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Positive Feedback ISSUE 76
november/december 2014

dartzeel

 

REVERBERATIONS

Our Readers Respond… and We Respond Right Back!

 

AUDIO DISCOURSE

When Old Is New and Streaming Media: The iBasso D12 Anaconda (Among Other Things) and the AudioQuest Forest Ethernet Cables
by Andy Schaub

The Neoteric Listener... Out of Your Head Software and the AnnaLyric DPC-2 Power Cord
by Dean Seislove

HeaDSPeaker - A DSP Headphone Surround Sound Processor for Home Theater
by Roger S. Gordon

From Clark Johnsen's Diaries: When Harry Met Clarkie, or, Harry Pearson, R.I.P.

The Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke & The Animals Come to DSD
by Brian Moura

 

 

The Audio Circular: No.11 in a Series of Parallel Narratives - The Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 DSDse
by Gary Beard

Harry Pearson, Jr.: Godfather of High-End Audio, Sonic Explorer, and Southern Gentleman
by Michael Mercer

Impressions: Harry Pearson
by David W. Robinson

Response to Dr. Robinson's Essay on Harry Pearson - It's Like You Knew Him!
by Michael Mercer

But, What About The Music?
by Roger Skoff

Quick Notes: Astell&Kern Remote Control for AK 100, AK120, and AK240
by Robert H. Levi

Covalent-Audio Nucleus Headphone Amplifier-Preamp Review
by Dean Seislove

Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solutions' Premium One-Step Formula No. 6
by Marc Phillips

Why I Left TAS
by Dan Schwartz

How Wall Street Destroyed the Record Business
by Dan Schwartz

Lampizator's 5th Generation DSD DAC: A Game Changer
by Brian Moura

Kubala-Sosna XPander Power Distributor - Neutrality and Coherency taken to the Next Level
by Marshall Nack

Music Enhanced To an Astonishing Level: The Transcendent Kubala-Sosna XPander A/C Unit
by Jim Merod

My Favorite Tubes and Their Substitutes
by Robert H. Levi

The Acoustic Revive Chronicles: The Eleventh House!
by Jeff Day

The 11th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2014 - The Best of the Best!

 

 

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT HIFISTATEMENT.NET

Read a portrait of MYTEK DIGITAL in Warsaw (in German)

A review of the KRON's integrated tube amplifier (in German)

A review of AQUA ACOUSTICS QUALITY's cd-transport and DAC La Scala MK II and La Diva (in German)

A review of the KORG's DAC DS-DAC 100 and the Audiogate DSD-upsampling-software Audiogate (in German)

A review of the van den Hul's cartridge The Crimson (in German)

A review of THOMAS MAYER's tube amps 10Y (in German)

A review of the EINSTEIN's MC-cartridge The Pickup (in German)

Listen to it's sound via three free downloads in our sound library

And enjoy a free download of a song in highres and DSD played by THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS, a steaming British funk band (music international, text in German)

 

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT HIGH FIDELITY

Ultrasone EDITION 5 Headphones
text by Wojciech Pacuła, translation by Andrzej Dziadowiec, images by Wojciech Pacuła | Ultrasone

Phasemation HD-7A192 D/A Converter
text and images by Wojciech Pacuła, translation by Andrzej Dziadowiec

Abyssound's ASP-1000 Preamplifier and ASX-2000 Amplifier
text by Wojciech Pacuła, images by Bartosz Łuczak/Piksel Studio | Wojciech Pacuła, translation by  Andrzej Dziadowiec

Rogoz Audio 3RP1/BBS Isolation Board
text and images by Wojciech Pacuła, translation by Andrzej Dziadowiec

Fonica - F-901 VIOLIN Turntable + F-03 rev.3 Tonearm
text and images by Wojciech Pacuła, translation by Andrzej Dziadowiec

G•LAB Design Fidelity BLOCK Integrated Amplifier
text by Wojciech Pacuła, images by Wojciech Pacuła | G•LAB Design Fidelity, translation by Andrzej Dziadowiec

Linear Audio Research IA-120H Integrated Amplifier
text and images by Wojciech Pacuła, translation by Marek Dyba

 

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HARDWARE REVIEWS

Blue Circle FX2 6 XOe Power Line Conditioner
as reviewed by Paul Candy

Jasmine Audio Tiger Moving Coil Phono Cartridge
as reviewed by Gary Lea

Audioengine B1 Bluetooth DAC
as reviewed by Andre Marc

Backert Labs Rhythm 1.1 Linestage
as reviewed by Michael Wechsberg

Codia Acoustic Design Stage 3000 Duo Audio Rack
as reviewed by Paul Candy

Pass Labs Xs Preamplifier and Xs 300 Amplifiers
as reviewed by Robert S. Youman

MG Audio Design Planus Cables
as reviewed by Pete Davey

Audience AV aR2p-TOS Power Conditioner
as reviewed by Roger Gordon

Wilson Audio Alexia Loudspeakers
as reviewed by Danny Kaey

 

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REL Gibraltar G2 Subwoofer
as reviewed by Robert S. Youman

Pendulumic Stance Bluetooth Headphones
as reviewed by Pete Davey

Inex Innovation Photon USB2 Audio Cable and USB to S/PDIF
Converter
as reviewed by Roger Gordon

Kronos Audio Products Sparta Turntable
as reviewed by Marshall Nack

LKV Veros One Phonostage
as reviewed by Pete Davey

Zu Audio Druid V Loudspeakers
as reviewed by Danny Kaey

VPI Classic Direct Turntable - Turning Back Time
as reviewed by Myles B. Astor

Viero Equilibrio Level 3 Speaker Cables
as reviewed by Mark Pearson

 

 

INTERVIEWS

David Robinson and David Elias on DSD... Interviewed by Steve Rochlin  - Video!

 

EVENTS, CONCERTS, AND SHOWS

RMAF 2014 - Day 1
by Myles B. Astor

RMAF 2014 - Day 2
by Myles B. Astor

RMAF 2014 - Day 3
by Myles B. Astor

The Three Musketeers See the RMAF 2014
by Lynn Olson

Impressions: Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014, & My PFO Audio Oasis! Awards
by David W. Robinson

Jon Mayer Solo: LIVE! in Portland
by Jim Merod

2014 TAVES Show Report Part 1
by Malcolm J. Gomes

2014 TAVES Show Report Part 2
by Malcolm J. Gomes

RMAF 2014 - An Emotional Respite From What Ails You
by Dave Clark

THE Show Newport 2015

MUSIC REVIEWS

Vinyl in the Round: ECM Re:Solutions
by Ken Micallef

Impressions:  Howard Hanson:  An American Romantic in Quad DSD (DSD256)
by David W. Robinson

Sonic Satori – Thom Yorke Brings it on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
by Michael Mercer

Notes of an Amateur: Harbison, Couperin, Jonathan Harvey, and Cindy McTee.
by Bob Neill

Darren Chase Sings Schumann Lieder
by Stephen Francis Vasta

Stockfisch Records Finds Analog Pearls
by Brian Moura

The Beatles In Mono LP Box Set
by Tom Gibbs

Notes of an Amateur: Rachel Podger, Margaret Brouwer, Galina Ustvolskaya, Carter Pann.
by Bob Neill

New Music - David Roth, Guru Guru, and More.
by Wojciech Pacuła

Caribou, Our Love
by Michael Mercer

Notes of an Amateur: Schubert, Gubaidulina, Shostakovich.
by Bob Neill

Releases by Tacet Audio, Navona Records, Art Haus Musik and Naxos
by Karl Lozier

Recondite, Iffy
by Michael Mercer

 

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