Category: Accessories
JBL Everest 700 Headphones
August 31, 2017
The marketplace for Bluetooth over-ear (and on-ear) headphones is crowded. The JBL Everest 700 ($199.95, jbl.com) is in the same league as fashionable ‘phones such as the Monster Clarity ($149.95, monsterproducts.com), the Skull Candy Crusher [Read More]
LePLus Betelgeuse Headphones
June 15, 2017
The LePLus Betelgeuse ($460, Amazon.com) is one of the best over-ear headphones on the market — that nobody has ever heard of — for listening to hi-res files. The comfort, sound, and materials are top-notch. [Read More]
Core Power Technologies EQUI=CORE 1800
June 4, 2017
I wrote quite enthusiastically of the Core Power Technologies EQUI=CORE 300 (reviewed here), and have since acquired two of them. Mark Schifter of Core Power continues the development of his Balanced AC technology with the [Read More]
Stein Music Q5 Quantum Filter
April 18, 2017
Holger Stein recently sent me a pair of his Q5 Quantum Organizers to evaluate. When I opened the package and held one in my hand It looked exactly like a generic audiophile male [Read More]
Furutech FPX-(R) Receptacle and Blue Circle Audio Puck AC Conditioner
March 7, 2017
For many years, my system’s power line conditioning has started with the Silver Circle Audio PurePower One 5.0, a massive 5 kVA transformer with AC filtering, fed directly from a dedicated 20-amp breaker. More [Read More]
Bybee Super Effect Speaker Bullets Mk IV
March 3, 2017
Jack Bybee is busier than I’ve seen him in five years or more—and he only turned 87 last December! He’s recently introduced some very interesting products, starting with his power supply upgrade, Bybee AC [Read More]
HiFiMAN Edition X V2 Headphones
January 17, 2017
A few years ago I reviewed the HiFiMAN HE-400 and HE-500 headphones, designed by HiFiMAN Founder Dr. Fang Bian, and found them to perform very well and beyond their price categories. I wound up [Read More]
Bybee Active Room Neutralizers
January 12, 2017
My original review of Jack Bybee’s Room Neutralizers (here) goes into a little detail about the theory of their operation, which I will not repeat, except for the following passage: The pivotal concept [Read More]
JICO RECORD BRUSH SYSTEM
November 10, 2016
Over the last year or so, I have seen much ink spilled over the phenomenon of the so-called “vinyl revival.” Even the venerable British publication, Gramophone, that bastion of classical music journalism since 1923, [Read More]
CAD GC1 Ground Control
October 17, 2016
I’ll come right out and say it: I did not expect what I heard after placing Computer Audio Designs’s (CAD) GC1 Ground Control in system. I coupled it to an available coaxial RCA jack [Read More]
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