Audiomeca
8 May 2010
I was sure of it: the Rowlands had to go. They were set aside but I had not yet sold them. Meanwhile I had bought a McIntosh MA6900 integrated amp. How simple could an audio setup be? But this would be short-lived.
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2 October 2009
A very special CD transport, developed by Pierre Lurne in cooperation with Rene Boonen...
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7 August 2009
The complete setup as it was in December 2008. Individual component changes aside, the setup 's main components remained unchanged until 2009 and many reviews were written using this system.
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2 August 2009
How does this beautifully crafted player stack up against the Audiomeca Enkianthus and the Mark Levinson 390S?
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26 June 2009
Mark Levinson no.390s, CEC TL1x and Audiomeca Enkianthus
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5 June 2009
As always, both methods have their own advantages, but there is one unique clear advantage to taking the integrated player route.
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30 May 2009
Wadia 861, Meridian 508.24, Krell KPS20i, CEC TL1x and Audiomeca Enkianthus X.
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16 December 2008
When recording LP's, what sounds better? Digitized or recorded analog?
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21 June 2008
Upsampling explained by means of two reference dCS components: Delius DAC and Purcell upsampler.
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15 May 2008
Fast forward 3 years – Later addition to the original review – July 2011 Three years after the review above was written, after moving house and having quite a different system, I have bought a Marantz CD80. A little later I also came across a Marantz CD74 and CD85. Because I also still have the […]
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15 May 2008
THE ORIGINAL 2008 REVIEW A more detailed comparison of the CD11LE, CD12LE, CD74, CD85, CD80 Marantz players that are added later can be found at the bottom of this review. For now, let’s move on to the original review. POWER All players showed sensitivity to the position in the (serial wired-) extension block. The first […]
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15 May 2008
The Marantz players: Marantz CD16 Exclusive 1993. CDM-4 transport, TDA1547 Bitstream DAC. This player doesn’t really belong in this review because I didn’t review it at the same time. Nevertheless, I have a very good memory of how it sounded compared to the Audiomeca and Wadia players I had at the time. In retrospect, it […]
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15 May 2008
These oldies perform way beyond expectation and even have some special qualities that are rare in digital!
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19 November 2005
Ramping up to the high-end
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