By Jerry Del Colliano FUTURE AUDIOPHILE The entire editorial mission of FutureAudiophile.com is to bring the audiophile hobby to a new generation of enthusiasts. Someone who is younger, more diverse and who loves music. They also should be interested in high-performance technology and understand that, to get the best possible performance, one often has to spend…
Kaleidescape Terra Prime 96TB Movie Server Delivers the Goods: CE Pro Review Kaleidescape’s Terra Prime 96TB Movie Server provides homeowners with more processing power and faster network capabilities for reference-level entertainment. Robert Archer Kaleidescape Terra Prime 96TB Movie Server provides users a stylish way to store and quickly access approximately 1,600 uncompressed 4K HDR movies…
I don’t know anyone who works harder than Ed and his team to try to give visitors an unforgettable listening experience. It’s what they feed on. Wowing people is their drug. It makes them giddy.
By George de Sa Captivating musical realism Alchemy is a medieval quasi-science that emerged in the Middle Ages. Its proponents were convinced that ordinary metals could be transformed into gold, the most precious metal. Although the attempts of alchemists never really came to fruition, the practice of refining metals has been around for centuries. Metal refining is a…
What Hi-Fi? says… “Q Acoustics has released an unfussy, just-add-source set of powered speakers that we find impossible to dislike. With all the amplification squirrelled away in the master speaker and the plethora of connectivity and placement options covered, the M20 is far more likely to become your entire music system than it is simply…
Eyes closed, listening to The Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East, at close to concert hall levels for a few minutes (gotta watch the OSHA regs…) if someone whispered in my ear and said, “you’re listening to a six-figure pair of amplifiers,” I would believe them. The JC 1+ monos are that good, that refined, that musical.…
American brand Acurus proudly introduces two new 2RU products, a 16-channel immersive processor and an 8-channel M8 amplifier. These new products meet the demands of modern home environments, whether it be home cinemas or multi-purpose media rooms.
After 15 years of devoted service, Parasound has retired its beloved Halo A 21 amplifier. Its replacement, the Halo A 21+, is priced a little higher at $2,995. But what, exactly, do you get for that extra coin?
Monitor Audio’s Platinum PL300 II loudspeakers weigh 120 lbs each, and my listening room is on the second floor, but I was spared the heavy lifting. The speakers were delivered by Sheldon Ginn, Jeffrey Ginn, and Jamie Arseneau—respectively, the VP of Sales and Marketing, Account Manager, and Service Manager of Kevro International, Monitor Audio’s North American distributor. We set up the PL300 IIs, ensuring that the distance from each speaker to my listening seat was the same, then optimized the toe-in: the speakers ended up almost directly facing the listener position, close to where I’d had Wilson Audio’s Sabrinas.
A hugely talented entry-level integrated amplifier from Krell. Krell’s entry-level amp is brilliant – we can’t think of a rival that’s as accommodating of digital sources while sounding anywhere near as good
