Stereophile magazine recommends Audio the Research Reference 5SE

Geplaatst op 10/04/2014 door hermanvandendungen

Audio-Research-REF5-SE3The Ref 5 SE is a tubed, remote-controlled line preamp with six sets of balanced and unbalanced inputs, three sets of balanced and unbalanced outputs, and a unity-gain Processor input. It uses 6550C and 6H30P tubes for power-supply regulation, and four 6H30P dual-triodes in the analog stage. Improvements over the original Ref 5 include new Teflon and hybrid coupling and bypass capacitors, new internal wiring, and a vertically mounted circuit board that nearly doubles the earlier version’s energy storage. The Ref 5 SE exhibited incredible detail retrieval, bold and nuanced tonal color, outstanding dynamic range, and large soundstages with a slightly forward perspective, said BD. “The Reference 5 SE gets my highest recommendation,” he concluded. JA noted superb measured performance. Compared to BJR’s reference Audio Valve Eclipse, the ARC offered longer decays and resolved more inner detail but lacked some low-end impact.

Durob Audio was the exclusive distributor for Audio Research in the Benelux. Through affiliated stores Durob Audio will give you 20% more value. Buy products of Sonus faber and Audio Research. Call us for more information. 

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Stereophile magazine recommends Audio Research CD9

Geplaatst op 09/04/2014 door hermanvandendungen

Audio_Research_Reference_CD9Audio Research CD9 The CD9 is a top-loading, remote-controlled, tubed CD player with optional on-the-fly upsampling, two digital construction filters, and a full set of digital inputs and outputs. Four 6H30 dual-triode tubes drive the analog section; a fifth 6H30 and a 6550C regulate the power supply. The CD9 uses four digital-to-analog converters (two per channel, each in dual-mono mode) and handles resolutions up to 24 bits and sample rates up to 192kHz. Though just as open, detailed, and emotionally compelling as the similarly priced Krell Cipher, the CD9 traded the solid-state player’s better-defined transient attacks for body and harmonic bloom, said FK. “The CD9 is a superb machine for spinning CDs and streaming hi-rez downloads, a superb source for today and tomorrow,” he concluded. Durob Audio was the exclusive distributor for Audio Research in the Benelux. Through affiliated stores Durob Audio will give you 20% more value. Buy products of Sonus faber and Audio Research through Durob or cooperating dealers. Call us for more information. 

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Stereophile magazine recommends M2Tech Young DSD

Geplaatst op 08/04/2014 door hermanvandendungen

M2Tech YoungM2Tech Young DSD

Stereophile reports: Elegant and modern in appearance, the M2Tech Young is a DC-powered D/A processor with a simple aluminum case, a recessed front panel, and a large alphanumeric display. It uses a Burr-Brown PCM1795 DAC chip with a custom oversampling minimum-phase filter.

It handles resolutions up to 32 bits via USB (24 bits via S/PDIF or AES/EBU), and sample rates up to 384kHz via USB (192kHz via S/PDIF or AES/EBU). While the Young lacked some accuracy and precision, it nevertheless managed an excellent balance of detail and warmth, said JI. The Palmer Power Station battery power supply, designed to match the Young, provides two 15V outputs. Adding the Palmer resulted in significantly more focus and clarity. “The M2Tech combo seduced me,” JI concluded. Current version will decode DSD128.

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Stereophile magazine recommends the Playback Designs MPS-5 Reference

Geplaatst op 07/04/2014 door hermanvandendungen

Playback Designs MPS-5 ReferencePlayback Designs MPS-5 Reference Designed by Sony and Studer alum Andreas Koch and made in the US, the MPS-5 is a slim, single-box, fixed-output, two-channel SACD/CD player, upgradeable to multichannel by adding Playback Designs‘ outboard MPD-5 DAC. Its digital input/output section is carried in the chassis’s upper section, while the lower section houses a modified TEAC Esoteric SACD/CD transport and the player’s analog output circuitry. The MPS-5 includes Playback Designs’ Frequency Arrival System, said to completely eliminate jitter from the audio signal. Once broken in, the MPS-5 produced a “masterfully neutral top-to-bottom tonal balance” with well-extended bass and open, airy highs, said MF. Compared to the dCS Scarlatti, the MPS-5 sounded “somewhat cooler and more analytical,” but offered slightly better transparency and three-dimensionality. Although JA found the MPS-5’s error correction “astounding,” he was puzzled by its relatively high levels of background noise which appeared to reduce the player’s intrinsic resolution on SACD closer to that typical of CD. Compared to the Marantz SA-KI-Pearl, the MPS-5 sounded, to MF, “faster, tighter, more resolving, better extended, and more expressive, particularly on the bottom.” The MPS-5 traded the delicacy, richness, and atmospherics of the Ayre DX-5 for greater dynamics, blacker backgrounds, and more three-dimensionality, said MF. Compared with the Simaudio Moon Evolution 650D, the MPS-5 had similarly sharp transient attack but lacked clarity, texture, bass control, and focus, felt MF. 2012 producion has USB-X to handle DSD datastreams.

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