Most intelligent folks understand that consulting a single expert to help out with audio systems is a risky proposition to one’s audio happiness. But when you take a bunch of experienced folks and compile / average what they think, their observations can be quite insightful.
This is exactly what we have here: Awards chosen by “representatives of “the world’s leading HiFi press publications.”
Read more at stereophile toward the bottom of the post.
http://www.stereophile.com/content/rmaf-2016-departures-and-arrivals#aIjUmOlLcwFyEVQi.97
http://www.stereophile.com/content/rmaf-2016-departures-and-arrivals#aIjUmOlLcwFyEVQi.97
Some interesting thoughts and observations based on what these elites think:
- These guys love dcs, but Chord DAVE is the king of DACs. Berkeley Ref, marketed so hard by the Computer Audiophile and TAS’s Harley not even nominated
- No “pure” dsd DACs even mentioned (Lampi, PS Audio, nagra, EMM, Playback, etc)
- Air force kicks ass over Kronos
- Gryphon integrated? Maybe it's as good as they say, but it’s not even sold in the US!?! What's up with that?
- Amplifiers: ayre kicks pass’s ass; pass not even on the list !???! neither is the old mark levinson
- B&W 800 D3 kicks magico s3 butt (maybe wolf should reach out to more reviewers)
- Wilson Alexx is the high end speaker king – how can one go wrong recommending Wilson? Haven’t seen any used Alexx on the used market, so owners like it also
- Severely analytical Senn 800 is king of headphones?!
- Chord Mojo is king headphone amp; Pass labs makes the headphones amp list, not amp list????
- Nordost ac cables?!
- No transparent or MIT signal cables?
- Audioquest Niagara beats shunyata triton ?!
- MQA best innovation
What do you guys think?
This is exactly what we have here: Awards chosen by “representatives of “the world’s leading HiFi press publications.”
Read more at stereophile toward the bottom of the post.
http://www.stereophile.com/content/rmaf-2016-departures-and-arrivals#aIjUmOlLcwFyEVQi.97
http://www.stereophile.com/content/rmaf-2016-departures-and-arrivals#aIjUmOlLcwFyEVQi.97
Some interesting thoughts and observations based on what these elites think:
- These guys love dcs, but Chord DAVE is the king of DACs. Berkeley Ref, marketed so hard by the Computer Audiophile and TAS’s Harley not even nominated
- No “pure” dsd DACs even mentioned (Lampi, PS Audio, nagra, EMM, Playback, etc)
- Air force kicks ass over Kronos
- Gryphon integrated? Maybe it's as good as they say, but it’s not even sold in the US!?! What's up with that?
- Amplifiers: ayre kicks pass’s ass; pass not even on the list !???! neither is the old mark levinson
- B&W 800 D3 kicks magico s3 butt (maybe wolf should reach out to more reviewers)
- Wilson Alexx is the high end speaker king – how can one go wrong recommending Wilson? Haven’t seen any used Alexx on the used market, so owners like it also
- Severely analytical Senn 800 is king of headphones?!
- Chord Mojo is king headphone amp; Pass labs makes the headphones amp list, not amp list????
- Nordost ac cables?!
- No transparent or MIT signal cables?
- Audioquest Niagara beats shunyata triton ?!
- MQA best innovation
What do you guys think?