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Grimm Updates LS1 Functionality With DSD/DXD

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TAS Staff

| Mar 12, 2014

The Grimm Audio team is very pleased to announce that its development team, lead by Bruno Putzeys, has upgraded the LS1 playback functionality with DSD/DXD capabilities. All LS1i (USB Interfaces) that will be shipping from ...
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Listening to the Tron Mono Phono Stage

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Jacob Heilbrunn

| Mar 12, 2014

There is something uniquely satisfying about listening to mono LPs. Your mind kind of shuts down, the ears stop searching for a soundstage and imaging. The music, in other words, just flows. Especially when you ...
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Introducing The Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable

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TAS Staff

| Mar 12, 2014

March 12, 2014 - Nordost is proud to present its latest addition to the Heimdall 2 range, the Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 cable. For the first time, this new USB cable brings the technological advances ...
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Equipment report
Audio Research Reference Phono 10 Phono Preamplifier

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Jonathan Valin

| Mar 11, 2014

You will only need to listen to a note or two of any well-recorded LP to hear the differences between ARC’s new $30k (yep, you’re reading that right) Reference Phono 10 preamplifier and other tube ...
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Album review
Johnny Cash: American VI

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Wayne Garcia

| Mar 11, 2014

“Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?” Johnny Cash intones at the start of “I Corinthians 15:55.” The tune, among the last Cash ever wrote, is lovely and reflective, and ...
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Equipment report
Audio Research Corporation VSi60 Integrated Amplifier

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Wayne Garcia

| Mar 10, 2014

Longtime readers of these pages will recall my enthusiasm for the integrated amplifier. Although most integrateds do not reach the sonic heights of the finest separate components, I still love them for their space-saving chassis, ...
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Album review
Download Roundup - Bonnie Raitt: Slipstream

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Alan Taffel

| Mar 07, 2014

Slipstream is a typical Bonnie Raitt album, with all that that implies. As per usual, the new collection finds the blues singer by turns sassy and sensitive. And, as always, Raitt’s choice of songs is ...
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Core Audio Announces New Linear Power Supplies

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TAS Staff

| Mar 06, 2014

March 6, 2014 - Core Audio Technology is excited to announce a new audiophile linear power supply that delivers unprecedentedly low noise, high versatility, and superb performance. It is becoming better-known, at least by the ...
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Equipment report
Cary DAC-100 and DAC-100t Digital-to-Analog Converters

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Steven Stone

| Mar 05, 2014

Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum, the lady or the tiger, the devil or the deep blue sea, truth or consequences— and several other either/ors too rude to print— flashed through my mind as I unboxed ...
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Album review
Sam Cooke: Night Beat

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Jonathan Valin

| Mar 05, 2014

Back in the late fifties, when I was in grade school, my mom gave me a table radio that I promptly ensconced by my bed. Every night I listened to it—to the late-night programming on ...
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