Rob Johnson is smitten with the D3i preamplifier.
Lightning Bolt
For more than two decades, Lightning Bolt has embraced barely controlled chaos as a secret ingredient and ear-shredding volume as an invisible third member of the band.
Blumenstein Audio 2.2-Channel Speaker Package The Orca Mini speakers paired with Dual Dungeness Max subwoofers
The modest-looking speakers from Blumenstein Audio belie the capabilities contained therein.
We’ve reviewed the Seattle company’s Thrashers, speakers light on looks but heavy on ready-to-rock, garage-grade power.
In Search of the Ultimate Listening Chair
I’ll bet you have more than a few sets of great interconnects and power cords, but you probably don’t have a great listening chair. For the guys in the audience, this might be a good bonding experience to have with your wife or girlfriend.
Issue 70
Features
Old School:
The Harmon Kardon 730
By Jeff Dorgay
Personal Fidelity:
Aurender Flow
By John Darko
Cardas EM5813 Ear Speakers
By Mark Marcantonio
995:
Arcam irDAC
By Mark Marcantonio
TONE Style
Wino:
Winter Whites
By Monique Meadows
Ortofon DS-1 Digital Scale
Snap-on LED 2000 Work Light
GIK Freestand Acoustic Panel
RecordWall-it
Hello Kitty Fruit Roll Ups
Power Girl
Music
Live: Lloyd Cole plays Portland’s Alberta Rose Theater
By Jeff Dorgay
Spin the Black Circle: Reviews of new Pop/Rock and Country Albums
By Bob Gendron, Andy Downing, Todd Martens, Chrissie Dickinson, and Aaron Cohen
Jazz & Blues: Anouar Brahem, Jack DeJohnette, and Mahanthappa
By Aaron Cohen and Jim Macnie
Audiophile Pressings: Grateful Dead , and Two from Don Henley
By Jeff Dorgay
Gear Previews
GamuT M2250i Mono Power Amps
Dali Epicon 8 Speakers
Octave HP 700 Preamplifier
Wireworld Pulse Cables
Naim Mu-So
Gryphon Kalliope DAC
Reviews
Conrad-Johnson LP125sa+ Power Amplifier
By Andre Marc
GamuT D3i Dual Mono Preamplifier
By Rob Johnson
MOON by Simaudio Neo CD Transport
By Mark Marcantonio
EgglestonWorks Emma
By Jeff Dorgay
Glanz Tonearm
By Richard H.
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett makes it virtually impossible to listen to her outstanding full-length debut while doing something else.
Forget about experiencing it as background noise, or even texting as it plays.
OPPO HA-2 Headphone Amplifier Flyby
We just popped OPPO’s HA-2 headphone amplifier out of the box and it’s a beauty. Here’s a quick peek.
Looking more like something Q would give James Bond to trounce an enemy than a piece of consumer electronic gear, the HA-2 goes a long way at upping the style points and decreasing the nerd points for portable audio, and that’s a wonderful thing.
Hi-Fi Centre Grand Opening
February 27, 2015 proved an unexpectedly warm and sunny day in Vancouver, Canada – the perfect foreshadowing for an equally stunning experience that evening at Hi-Fi Centre’s grand opening celebration.
Another Day Another Time
Initially trumpeted by critics as an Oscar contender and a thematic relative of the Oscar-winning directors/screenwriters’ smash O Brother Where Art Thou?, the Coen brothers’ 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis failed to win over public interest.
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