Press Release What better way to kick off the new year than with our biggest update yet? Version 1.6 brings the brand new Roon Radio, integration with the Qobuz music service, and an improved user experience across several areas of the application.
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Press Release Qobuz, the European-based certified Hi-Res streaming and download service whose launch in the US has been highly anticipated in the audiophile community, announced today that it is now available for registration to US customers as an open beta. Initial US market beta users are being onboarded this week. Music aficionados looking for a premium audiophile experience can join the waitlist for the Qobuz beta here: http://on.qobuz.com/RH. Jupiter Condenser's latest production brings best of vintage sound and more into your mix Text and photos by Juan C. Ayllon Lead photo courtesy of www.tubeampdoctor.com The smell of silver solder and flux hung in the air. “Whatever you do, don’t let that lead touch the circuit board,” he cautioned, warning that a painful shock and serious equipment damage could result.
Text and photos by Juan C. Ayllon CHICAGO -- I already had their impressive subwoofer, so my interest was piqued with their curious looking satellite speakers when I heard them at AXPONA two years ago. I was impressed! Then, late this last summer and fall, I had a chance to audition a pair of the Hsu CCB-8 coaxial bookshelf speakers in my home.
They weigh 22 lbs. and are 15” tall, 10 ½” wide and 12 ½” deep. Featuring a magnetically attached black circular grill, the coaxial speaker features a yellow, eight-inch cast frame woofer with a 2˝ edge wound copper clad aluminum voice coil, which is coupled to an acoustically inert polypropylene cone and a well damped cloth surround. The wide dynamic range capability of this woofer matches the tweeter perfectly. They can be purchased on holiday special in either satin black or rosewood at $659 or $859 a pair, respectively. Text and photos by Juan C. Ayllon My heart sunk. I had just received the bad news: it was inoperable. And, like that, my vintage Mark Levinson amplifier was gone. Sold for “parts or ambitious DIY project.” I was heartbroken. I had searched for her high and low. How could I ever replace her?
What’s more, the timing couldn’t be worse. It was the holidays of all things. And, worse yet, my wife was getting fed-up with my audio expenditures and the prospects of breaking the news to her and telling her that we’d have to replace my amp was not something I savored. After breaking the news and enduring the blowback, I set out searching for its replacement. |
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