"Naim For Bentley" Shoots For World's Best In-Car Audio

"Naim For Bentley" Shoots For World's Best In-Car Audio

Bentley Motors, the 89-year-old, Volkswagen-owned manufacturer of bespoke luxury automobiles has decided that a high-end audio system would complete its definition of automotive excellence, choosing Salisbury-based audio manufacturer Naim to develop a "Naim For Bentley" system.

Parasound Halo 2 review question.

Hola, JA.

I've been through the Parasound Halo 2 review a couple of times, and wanted to ask a "woody" question.

Do you think there is an 'objective' measurement on this piece that would correlate well with its superior soundstaging?

I tried thinking about channel seperation, but most preamps have better channel seperation 'skills' than almost all recordings do.

I was taken by your comment that even mono recordings had more space, which would also argue against channel seperation being responsible for its superior performance.

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Measurements

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Measurements

How do I get myself into these things? Knowing that I use a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1204mf">Musical Fidelity X-DAC<SUP>V3</SUP></A> D/A processor in my office system and had just auditioned the Bel Canto e.One DAC3 that he'd <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1107bc">reviewed in November</A>, John Atkinson asked me to give Musical Fidelity's X-DAC<SUP>V8</SUP> a try. I say "asked," but the man does authorize my paychecks, so I acceded, knowing I was painting a giant bull's-eye on my back.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: KEF America, Inc.
10 Timber Lane
Marlboro, NJ 07746
(732) 683-2356
www.musicalfidelity.com

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Associated Equipment

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Associated Equipment

How do I get myself into these things? Knowing that I use a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1204mf">Musical Fidelity X-DAC<SUP>V3</SUP></A> D/A processor in my office system and had just auditioned the Bel Canto e.One DAC3 that he'd <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1107bc">reviewed in November</A>, John Atkinson asked me to give Musical Fidelity's X-DAC<SUP>V8</SUP> a try. I say "asked," but the man does authorize my paychecks, so I acceded, knowing I was painting a giant bull's-eye on my back.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: KEF America, Inc.
10 Timber Lane
Marlboro, NJ 07746
(732) 683-2356
www.musicalfidelity.com

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Specifications

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Specifications

How do I get myself into these things? Knowing that I use a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1204mf">Musical Fidelity X-DAC<SUP>V3</SUP></A> D/A processor in my office system and had just auditioned the Bel Canto e.One DAC3 that he'd <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1107bc">reviewed in November</A>, John Atkinson asked me to give Musical Fidelity's X-DAC<SUP>V8</SUP> a try. I say "asked," but the man does authorize my paychecks, so I acceded, knowing I was painting a giant bull's-eye on my back.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: KEF America, Inc.
10 Timber Lane
Marlboro, NJ 07746
(732) 683-2356
www.musicalfidelity.com

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Page 2

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor Page 2

How do I get myself into these things? Knowing that I use a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1204mf">Musical Fidelity X-DAC<SUP>V3</SUP></A> D/A processor in my office system and had just auditioned the Bel Canto e.One DAC3 that he'd <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1107bc">reviewed in November</A>, John Atkinson asked me to give Musical Fidelity's X-DAC<SUP>V8</SUP> a try. I say "asked," but the man does authorize my paychecks, so I acceded, knowing I was painting a giant bull's-eye on my back.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: KEF America, Inc.
10 Timber Lane
Marlboro, NJ 07746
(732) 683-2356
www.musicalfidelity.com

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor

Musical Fidelity X-DACV8 Digital/Analog Processor

How do I get myself into these things? Knowing that I use a Musical Fidelity X-DACV3 D/A processor in my office system and had just auditioned the Bel Canto e.One DAC3 that he'd reviewed in November, John Atkinson asked me to give Musical Fidelity's X-DACV8 a try. I say "asked," but the man does authorize my paychecks, so I acceded, knowing I was painting a giant bull's-eye on my back.

Tube preamp with Denon AVR-3801

I plan to purchase a tube preamp and hook it up to my Denon AVR-3801. Is it as easy as hooking up the tube preamp to one of the inputs on the receiver such as AUX, and selecting the "direct" mode on the receiver? My main intent for this setup is to improve the sound quality when playing music from my CD player. Thank you in advance.

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