I had a chance to try a new amplifier over the weekend, guys. It was a non-negative-feedback solid-state device in the price range slightly below €3k. I spotted it a long time ago after reading a rather positive review in a French magazine. I contacted the brand owner and asked if I could have one for a week to check how it would perform against my current tube amplifier. Although it was twice as expensive as my current one, I was quite sceptical about the transistor contender being able to outperform my tube Line Magnetic LM-211IA amp.
High End Munich 2017
The show is over, and I am going back home, guys. Sitting on a train at Munich Central Station, which should depart any moment now for Hamburg, I am trying to gather my scattered thoughts.
Enzo Pietropaoli on Fonè Records
I mentioned recently that installing the Fostex FE108-Sol drivers and removing the notch filters opened a new chapter in my audiophile journey. Yet without good recordings, this journey leads nowhere. In the context of my minimalist approach, based on crossover-less single-driver speakers, tube amplification, and a non-oversampling DAC, a good recording is one conceived through a process of utmost simplicity — using a single pair of microphones, with no electronic manipulation or artificial correction of the signal — as the only way to produce a natural-sounding recording.
Baltazar Benitez – Music of Astor Piazzolla
I have been listening to a lot of tango music recently, and I would like to share some findings. A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon the Adios Nonino recording by Salvatore Accardo with Orchestra da Camera Italiana, released by Fonè Records, which ignited my interest in this genre. I mean, I had listened to compositions by Astor Piazzolla before, but never exclusively and with such pleasure and understanding as I have these days.
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System Update — April 2017
I don’t mean to brag, guys — don’t get me wrong — but the system really rocks these days, and this is something I would like to report. I suspect that the main reason for this outstanding performance lies nowhere else but in the improved room acoustics. As you can see from the images, there are several diffusers scattered around, and one sail is also attached to the ceiling. Let me briefly introduce what I have done recently in terms of room acoustic treatment.