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Oct 14, 2024 | 
positive-feedback.com | Michael Zisserson
This is not 1999 anymore. Flash forward 25 years and most loudspeakers from any reputable manufacturer are far more than a few speaker drivers in a cabinet with basic filtering. The finest loudspeaker companies are leveraging advancements in materials, complex software, precision manufacturing practices, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), finite element analysis (FEA), and a whole cornucopia of other modern design tools to take their products into the future.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 10 minutesBack in January, I finally solved an ongoing audio conundrum I had: Finding an affordable, true reference-level set of loudspeakers. I solved this problem when I received in PSB Speakers’ flagship Synchrony T800 loudspeaker (read the review). The Synchrony T800 took PSB over a decade to develop from the ground up at the Canadian National Research Council, and represents the perfect union of cutting-edge acoustic engineering and psychoacoustic loudspeaker design.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 10 minutesI am quite invested in Bricasti, having put 15 years into adding and upgrading their products as the core of my ever-changing audiophile reference system. When the news came across my desk of the new Bricasti Design M19 (M19) transport, I had to get my hands on it. As a child of the Lost Generation, my CD collection of 900-plus sits dormant these days, thanks to high-resolution streaming options like what I find in HD on Qobuz.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 11 minutesRega is a blue-chip brand in the audiophile community, and there are many good reasons why. For starters, every product has been painstakingly built by hand in England since 1973. Engineering is one of Rega’s founding pillars. Rega has built a reputation for delivering stellar performance at value-minded prices, which is always popular with audiophiles.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 10 minutesA power conditioner is an often overlooked, cherry-on-top component that helps to enhance a HiFi system’s performance. We have discussed system synergy here at Future Audiophile before, and how the journey to audio satisfaction is part of the fun.
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May 19, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 10 minutesIf you have been an audiophile, even for a short time, you have come to understand that different regions of the globe have a certain geographically specific sound to their loudspeakers that is hard to miss. One of the more sought-after sonic signatures is that of British loudspeakers. British loudspeakers tend to be an audiophile favorite when nicely executed, because they combine a touch of euphonic warmth with a full-bodied midrange that is easy to listen to.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 11 minutesEven the audiophile elders admit that streaming provides the best performance and most cost-effective way to get CD- to HD-quality audio into your audiophile system. In 2022, only a tiny fraction of the record high sales for recorded music was from physical media and, much like a computer, there is little chance that you are going to be buying your next copy of either Dark Side of the Moon or Microsoft Office on some form of silver (or vinyl black) disc.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 11 minutesEven the audiophile elders admit that streaming provides the best performance and most cost-effective way to get CD- to HD-quality audio into your audiophile system. In 2022, only a tiny fraction of the record high sales for recorded music was from physical media and, much like a computer, there is little chance that you are going to be buying your next copy of either Dark Side of the Moon or Microsoft Office on some form of silver (or vinyl black) disc.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe Clarus Sextetis a six-outlet power conditioner with advanced surge protection. The Sextet’s smaller sibling, the Duet, has been a staple in my system for nearly five years. At the time, the Clarus Duet was the first power conditioning product I had heard that did not restrict the dynamic capability of the high-current amplifiers I love so dearly, like the Bricasti M30 Monoblock amplifiers and the Amped America AMP2400.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
futureaudiophile.com | Michael Zisserson
Reading Time: 11 minutesOrchard Audio is a six-year-old audiophile electronics company that is the brainchild of an electronics engineer named Leo Ayzenshtat. Leo has earned his stripes by designing digital electronics for satellites. Yes, the ones that orbit the Earth and cost more than the GDP of many small nations. It is no wonder that Orchard Audio embraces our audiophile future with forward-thinking audiophile components, including their Gallium Nitride (GaN)–based Starkrimson amplifiers.
