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Bryston’s Headphone Amp Gets Another Rave
Bryston’s BHA-1 has proved itself for over a decade and is one battle tested headphone amplifier I wish I had discovered sooner. For the better part of the past three years, almost every headphone that has passed through my hands for review has been tested with the Pass Labs HPA-1 Headphone Amplifier. DACs have come and gone, but this is one headphone amplifier that consistently tells me what every headphone is capable of…
Our Mix: Speakers $8k per pair
I view running Audio Emporium like being the GM of a baseball team. We have categories to fill and I try very hard to “beat” other teams with our sage selection, or MIX. When evaluating speakers for about $8k per pair, we need an assortment of speakers that can appeal to virtually any buyer. It’s a fun challenge! And in fact, it…
They’re Finally Catching On!
I’ve written extensively for years about how silver discs are my favorite way to listen to music. They’ve had enormous potential from day one and reward you for putting effort into the format the same way you do for vinyl. It has always made sense to pursue higher achieving CD players rather than skewer the format while listening to a portable Radio…
New Vs Old Pans
I was just reading on a forum… the topic of new vs vintage Magnepans. Now, I know a lot of old guys have a Jones for yesteryear, but boy, there is so much blatherskite being written that I have to clean it up. Most contributors were telling the original poster to get old vs new- for no particular reason other than ……
Speakers For About $4k Per Pair
I’d have to say that $4k per pair is probably our most active price point for cut above speakers. We have great candidates at $1k per pair, $2k per pair and $3k per pair. I’m not nay saying any of those lower price points. But what we are finding these days is that many customers who have had more than entry level…
TAS Goes To Munich 2024 Hi-Fi Show
The Munich Hi-Fi Show is considered the biggest and best on the planet. The Absolute Sound visits so we don’t have to make the trip. Let’s see what they have found for us. That’s why they attend, right? Don’t they want to point us in the right direction? Speakers The first pair they discuss are Martens for $190k. Wow. What a start….
Atoll CD Transports
Please take a moment to read through my Silver Discs entry. The topic discusses how a reviewer thinks CDs used to suck, but now they’re finally REALLY GOOD. He says it took 40 years to get good. Nope. He missed the boat. He was lost at sea for 40 years. He was evaluating the medium with poorly built, lousy sounding players. Would…