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Headphone Reviews InnerFidelity

Advanced Alpha Over-Ear Open Planar Magnetic Headphones

Tyll Hertsens Feb 03, 2018

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

One of a nice handfull of $500ish planar magnetic headphones at the show, I was impressed with the Advanced Alpha at CanJam@RMAF last October. In my report I said:

Maybe it was just the show conditions, or maybe I was just in the right mood, but holy smoke these sounded really good to me on first listen. I've been wrong at shows before so don't take this as gospel, but I sure liked these Advanced planar magnetic cans.

Well, time to find out if we can trust my ears at shows.

Robert Baird

Classic Rock Landmark Finally Reissued on 180 gram LP

Robert Baird Feb 02, 2018

Joe Walsh before the Eagles . . .

Solid State Power Amp Reviews

Pass Laboratories XA25 power amplifier

Herb Reichert Feb 01, 2018

The XA25 stereo amplifier is the latest addition to Pass Laboratories' XA series of amplifiers and, at $4900, the lowest priced. It weighs only 45 lbs, has single-ended inputs only, and outputs 25Wpc into 8 ohms, 50Wpc into 4 ohms, or 100Wpc (!) into 2 ohms. According the XA25's well-written owner's manual, it will deliver 50W peaks into 2, 4, or 8 ohmsin class-A.

Audacious Audio Tube Power Amp Reviews

Jadis JA200 Mk.II monoblock power amplifier

Jason Victor Serinus Feb 01, 2018

"How natural the sound," wrote Jonathan Scull in March 1994, in his Follow-Up on the original Jadis JA 200 monoblock amplifier, which then cost $18,990/pair. "How easy it was to follow the musical line and fall into the music. How deep, controlled, tight, and satisfying the bass. How magnifique the midrangethe traditional strength of the Jadis presentation. How full and satisfying the lower midrange. How open, airy, how right the highsnot at all hard, but very extended and natural. How involving their presentation. How full, how harmonically correct, how wonderfully compelling. How magical."

Art Dudley Listening Tonearm Reviews

Listening #182: Audio-Creative GrooveMaster II tonearm

Art Dudley Jan 30, 2018

In my youth, I unwittingly trained myself in the art of deferred pleasure. I did this by investing my allowance in every mail-order product that caught my eyethings I saw in the back pages of the magazines and comic books I lovedthen settling in for a wait that always seemed interminable. This happened most often in summer months, when extra chores brought extra cash, and when school didn't interfere with keeping vigil at the mailbox.

Miscellaneous

IsoAcoustics Orea Audio Equipment Isolators

Robert Deutsch Jan 30, 2018

After I'd concluded my critical listening sessions with the PS Audio Stellar M700s that I review elsewhere in this issue, I got a call from Dave Morrison of IsoAcoustics, in Markham, Ontario, makers of the Gaia loudspeaker isolation feet. He told me that they had a new product, the Orea, that applies to audio electronicspreamps, power amps, DACsthe isolation technology used in the Gaia.

Robert Baird

The 2018 Grammies: Missing the Point

Robert Baird Jan 29, 2018

It is a given these days that the Grammy Awards telecast has devolved into a not very interesting TV variety show. And that most of the really interesting awards are given out off-camera the day before.

Jason Victor Serinus

Marianne Crebassa's Secret is Out

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 28, 2018

In 2016, when I received Oh Boy!, the first solo album from mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa, I thought, "What a cute title for a compilation of male operatic roles that were written for female singers""trouser roles" in operatic parlanceand put it aside. Now, having heard Crebassa's newest album, Secrets: French Songs, I realize that I made a big mistake. Crebassa is a major artist, with a sound and temperament that make Secrets a must-listen for lovers of vocal artistry.

Headphone Reviews InnerFidelity

Beyerdynamic DT 240 Pro Affordable Over-Ear Sealed Headphones

Tyll Hertsens Jan 27, 2018

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

Doing audio production on a budget? Want something that sounds good? Feeling a little overwhelmed worrying about finding that one good sounding and durable needle in the haystack of crappy sounding cheap headphones that's going to break the first time it gets thrown in you backpack? Read on!

Interviews Jana Dagdagan

Vandersteen's Richard Vandersteen Talks Loudspeakers

Jana Dagdagan Jan 26, 2018

"Richard Vandersteen doesn't look like a typical loudspeaker designer," wrote Ken Kessler when he interviewed Vandersteen in the July 1988 issue of Stereophile. JA talked speakers with Richard Vandersteen at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, held January 9-12 in Las Vegas, NV.