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Dali Sonik 3 Speakers
https://youtu.be/i5d954Y1zmI DALI continues its strategy of transferring technologies developed for its flagship models to its entry-level lines. The new Sonik 3 speakers are one of the most interesting examples of this philosophy: a compact bookshelf speaker that incorporates technical solutions directly from the prestigious KORE, EPIKORE, and RUBIKORE series, while maintaining an extremely competitive price. […] More
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Polk Audio Reserve R200 Floor-Standing Speaker
For many European enthusiasts, Polk Audio continues to be associated primarily with the world of home theater—a perception that does not do justice to the history of a manufacturer that has been one of the leading players in the U.S. home audio industry for decades. Founded in 1972 in Baltimore, the American company has built […] More
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Denon PMA3000NE
The PMA-3000NE arrives on the market in 2024 with a price tag of over three thousand euros in Italy, 3700€ to be precise, and at that figure the test bench inevitably becomes severe. The first impression, the one formed even before turning on the device, is very positive. The weight-about twenty-two kilograms-immediately communicates the presence […] More
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Pro-Ject Debut Reference 10
Pro-Ject has steadily evolved the Debut series over the years, transforming it from an entry-level line to an outsider for more important models. The latest addition is the Reference 10, a name that leaves little doubt as to the Austrian brand’s intention to make a reference turntable in its range. The eldest of the Debuts […] More
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Aune SR7000 closed-back dynamic headphone
Designing a headphone that exhibits a closed architecture, that is, with the earcups containing closed speakers, is not a feat for just anyone-you have to know how to do it. In classic home listening, a good check on the effects that the geometry of the listening environment has on sound propagation should always be done. […] More
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SMSL AO300Pro & Polk Audio XT15
https://youtu.be/y9ORyK-j9cw TheAO300 Pro is the integrated amplifier with DAC that SMSL has made for those who want a product that is inexpensive, simple, reliable, and capable of solving any need, whether in desktop, traditional Hi-Fi, or TV: it is, in short, an object that contains much more than one might expect. The project SMSL is […] More
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Clarity Cap, the passion for audio
We used Clarity Cap for the realization of a preamplifier based on Balanced Zen Line Stage, comparing the ESA series with the CSA series, we want with this brief article to talk about the company, which was founded in 1974 and has always been devoted to producing metallized plastic film capacitors dedicated exclusively to audio […] More
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REL T/7x subwoofer
https://youtu.be/48i0AHAVOCE The “hardcore” audiophiles tend to regard the subwoofer with a mixture of skepticism and suspicion. Who knows, maybe some sort of short circuit occurs that brings to their minds those systems in cars that make a tremendous racket at traffic lights or, worse, those plastic subwoofers that are sold in department stores paired with […] More
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Qobuz and Audio 2G
https://youtu.be/wNZQL7-yAuM By partnering with Qobuz, the high quality music streaming platform , Audio 2G is able to offer a promo code for a two-month trial subscription for free. An opportunity not to be missed for those who have not yet discovered the potential of High Res streaming listening. QOBUZ, A UNIQUE APPROACH TO MUSIC A […] More
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Dirac the science that listens
It all begins in Uppsala, in northern Sweden. A university town surrounded by silence and snow, where scientific research often meets art and curiosity becomes method. It was here that, in the early 2000s, a group of young engineers and sound scholars asked a simple but revolutionary question: why accept that the environment in which […] More
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OP-SWAP, considerations in the op-ed market.
What are op-amps? Integrated circuits, typically with 8 pins, which provide in our case for audio preamplification, and which manage to compress costs considerably, since they replace outright at least ¾ of the circuitry required to make a stage, from phono up to the output circuits of a DAC and/or preamplifier. They are found far […] More
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Opera V v2: designer speaks
Technical Analysis of Opera V v2 Speakers The new Opera Quinta V2 traces, in configuration, the previous model even though it is a generous as well as inconspicuous upgrade. Thanks to a careful study of the speaker’s individual components we were able to exceed the 87-88 dB sensitivity limit, even reaching 91 decibels, which guarantees […] More
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Rega Elex MkIV
Rega Elex MkIV integrated amplifier, great value for money with the calssic British-sound and power to spare. https://youtu.be/AW9Uy7k-rw0 The Mk II underwent a cosmetic redesign and some construction improvements. Turning point Elex Mk3, completely redesigned and equipped with a new four-part chassis with extruded front panel. It introduced an updated version of the A-AB power […] More
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The Current Damping of QUAD
Quad 405 and later 405.2 power amplifiers revolutionized the world of audio design thanks to an ingenious idea of Peter Walker, designer and founder of the British brand: we are talking about Quad’s current dumping. QUAD’s 405 and 405-2, two very distinctive endings both in terms of aesthetics and design Quad 405, back in 1975, […] More
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Fosi ZD3 with Sparkos Op-Amp and iFi Power Elite Power Supply
Fosi Audio ZD3, DAC with Sabre ESS9039 chipset and ability to change op-amp and power supply. We tried it, with interesting results. https://youtu.be/bSRbOHGa_z4 Fosi is a company started in 2017 by an idea of Ryan Huang with the goal of improving the home audio experience at affordable prices. Its product range is now very broad, […] More
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Is Hi-Fi just a game for the rich? Feat. Musicoff and Marco Fullone
Our Julius and Giancarlo together with Marco Fullone and the Musicoff staff wondered what the situation of high fidelity is in 2024 by asking a question more relevant than ever: ” Is ‘Hi-Fi just a game for rich people?!” In the video below we will discuss what transpired and give you our impressions from different […] More
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Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon – 50th Anniversary Listening Tour
An initiative realized thanks to the collaboration between Audiogamma and Warner Music Italia to celebrate 50 years of one of Pink Floyd’s most iconic and influential albums. The celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon continues with a tour dedicated to the new 2023 remastering of the album. The three-dimensional […] More
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Somewhere between theory and listening: by what criteria are CHORD’s DACs designed
One of the broadest and longest-running topics of scientific discussion, we find it in Pythagorean discussions as well as in the correspondence between Einstein and Bohr, refers to the matching of theory and practice. Neither of the two representative faces of reality, theory and experience, are at odds with each other, they complement each other […] More
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The audio recording: a minimal history (part four)
Digital period (1975 – to the present) The fourth period is the one in which we still find ourselves today and is characterized by the introduction of digital technologies that have brought about the most rapid and far-reaching changes in the history of audio recording. In a span of less than two decades, all previous […] More
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The audio recording: a minimal history (part three)
Magnetic period (1945-1975) To get to the third stage in the development of audio recording, it is necessary to reach the end of World War II, thus in 1945, when the Allied nations gained access to a German invention: magnetic tape recording. The technology dated back to the 1930s and had been constantly perfected by […] More
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The audio recording: a minimal history (part two)
Electric period (1925 – 1945) After the end of World War I, record companies began to face their first opponent: radio. By the early 1920s this medium had become very popular, and the quality of sound obtained through microphone and loudspeaker was far superior to that of mechanical gramophone recording. This difference did not escape […] More
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The audio recording: a minimal history (part one)
The history of audio recording, which has been heavily influenced by factors related to the development of enabling technologies, can be approached in a number of different ways. In this brief chronology, we will simply identify, in chronological order, the main events and personalities that shaped its history. Although there is no official historiography of […] More
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R2R and ƩΔ D/A converters: architectures and performance
The technology in Digital to Analog converters, DACs then, has evolved a lot, thanks to better and better technologies and more stable components with better tolerances. In this article we try in a very simple and discursive way to tell how it works and the steps forward so far /*! elementor – v3.13.3 – 28-05-2023 […] More
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Passive multiamplification: does it pay ?
It has always been a firm belief of mine that passive multi-amplification is a harbinger of excellent performance, succeeding in greatly improving performance even in mid- and low-level systems. And at the end of the day, its adoption is not that difficult. In the following article I will try to explain in a simple way […] More
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Passive multiamplification: does it pay ?
It has always been a firm belief of mine that passive multi-amplification is a harbinger of excellent performance, succeeding in greatly improving performance even in mid- and low-level systems. And at the end of the day, its adoption is not that difficult. In the following article I will try to explain in a simple way […] More
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The sizing of the speakers with respect to the power output of the amplifier
My goal is to clarify what the best sizing of a loudspeaker versus the stated power of an amplifier might be, dispelling some myths and trying to provide some clarity that can help the enthusiast make an informed choice. Let’s start with the declared specs A common Class AB amplifier has an efficiency around 60%-70%-the […] More
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Class D Amplifiers
The goal I set myself with this article is as seemingly simple as it is basically ambitious: I will in fact try to explain, at an extremely popularized level, the principle on which the operation of switching amplifiers is based. The A B C of switching amplification. I have also written this article for those […] More
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Mission Nostalgia
At the last Munich High End, I was struck by two retro-flavored operations. More
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