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Shenzhen United Audio
SUA is a vendor in China (PRC) that you can hire to build your gear. They make some brands you might have heard of. In some cases they make the full lineup of a given brand. In some cases they make the affordable models- with the higher end models made elsewhere. Ascendo- American based high end home theater and studio monitors Atlantic…
$4100 Buys Immediacy!
How’d you like an incredible, affordable system with exquisite definition for singers and acoustic instruments? Human voices, after all, are the most unique of all acoustic instruments. Let’s hear them with the utmost of CHARACTER and articulation. Further, this system also delivers a good amount of bass with no sludge to obfuscate the chops of great drummers, bass or piano players. Just…
Phenomenally French For $8175
Let’s build a system with stunningly exquisite resolution and dynamics- that will also deliver the tight and IMPACTFUL bass of acoustic instruments. The detail of guitar, piano and voices will be right there with some of the most expensive gear on the market. You’ll have bass impact and volume capability that will please all but the most bangadelic listeners. All the gear…
The Absolute Sound Sept 2026
The boys went to the Vienna hi-fi show. The industry’s best show has been in Munich for well over a decade. It has moved to Vienna. Let’s see what they discovered. The first writer was wowed by Wadax (Spain) who introduced its LOWER PRICED DAC for $43k and a transport for $40k. Hmmmmm. I’ll bet if we compared this combo to the…
The Essence of Atohm Speakers
There are several THOUSAND brands of speakers “out there.” If you follow the mags and forums, everybody and his brother has a different mouse trap. Yet as you analyze them, the vast majority just purchase drivers from a popular handful of vendors and install them into their own box and crossover. Give or take a tad, companies that build like this, predictably,…
Audio Rags
I used to love to tear open the latest issue of Stereophile, TAS, Hi-Fi News or whichever magazine landed in my mailbox. That zeal has been virtually lost because there’s so much playing in the vinyl sandbox and unobtainium componentry. The July 2026 Stereophile is a case in point. Vinyl Sandbox The first columnist finally gets to the point of discussing a…
My Method For Listening
I put a CD in Atoll’s CD200, $2950, and hit play. Atoll is a family owned company in France. The Atoll products are built under their own roof with a three year warranty. If you read the hi-fi mags you’ll mostly see vinyl and streaming fans. Vinyl is disqualifying for me due to the noise, hum/rumble and irregular speed. It just doesn’t…