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| Incoming ... Joseph Audio Pulsars As reported towards the end of this Stereophile show report there is a newly updated version from Joseph Audio called the Pulsar 2, which has been upgraded with a new SEAS Excel woofer featuring a graphene-coated cone. | |
| How many brands use own drivers? Audio Physic (in house designs manufactured to their specs) | |
| New updated Dynaudio Confidence line. @wildfoxinn - Not meant to be a negative but we need to be realistic, there are often marketing considerations involved in design decisions. If they provided all of the new Confidence features in their entry level model there would be less incenti... | |
| How many brands use own drivers? As a point of clarification many of the companies listed use their own driver designs, but not all actually manufacture the drivers themselves. Many companies use existing driver manufacturers to build custom drivers to their specs. | |
| How many brands use own drivers? To clarify regarding Wilson Benesch, their top Geometry series speakers use entirely custom drivers including a unique in-house designed tweeter. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD @toetapaudio - Since you mentioned the NuPrime Evo amps, I wondered whether you have any experience with their new Evolution DAC. I've been seeing some very favorable comments on it but not from anyone having experience with other top tier DACs. TIA! | |
| Sony HAP- Z1 ES music server into a DAC... is it possible? Just a note about it, not all DACs are compatible with the Sony. Obviously it requires a DAC with a USB input but there are reports of some DACs not working, and it seems to involve a compatibility issue with the DAC's USB receiver circuitry. You ... | |
| Meitner/EMM Labs Firmware Upgrade = Sonic Bliss Thought this review follow-up would be of interest here: https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/opinion/1258-the-best-got-better-revisiting-emm-labs-da2-reference-digital-to-analog-converter | |
| Paradigm Persona series @audiotroy - With all due respect regarding your post above, an anechoic chamber (an-echoic meaning "non-reflective, non-echoing, echo-free") is a room designed to effectively absorb any reflections of sound. So any "normal" (non-anechoic) listeni... | |
| Jumperless jumpers I recall seeing a review of the Dueland wire (in Positive Feedback I believe) where they recommended exactly what you are suggesting when connecting to speakers which support bi-wiring and claimed it was superior to any alternative connection scheme. | |
| Paradigm Persona series The Persona speakers seem to be a very polarizing design, with some loving them and others finding them to be too forward and objectionably bright. I've seen both user comments and reviews reflecting this dichotomy with extremely strong voices on ... | |
| Coaxial Ribbon Midrange/tweeter - Can a small midrange ribbon actually do midrange well? I owned their earlier model C10 Ltd. which also used a version of their hand made coaxial midrange/tweeter. While they refer to them as 'ribbons' they're actually planar magnetic in design, since the conductive foil elements are on a substrate rat... | |
| Trouble Decreasing Treble To adjust the VTA on the JMW-9 arm you have to first loosen the two setscrews on the round base and then turn the adjustment wheel. Once the desired height is set you then snug up those two setscrews. This is briefly explained is section 7 on page... | |
| Core Power Technologies Breaking news: EXOGAL Acquires Core Power Technologies Product Lines For now, please direct all inquiries as follows:INFORMATION: COREInfo@exogal.comSALES: CORESales@exogal.comSUPPORT: CORESupport@exogal.comSales channels for these products have n... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC @jburidan - With all due respect the Bricasti M1 DAC doesn’t even use a Sabre chip and never has (it uses a highly rated DAC from Analog Devices.) I also agree that there's much more to the sonic performance of a DAC than a particular chip being u... |