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Written by Brian Alvarez
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Monday, 30 May 2011 00:00 |
Early adopters live in a world of potential. We latch on to a new paradigm shift significantly ahead of the adoption curve. As such, we’re often saddled with legacy methodology or products. Solutions are never simple or straight forward. We push ahead and often have to improvise. Eventually the mass marketplace catches up and products appear addressing our needs. Audiolab markets a CD player called the 8200CD. The 8200CDQ, reviewed here, also contains a built-in preamplifier that can deliver 4 volts RMS through its fully balanced outputs. This eliminates signal loss in cables that would normally connect a CD player's outputs to the preamplifier.
Tags: CD Players | Preamplifiers |
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Written by Jim Milton
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Monday, 25 April 2011 00:00 |
Every so often I get to review a product that sets itself apart from the “other guy” stuff. You know, the mass produced stuff that we often see in the brick-and-mortar stores. The special products are ones that are intelligently designed and built to exacting standards. It’s sort of like comparing a Mercedes to a Chevy. Nothing wrong with a Chevy, but just slamming the door on the Mercedes can make you go, “Whoa! Now that’s quality”! In this review, we cover the Cary Audio Design CD-500 CD Player.
Tags: CD Players | Upsampling |
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Written by Rich Schmidt
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 00:00 |
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 The first thing you’ll notice about the Emotiva ERC-1 CD player is that it looks great. The faceplate of the player and the remote are brushed aluminum painted black accented with unfinished brushed aluminum at the edges. Nice. When it’s turned on the buttons on the face of the player light up with blue halos. This player would look right at home next to Macintosh gear.
Tags: CD Players | DVD |
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Written by Larry Hryshko
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Thursday, 06 August 2009 00:00 |
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 My wife, who I affectionately refer to as “the music Anti-Christ” often calls me “He without Brains” when it comes to purchasing audio gear. Our latest interchange of pleasantries began when I announced that I needed a new CD player in the $1500 to $2000 range. She found one at Costco for considerably less than a hundred bucks and thought I would be very pleased. “You just don’t get it” I said, to which she replied “Neither will you”. I think she meant it in so many ways.
Tags: Amplifiers | CD Players | Preamp | Stereo |
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Written by Jim Milton
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Monday, 29 June 2009 00:00 |
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 I well remember the day I got my first NAD product back in the 70’s. I have long since forgotten the model number, but it was a stereo receiver. I remember listening to it and thinking how great it sounded compare to the old Marantz it was replacing. I knew back then that moving up to the NAD meant that I was no longer just listening to tunes. I had moved up into the realm of being a lover of music, an audiophile.
Tags: CD Players | Upsampling |
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Written by Paul Taatjes
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:00 |
 The portable music player (PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) market is evolving in a major way. Many DAPs are actually better described as personal media players or PMPs, with as much focus on functionality in video and additional features as the core audio performance. Another major paradigm shift is the move to flash memory based devices, and correspondingly…away from hard drives, but for some users, flash still doesn’t offer the needed storage capacity.
Tags: MP3 | Portable Music Players |
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Written by Staff
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Sunday, 31 December 2006 16:00 |
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Visit the Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity CD Player Review Archives.
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