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Stereophile has posted a review of the PSB Imagine B bookshelf speakers ($1,000/pair). These are two-way designs with a 1″ titanium-dome tweeter and 5.25″ mid-woofer (photo). Reviewer John Marks compared them to the Harbeth HL-3P-ES2: The comparison is by no means absurd—at half the price, the PSB has many of the Harbeth’s advantages and the same shortcoming: bass extension. Intrigued? Check out the entire review.
AudioFile, a section within The Star, Malaysia newspaper site, has posted a pair of new reviews: Mission M31i bookshelf speakers (RM 1,699/pair) PurePower 1050i power regenerator with aux battery (RM 10,500) Enjoy!
Australian Hi-Fi has posted a few new reviews by way of the AVHub web site: Velodyne CHT-12Q subwoofer (AUD 1,399) Legend Acoustics Kama 5 floorstanding speakers (AUD 1,999/pair) Rogue Audio M-150 tube monoblock power amps (AUD 7,920/pair) Enjoy!
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity recently published a pair of new reviews: ARE Audio Light Roast bookshelf speakers (CDN 550/pair) Dynaudio X16 bookshelf speakers ($1,600/pair) Apparently, the name of ARE’s other speaker is the “Grinder.” Personally, I think there should be more speakers named after food. I always thought “Cupcake” had a nice ring to it…
6moons is at it again with a bunch of new reviews: Advance Acoustic EL-170 bookshelf speakers (EUR 898/pair) Esoteric C-03 preamp ($10,000) ModWright KWA-150 power amp ($5,995) Exposure 2010S CD player (EUR 1,120) and integrated amp (EUR 1,120) Also check out Srajan’s review of the NMSonic Purifiers (EUR 899 per set). Out, ye sonic impurities, I command you!
Hi-Fi Choice has posted several new reviews by way of its TechRadar web site. Among them: Pioneer S-2EX-W bookshelf speakers (GBP 5,200/pair) Continuum Caliburn turntable (GBP 115,000) Acoustic Energy Radiance 3 floorstanding speakers (GBP 1,500/pair) Primare R20 MkII phono preamp (GBP 550) Denon RCD-M37DAB CD Receiver (GBP 299) I wonder how good my warped Sex Pistols record would sound on that Continuum turntable…
Stereomojo has posted several new reviews in recent days, including: Sanders 10b electrostatic floorstanding speakers ($12,999/pair) TTWeights turntable accessories ($104-499) Grant Fidelity RBS-1 bookshelf speakers ($2,200/pair) Jaton Lyra HD-661DX bookshelf speakers ($1,600/pair) Enjoy!
HIGH Fidelity has published a new issue. It includes reviews of the following high-end components: The Chord Company Indigo Plus interconnect (PLN 4,629/pair) and Signature Plus speaker cables (PLN 3,750/pair) Ayon Polaris II tube preamp (PLN 42,000) Blacknote DSS 30 tube memory player (EUR 2,995) Check out the entire issue. This is the fifth anniversary edition of the magazine. Congrats!
DAGOGO has published a new issue. It includes only two new reviews, but they look like doozies: Acapella Reference LaMusica speaker cables ($16,000/pair) DaVinciAudio Labs In UniSon turntable ($26,850) See the entire issue. Also check out the article on visiting Aaudio Imports: Boys In Toyland.
Affordable Audio has published a new issue. It includes the following reviews: Nuforce P-8S preamp and 8.5V2 power amp ($3,500 total) Rega Apollo CD player ($995) AV123 X-Omni floorstanding speakers ($549/pair) Emotiva ERM-1 speakers ($199 each) and ERD-1 surrounds ($249/pair) Grant Fidelity SPT-100 super tweeter ($749) Zebra XLR interconnect cables ($75/pair) Download the entire issue (13MB PDF). Sounds like Mark will be vacating his active publisher role to write for TONEAudio. Best of luck, Mark!