Saturday, 12 June 2021

REVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: Pass Labs / First Watt SIT-2 stereo Class A amplifier. [And Stereophile steps in with MQA yet again...]

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  Greetings all. For this post, as you can see above, I've got something exotic to review / measure here at chez Archimago. It's a P...
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Saturday, 5 June 2021

REVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: (Mass)Drop + HiFiMan HE-4XX Planar Magnetic Headphones (with Brainwavz XL Round Hybrid earpads). Maintenance if the earcup detaches.

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Well, as I've mentioned previously, I don't really need more headphones . ;-) Alas, I could not resist picking up these minty  Drop...
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Friday, 28 May 2021

REVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: (Anthony) Gallo Acoustics A'Diva Ti (~2005) & Nucleus Micro Speakers (~2000).

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Hey ladies and gents, let's switch from discussing headphones this week and have a look and listen at some speakers. You've probably...
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Saturday, 22 May 2021

Modding the Dekoni Blue ("Arch-Mod5"). Streaming audio: Apple Music to be "true hi-res lossless" stereo with multichannel (Atmos) in June.

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A couple weeks back, I measured the Dekoni Blue headphone which as I noted, is itself a "modded" Fostex T50RP Mk 3  planar-magnet...
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Saturday, 15 May 2021

MEASUREMENTS: AKG Q701 "Quincy Jones Signature" (2012) & AKG K260 (vintage 1987-1988). And recent interviews with audiophile cable/power people [Shunyata / AudioQuest].

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For today's post, let's have a listen and look at the two AKG headphone models above separated by about 25 years in age. On the left...
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Saturday, 8 May 2021

REVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: Dekoni Blue ("Approved" Fostex T50RP Mk 3 mod). And the importance of the room for hi-fi reviews (Wilson Chronosonic XVX speakers in Stereophile).

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As you can see in the image above and might know already, these are essentially  Fostex T50RP Mk 3 headphones which have been out since 201...
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Saturday, 1 May 2021

MEASUREMENTS: Sennheiser HD650 (~2010-2012) and HD800 (~2010). A comparison of two "Reference Class" headphones, and a look/listen to the "Sennheiser veil / darkness". [Inexpensive 2TB SSD and inflation in consumer electronics...]

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As you can see in the picture above, this is a bit of what the "box opening" looks like when you buy either one of these "Ref...
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Saturday, 24 April 2021

Home Network: The ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 WiFi-6 Router & QNAP QSW-M2108-2C mixed 2.5GbE + 10GbE switch. (Internet jitter and "one number" audio objectivism.)

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QNAP multi-gigabit switch being installed behind the basement home electrical panel. Well guys & gals, it seems like every year, I'l...
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Saturday, 17 April 2021

REVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: Drop + THX AAA 789 Linear Headphone Amplifier. And on Audioholics' THX Onyx DAC/amp "review" with a dash of MQA nonsense...

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With much of my soundroom and other parts of the audio system sorted out to my satisfaction these days, I thought it would be time to start ...
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Saturday, 10 April 2021

REVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: AKG K371 (closed-back, over-ear, dynamic driver) - An affordable, modern, standard studio headphone. (And on using the miniDSP [H]EARS rig.)

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Hey guys and gals, the post here today will be on the longish side since this is the first time I'm writing a headphone review with some...
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Saturday, 3 April 2021

MEASUREMENTS: Melody Onix SP3 Mk. II (~2006) Class AB Tube Integrated Amplifier. (And it isn't "diminishing returns" on sound quality, often there are simply "no returns".)

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Recently I was curious about trying a tube amp in my system and my dad who's into his vintage gear including some older tube devices off...
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Saturday, 27 March 2021

MEASUREMENTS / MUSINGS: Headphone impedance, sensitivity, efficiency, and amplifier output impedance. (And a quick thought on Darko's "All You Need Is...")

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Some people have walls of headphones. Well the other day I thought I'd take out my little collection accumulated over the last few decad...
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