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Dave’s Faves – Isotek Elektra V5 Mains Conditioner
Isotek Elektra V5 Mains Conditioner $2000 (4.1h, 17.7w, 13.7d, Black or Silver) Isotek has taught us that Mains Conditioners absolutely, positively, need be an integral part of your system because they IMPROVE your sound! We can measure it with our meter. More importantly, we can hear the improvement through even a mid level audio system. We’re at the point in the hi-fi…
Dave’s Faves – Atoll CD50 CD Player
Atoll CD50 CD Player $1650 (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 14 lbs) Made in France With Three Year Warranty! As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of CDs and CD players. As a classical piano fan first and foremost, I don’t care to listen through mechanical noise and PRETEND is isn’t there. IT IS. Further, the speed and wow/flutter variations on LPs with…
Dave’s Faves – Bryston BP19 Analog Preamp
Bryston BP19 Analog Preamp $5195 (4.5h, 17w, 13.5d) Bryston’s new BP19 is a state of the art, full analog preamp. The $5195 price point is in line stage configuration. It’s $6195 with MM. It’s $6945 with MM/MC. You cannot buy BP19 with a DAC on board. BP19 is a fabulous preamp by any sonic assessment. But what makes BP19 the best for…
Dave’s Faves – Marantz AV7706 Preamp/Processor
Marantz AV-7706 Preamp Processor $3200 Building a preamp processor that WORKS PROPERLY and SOUNDS GREAT is a daunting task. Over the years I’ve dealt with many companies trying to hit the nail on the head of performance and operation. It’s a technological tour de force to make a high end pre-pro. It’s a computer as much as an audio piece. Precious few…
Black Velvet Interconnects
Why Black Velvet? There’s a great wide world of interconnect cables out there. Why do we need one more? We need one more because nobody is doing quite what is being done with the Black Velvet! There are zillions of high end interconnects. But the truth is, after you strip away all of the pseudo science, the vast majority of these cables…
Dave’s Faves – Axiom M-50
Axiom M-50, $1400 Per Pair {35.5h, 9.25w, 13d, 39 lbs, 94 dB SPL, 8 ohms, 10-200 w/ch} Two 6.5” Aluminum Woofers, One Titanium Tweeter Bryston contracted Axiom to build its speakers a decade ago. The project was a tremendous success and the companies merged. The resulting company is simply called Bryston. Bryston is using the Axiom banner to bring speakers to market…
Dave’s Faves – Axiom M5
Axiom M5, $1000 Per Pair {19h, 9.3w 10.5d, 91 dB SPL, 8 ohms, 26 lbs, 10-300w/ch) Bryston and Axiom, Canadian manufacturing friends, merged years ago due to their joint speaker venture. It’s been a home run! Bryston has offered its $5k per pair Mini T stand mount speakers. It’s a 45 pound 8” 3-way, hardly “mini” despite the name. Due to the…