Category: Reviews
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First Impressions: NSMT Loudspeakers In The House w/ Amber Rubarth
First Impressions, Hi-Fi, Hi-Res Music, Home Audio, Integrated Amps, Music, Power Amps, Reviews, Speakers, StreamingToday i’m listening to an audiophile desktop setup from NSMT Loudspeakers, a U.S. Manufacturer of high-end speakers and amplifiers. The setup is comprised of their Model 5AX Desktop Monitor, which is a solid pillar of heavy MDF with transmission-line tuning giving it the ability to play very low frequencies for it’s small footprint, and their…
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10 Building Blocks for Your Budget/Affordable Hi-Fi System!
Best Buys, Budget, DACs, Headphone Amps, Hi-Fi, Hi-Res Music, Home Audio, Integrated Amps, MQA, Music, Power Amps, Preamps, Reviews, Speakers, Streaming, WirelessCheck out our updated list for 2019: 10 Building Blocks for Your Budget/Affordable 2-Channel Audiophile System! (2019) 1. Elac Debut B6-This speaker has become a legend of sorts in the audiophile world due to it’s insane value for the money. When paired with a quality amp like the NAD C338 on this list, you will have…
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Anchor your Budget Hi-Fi System with these Five-Star Q Acoustics 3020 Speakers at $249.99! (Reg. $289.99)
Q Acoustics may not be well known in the states, but anyone in the know regarding Hi-Fi knows the name. This British Speaker company has planted its flag in the U.S., and it’s 3020 bookshelf speaker is leading the invasion. A quick Google search will acquaint you with its many accolades, such as a five…
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Best Sounding Headphones Under $100 (2018)
Check out our updated list of 10 Best Budget Headphones for 2019 here. With a headphone under $100, one cannot expect world class sonics, but nowadays at this price point, you can get several models that get you pretty darn close. With their Triple-Driver earphone, 1More has changed the game, providing the best sound ever…
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5 Best Bookshelf Speakers $500 and under (2018)
Check out our updated 2020 list: Outstanding! The Best Bookshelf Speakers Under $500 (2020) Looking to build a budget or starter hi-fi system? Here are some great speakers to start with! All of these speakers scale very well so don’t be afraid to pair them with electronics that cost double their price. A quality integrated amp…
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LG V30: The Ultimate Hi-Fi Audiophile Review
Bluetooth, DACs, Headphone Amps, Headphones, Hi-Fi, Hi-Res Music, Home Audio, MQA, Music, Reviews, Streaming(Update: The Tidal Android App now supports Tidal Masters (MQA) streaming on the LG V30…check out my post about it here.) DSD, FLAC, MQA, OH MY! Those were my first thoughts last August when I read about the new LG V30 smartphone and it’s upgraded Hi-Fi Quad DAC. You see, I already owned the LG…
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Music You Need to Hear: Dr. Lonnie Smith
I feel like it doesn’t get any more funky than a soulful guitar lick and wailing Hammond B-3 organ, and this new album from jazz great Dr. Lonnie Smith and his trio, surely confirms this hypothesis. “All In My Mind”, Smith’s second release of his second stint with Blue Note, is from a live concert…
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5 Hi-Fi Writers You Should Follow Right Now
If you are the type that eats, sleeps, and breathes audio…here are 5 writers that will help feed your Hi-Fi addiction… 1. Steve Guttenberg @AudiophiliacMan – If you’ve been into hi-fi for any amount of time, then you’ve probably read something by this man. He posts daily thoughts about the hi-fi hobby that always get…
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Get these “Wall of Fame” Sennheiser Heaphones for $90 (that’s $60 off)
Fry’s Electronics is offering the Sennheiser HD 4.40 Wireless Bluetooth headphones this week for $89.95, (w/ a Fry’s Promocode, that you can get for free here) which is $60 off the usual price of $149.99! These highly rated over-ear headphones offer well-balanced sound with Bluetooth 4.0 for quick connections and Apt X for CD-Quality sound…
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ICYMI: Great Hi-Fi Articles from the Past Week
Great article about the best Noise Cancelling headphones on the market (no, not Bose)– http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2018/01/letters-to-the-editor-bowers-wilkins-px/ Cool tour of Bower & Wilkins’ 800 Series factory– http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/meet-your-maker-bowers-wilkins/ Inner Fidelity’s Tyll Hertsens runs down the best headphones of 2017 (as usual, he manages to work some surprises in there)– https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/2017-innerfidelity-top-ten-best-headphones-year Stereophile sits down with Jazz Great Ron Carter and…
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This $150 Budget Hi-Fi Headphone Setup Will Wow You!
Looking for great sound on a razor-thin budget? Well this combo, which includes a comfortable over-ear headphone and a well-respected headphone DAC/AMP, will give you a quality hi-fi experience for less than what many people spend on headphones alone. To create this budget rig, we start with an entry-level set of AKG studio cans, the…
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ICYMI: Great Hi-Fi and Music Articles from 2017
Here are some of the great Hi-Fi and music articles I read in 2017…. Great story behind the creation of one of the most innovative BT Headphones on the market- https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/audio-technicas-ath-dsrbt9-aptx-hd-bluetooth-headphones-were-almost-never-made/ Stereophile’s nod to some of the best budget gear of 2017- https://www.stereophile.com/content/stereophiles-products-2017-joint-budget-components-year Sennheiser releases a redesign of its iconic and legendary HD650 headphone- https://newatlas.com/sennheiser-hd660s-open-back-headphones/51750/…
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My Return to Tidal Hi-Fi – No Strings Attached!
So i’m a week into my 12 day Free Tidal Preview Access, and I must say I have a new appreciation for their “Hi-Fi” CD Quality streaming. I signed up back in 2015, and it seemed like it was not quite ready for primetime. At that time, when you listened to a selection, the service…
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