Sonus faber Guarneri Homage: ‘a musical instrument”.. “a cult object”

Geplaatst op 18/04/2013 door hermanvandendungen

Revolutionary debut of a whole generation of Sonus faber loudspeakers, Guarneri Homage is the first loudspeaker produced by drawing inspiration from the shape of the lute. Defined as “a musical instrument” by the press and expert critics, considered by its lovers “a cult object”, it is considered one of the few projects that influenced the history of high fidelity, so much so that Salvatore Accardo and Uto Ughi are mentioned among its enthusiasts, both of them owning one Guarneri Homage.

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A fantastic review of the Copland CDA825 player by What Hi*Fi? magazine

Geplaatst op 17/04/2013 door hermanvandendungen

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Copland’s CDA 825 is a terrific player. If you still value top-class CD replay, give this machine a listen.

Start listening and it’s obvious all of Copland’s work has paid off. This is a hugely capable player.

 

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M2Tech hiFace / Young / Vaughan and Squeezbox Touch

Geplaatst op 16/04/2013 door hermanvandendungen

logitecMarco Manunta van M2Tech berichtte ons inzake samenwerking van zijn producten met de Logitech Squeezbox Touch:

“I’ve received a feedback from our Danish distributor about some users who got to connect the hiFace to their Squeezbox Touch. The process is not quite straightforward, as the hiFace (and Young and Vaughan which share the same base technology) are not USB 2.0 Audio Class compliant. Thus it requires to recompile the Linux OS including the hiFace / Young / Vaughan driver and reinstall it into the Squeezbox. Not an easy task for non-programmers. Nevertheless, it may make sense for users who want to fully exploit the sonic potential of their Squeezbox by bypassing its digital output.”

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Paolo Tezzon, R&D manager, replies to a list of questions about the Sonus faber Venere project

Geplaatst op 15/04/2013 door hermanvandendungen

header_audio_previews6Moons asked the following questions about the Venere project to Paolo Tezzon, Sonus faber R&D manager, during an interview:

— First off about those slot ports. These are more customary as the mouths of transmission lines where they don’t use any port tubes. What is the case for these slot ports of the Venere models? What type of specific loading is this and at what rate does response drop below the tuning’s self resonance?

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