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RMAF 2007
Ah, the Rose A'Bloomin'
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  2 comments
Although he looks a bit burned from being asked to play one too many Columbia LPs, whose harsh string tone belies the myth that vintage analog recordings are de facto superior to CDs, Dan Meinwald has a lot to be happy about. The EAR Acute CD player ($5900), 890 Primary Drive 70W stereo amp, 868 preamp complete with phono stage ($6900), Discmaster turntable ($20,000 without tonearm), Dynavector XVIS cartridge, and debut 3-way, open-baffle dipole loudspeakers ($7000/pair—also available in a larger model) were creating a wonderful, magical soundstage on Stokowski’s monumental recording of Smetana’s The Moldau. It’s no wonder that so many dedicated audiophiles continue to be seduced for life by EAR’s vaunted sweetness and bloom.
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RMAF 2007
Audio Note UK Debuts USB-Input DAC
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  1 comments
Audio Note UK, shown at RMAF by its US distributor AudioFederation.com, chose the Denver Show for the world premiere of its first USB-input DAC. The DAC 0.1X, an entry-level product that features neither anti-alias filtering nor oversampling, and uses a teeny little 6111WA dual-triode output tube that is said to behave like a 12AU7 but last a staggering 100,000 hours, was making fine sound paired with a complete line of Audio Note components and cables.
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RMAF 2007
The Big Boys
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  0 comments
Audio Federation doesn't play around. Its top-of-the-line, no-holds-barred system centers around the Marten Coltrane Supreme loudspeaker ($250,000/pair), Audio Note UK Ongaku amplifier ($85,000), EMM Labs/Meitner Design CDSD SE transport ($8400) and DCC2 SE DAC ($13,500), Brinkmann Balance turntable ($29,900), Lamm LP2 Deluxe phono preamp ($6990), and, for this system, modestly priced Lyra Titan cartridge ($5000). Cabling is no less than Nordost Valhalla, Stealth Indra, Jorma Design No.1 and PRIME, while power cords and distributors include Nordost Valhalla, Elrod Statement II and Signature III, and Acrolink Mexcel 7N-7100.
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Vote
What's your choice for best budget component of the year?
Stereophile  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  30 comments

Sure, anyone can design a cost-no-object product. But it's the big bang-for-the-buck components that often demonstrate real talent. What's your choice for best budget component of the year?

What's your choice for best budget component of the year?
Here it is
84% (37 votes)
Don't have one
16% (7 votes)
Total votes: 44
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CD Player/Transport ReviewsHi-Rez Disc Player/Transport Reviews
Esoteric SA-60 universal player
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  0 comments
In the ongoing debacle that has been the introduction and promotion of high-resolution digital audio and the record industry's struggles to engage the public's interest in it, two recent events stand out.
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CD Player/Transport ReviewsHi-Rez Disc Player/Transport Reviews
Muse Polyhymnia universal player
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  0 comments
"I have something I think might interest you," said Elite AudioVideo Distribution's Scot Markwell. "Kevin Halverson has some, shall we say, different ideas about universal players."
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As We See It
Watching the Detectives
John Atkinson  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  1 comments
I made myself comfortable. The system—Linn Unidisk universal player, Meridian digital active speakers—was obviously working well: "For unto us a Child is born..." pum pum pum pum...
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Recording of the Month
Recording of October 2007: This Is Somewhere
Robert Baird  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  1 comments
Recording of October 2007: This Is Somewhere
Hollywood D00038502 (CD). 2007. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, prods.; Mike Daly, prod., asst. eng.; Joe Chiccarelli, eng.; Kennie Takahashi, Travis Huff, Tim Bright, Wayne Warnecke, Otto D'Angelo, asst. engs. AAD? TT: 48:34
Performance ****½
Sonics ****
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Buy Stereophile CDs—Get a Free T-Shirt
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  0 comments
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RMAF 2007
"The Best Loudspeaker in the World. Period"
John Atkinson  |  Oct 14, 2007  |  0 comments
So read the flyer promoting YG Acoustics' dem in room 446 I picked up in the Marriott's lobby. So I went by room 446. Twice. Neither time could I get in, such was the throng inside. But I did manage to hold my camera above the avid listeners' heads to take a shot of the Colorado company's Anat Reference speaker, which had very much impressed me when I heard it at the 2006 CEDIA Show. I am going to try to get a listen on the Show's final day, but the news that YG has hired veteran sales manager Dick Diamond away from Kimber is a sign that this new speaker manufacturer is aiming high.
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