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Hi Mike, have you listened to or heard feedback about the new S2 vs the M2? Will the S2 perform as well as the M2? Thanks.

Following the launch of the Trio G3, Avantgarde has now introduced the corresponding G3 versions of the Uno and Duo. Based on the marketing brochure, the range has been slimmed down: - Uno SD - Duo SD - Duo GT Looks like the Duo Mezzo XD has been replaced by the Duo GT (unless AG is still...

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Explains the technical aspects of, and the challenges faced in, the design of the 101e mk 2. Goes into a fair bit of detail and is a good read. http://www.mbl.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020_06_101E_VuMetre_EN.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1PQHjPWaxjQ0t5HPuhl_D57gEa9y5eB7g_y4qkB-nN_8uyLmi8MlVFd9Q

Notice the little David among the Goliaths in Mike’s latest mbl 101e mk 2 install [emoji6]

Gryphon Essence amp & preamp It now uses a 20A C20 horizontal pin IRC AC inlet though. Better contact and current capacity. But not as easy to find power cords terminated with the corresponding C10 AC power plug.

New Gryphon Ethos CD player / DAC. Rather unique design but no streaming. Estimated price of €24,800 before tax ...so, fortunately, in line with current trends, it’s modular and designed to be upgraded in the field. https://www.stereonet.co.uk/news/gryphon-ethos-cd-player-and-dac-announced

Interesting insights from the chief engineer of mbl audio on his design approach for mbl products. He also mentions that he tunes not for an absolute sound but a target sound, which does evolve over the years. Initial 95% of the design by science / measurements with the remaining 5% tuned by...

They look quite good too, especially when certain parts of the speaker trim and grilles are also accented in the same colour as the coloured CF. Have seen the red CF WB Act One Revolution and probably a silver CF WB Discovery 2. Silver and Gold CF are available too. WB’s CF supplier is...

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http://positive-feedback.com/interviews/greg-timbers-jbl/ Quote Where do you see the ‘sweet spot' to be in a speaker? That is the midrange, bass, treble, sound staging, efficiency, etc.)? As I mentioned, I believe that solid Dynamic behavior is most important to get lifelike sound. Dynamics...

Looks like Aurender just announced a new category of product for CES 2016 (like Lumin did with the Lumin U1): http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/01/ces-2016-aurender-demo-a10-server-streamer-dac/ "A10 is a server/streamer with in-built DAC whose twin AKM4490 chips decode to dual mono...

Zero XD = Zero 1 Pro + Analog board (optional on Zero 1 Pro) + Zero XD software. This details how flexible the XD software is with respect to its EQ abilities (full range only for the Zero XD).

Does anyone have any impression of the Merging Technologies NADAC (network attached DAC)? Surprised that no one has mentioned this yet. See http://nadac.merging.com/nadac Accepts 44.1kHz – 384kHz PCM, DXD, DSD 64, DSD128, DSD256. Main USP appears to be the use of the RAVENNA protocol to...

New Lumiin M1 - integrated streamer + DAC + amp Looks like this category of products is getting popular. Similar to Dartzeel LHC-208 but at a different price level. Wonder how the SMPS + Class-D amplification will sound. No option for external PS upgrade, even for the DAC/streamer section...