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Grado GS1000i headphones

Grado GS100i headphones  by Tim Smith  $995  www.gradolabs.com Review sample courtesy of High End Audio Exchange Components used in this review: Headphones: Grado GS1000i; HiFiMan HE-400; Beyerdynamic...

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Musical Paradise MP-D1 DAC. The world’s best DAC under $1,000?

Musical Paradise MP-DI DAC   Review by Tim Smith $480 plus $25 shipping in North America www.musicalparadise.ca WALL OF SOUND  GOLD STAR AWARD  for unrivalled quality at its price point. The Musical...

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Putting together a Music Server, Part I

by Mark Morris Equipment used: Home-built PC Cambridge Audio DAC Magic Plus ACER T232HL 23” touch-screen monitor Sonic Frontiers Line 2 tube pre-amplifier Sonic Frontiers Power 1 and Radford STA-15...

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Music Server Part II: Two great budget DAC’s go head to head

Part II: The DAC shoot-out (Cambridge Audio Azur DAC Magic Plus vs. Musical Paradise MP-D1) by Mark Morris   Equipment used: Musical Paradise MP-D1 DAC Cambridge Audio Azur DAC Magic Plus System 1: –...

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A Dozen Great Gift Ideas for Your Favourite Audiophile

      It’s that time of year again: yup, time to leave your computer screen conspicuously on, displaying that desired “goodie” you’ve been thinking about….and hoping that your spouse, kid, or *someone*...

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Review: The Magic of Serene Audio’s Talisman Speakers

Review by Jon Eben Field Serene Audio is an audio company based in Vancouver, Canada that has a group of very smart, talented, and creative people working to create fantastic audio products. You may...

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Review: iFi Zen Blue, A Budget Bluetooth Streaming DAC

Review by Noam Bronstein   Continuing my Bluetooth / aptX journey begun a few weeks ago, here is the first of a series of mini-reviews of audio gear that tries to make the most of these technologies....

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DALI, Tangent, And The Return Of The Mini System

From Denmark With Love – A Mini System for 2021 ‘In the House’ Review by David Neice List Prices (MSRP) Dali Spektor 1 speakers $399 CAD Tangent Ampster BT II $349 CAD Tangent CD II  $349 CAD Tangent...

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Review: Focal’s Stellia Headphones

Focal Stellia Headphones: Luxury Closed Back Headphones That Do Everything Right Review by Jamie Gillies   I grew up a headphone listener.  The music of my youth was played through boomboxes, small...

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Review: FiiO K11 R2R DAC/Headphone Amp

Review: FiiO K11 R2R DAC/Headphone Amp Steve Graham wonders if a $230 resistor ladder DAC can improve a $400 streamer   Audio Friends I’m storing some audio gear for a friend while he is on an extended...

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