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L OU DSPE AKE RS: Does the T otem Mani - 2 st il l rate as one of t he w orl d ’ s tr uly grea t spea k ers? W e al so look at an economy spea k er from a n old fr iend, Cas tle. And a n af fordab le speaker wi th a Hei l t weeter . TH E COMPUT ER A S MUS IC SOU RCE: We get ou t hand s on th e newest Sq ueezebox, and f i nd tha t a comput er can [...]
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ASW Speak ers Q ED T arget V andersteen McCor mack Harmo ni x WB T Reimyo Apollo Gu tW ire FI M Accessories Goldring Milty P erfect Sou nd Nit ty Grit ty Gradient Speakers L A S T record care W A T T G ate Audiophile CD s Audiophile L P s DV D and SA CD J U S T M A Y A U D I O A S W G e n i u s 4 0 0 “I t has all th e v o l u m e y o u c o uld e [...]
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NU T S&B O L T S Spea ker Imped ance 1 8 by Paul Berg m an W h a t it mean s, how impeda nce af fe ct s per form ance , and how you ca n measu re you r spea kers’ ow n imp edance FE AT UR ES Montrea l 200 6 22 by G erard Rejskind A leisu rely tour of t he venerabl e Montrea l show , now in a new venue T our i ng t he N ew/ Old S how 2 5 by A [...]
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UH F Ma ga zin e No. 76 wa s pub lis hed i n May, 2 0 06 . Al l co ntents ar e copyr ight 2 00 6 by Broa dcast Canada. T hey may not b e r epro duce d o r t ransm itte d i n any for m, o r by any mean s, ele ctr onic o r mec hanic al, i nclud ing ph otoc opying, rec ordin g, or any info rmati on stor age or ret rieval syst em, wit hout wr itte n pe[...]
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D O G- E AR ED MAGA Z I N ES ? PH O O EY ! UL T R A HIGH FI DELIT Y , Bo x 65 085, Plac e Longu euil, LONGU EUIL , Qu é., Cana da J4K 5 J4 T e l.: ( 45 0) 65 1-5720 FAX: (45 0) 65 1-338 3 VIA T HE INTE RNET : h tt p ://w w w.uhfm ag.com /Subsc ript ion.h tml FOR 13 ISSUES: $62 .50 (Cana da ), U S$6 2.50 ( USA), C $ 1 18 ( elsew here, inc luding ai[...]
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The U HF Gu id e cos ts $14.95 (Ca nad a) plu s 7% GST (1 5% in N B, NS , NF), US $1 9.9 5 (USA) CA N$25 (el sew her e). The Worl d of High Fide lit y c ost s $ 21 .95 (Canad a) pl us 7 % GS T (1 5%HST in NB , NS , NF ), US $21.95 (U SA) o r CAN $30 (elsew her e). Se e ord er ing i nfor ma ti on on t he p revio us pa ge. A $5 d iscou nt applie s on[...]
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I’ d l ike to t ha nk you for publi sh ing t he componen t -by-component descr ip- t io n a n d e s p e c i a l l y t he p ho t o o f t he Omega s yst em on t he U HF W e b site. I have long been c ur ious to se e a photo of a ny of your t h ree sy stems , but si nce t hey a re work ing to ols I h ad a ssu med t hat t hey were, sh al l we say , l[...]
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Fee dback h ighl igh t i ng t heir t remendous i mag ing, dy na m ics a nd musica lit y . T o m N o r t o n , o f S t e r e o p h i l e a n d Ulti mate A V fa me, had a tota lly d if feren t opin ion of t he R C-7 0 t ha n you r te am. I n h is rev iew M r . Norton is quoted a s say i ng, “ t he R C-7 0 had superb over al l tona l bal ance” and[...]
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F ir st , le t me say that I bo ug ht both of your book s o n high fi d elity an d l oved th em . I al so received a cop y of your magazine an d have s ubsc ribed for the n ext t wo year s. I al so orde red six of the mos t c ur rent back is su es. I got ba ck into hi-fi abo ut t wo years ago af te r 1 5 or so year s a nd find mys elf wonde r - [...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Planet 20 0 0, Refe rence 3a M M de Capo -i speaker s, a Mo on I - 3 amp, an In ouye line f il t e r , A tl a s N av iga t o r c ab l e s, G utW i r e power cables, and Puresonic Competition flat speaker cabl es. My ques tio n i s wh at to upg r ade now? I am thinking of t rading up t o a Moon I- 5. I s t he re a big e no [...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e Pr obabl y not , M ic hel , be cau s e t he V ee na i s not su bst a nt ia l ly l ar ger t h a n t he M M De Capo, a nd indeed its woofer is sm a l ler. T he n ot able d i f f ere nce , of cou rse, is t h a t t he V e ena doe sn ’ t need a st and. W e prefer t he De C apo, but since our rev iew Reference 3 [...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e there’ s th e que st ion of speaker ca ble an d the connections between th e CD / amp. Is my little s yste m wo r th the really go od s t uf f ? I do n ’t want to s pen d mo re than I c an af ford, yet I want to get th e best res ults an d sound I can. Ever ybody I talk to has an opinio n, they’r e jus t all d if fere[...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e up r ad io-f requ enc y noi se a nd f eed i n g it i n to t he s ystem t h rough t he grou nd, a nd it a lso prevents cert ai n componen t s, pa r t ic u la rl y d ig it a l co mpone nts , f ro m rad iati ng d igit al noise where it c an get i n to place s it s hould n ’ t . Though some powe r cab les h ave[...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e may now , t herefore, ma ke sense. O r it may n ot. I t’ s your choice which horse to bet on. A t r ue te st wou ld requ ire havi ng t wo L P-12’ s t h at a re a b so lut e ly id en t ic a l, get t ing one of them mod ified, a nd then hav i ng bot h properly adjusted by some- one who did n ’ t have a v[...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e I ju s t picked up yo ur m ag azine f or the fi rs t t ime a nd lo ve it . I es pec ially e njo yed The H igh Fidelit y Dig ita l Jukebox ( in U H F No. 7 4) and lo oke d up yo ur p reviou s ar ticl es on the CEC DA5 3 a nd the iP od. I w ou l d l ike t o k n o w wha t wo u l d b e necessar y to make a “h i-fi” sys te[...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e familiar w ith m any of th e au diophile mag a- zines, and I think yo urs is th e mos t objec tive and infor m ative of all of th em. It makes me pro ud to kno w that s uch a g reat m ag azine com es f rom Ca nad a. No w o n t o the CE C DA5 3 co nver te r . Af ter read ing your re view i n U H F No. 72 , I pu rch ased a DA[...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e s ystem. The A udiomat Op éra, w it h its much larg er p ower s upp ly , wa s lis tened to o n t he O meg a s y st em , be c aus e we t h oug h t ( correct ly as i t tu rned o ut ) t hat i t co uld ha n dle o ur Re fer en ce 3 a Su p rem as, w i t h t heir pu sh-pull passive s ubw oofers. The C opland CT A- [...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e vel ea feu iscipit do lorer ip eu f acin i m ing eni m zzr il lumsa n veraessecte v er sectem do lo bor auga i t, sed de liqua t, qu ism odion er c ip s u m sa nd r e t et a d ia m, s it ad ipi t luptat. Sa n d rem d olen i m volo rem dele s s e n ismolo re do loree t uer aest r ud t ate c on he nd re d it ip is c i l it la[...]
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Fee dback Fre e A dvic e zzr i liq u ipisis dolorem quat i ng exeriu re t e t u m i n h e n i m v e n t n o n s e q u a m e t ad ion s e qu at u ms a n h en it lo r i r i l iqu at pr ae s s eq u at . U l la or p er a l i sm ol u pt at . Bor a l iqui bla nd i t nost o eu facc u msa n v o l o r e v u l l a c o n s e q u i s l d o l o r i u s t i s a [...]
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Fee dback Nu ts&B ol t s W h at is t he impeda nce of yo u r lo ud s pe a k er s ? I s it 8 ohm s? O r 4 oh ms? P erhaps you k now t hat it i s not ju st a si ngle nu mber , but wh a t di f ference does it ma ke any way? At t he ver y lea st you a re no doubt aw a re t hat a s p ea k er w it h a v er y lo w impe dance can present a p roblem for[...]
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Fee dback Nu ts&B ol t s R at her more fo rm id able i s t he h ig her par t of t he c ur ve, sp ecifica lly t he imped- a nce at 6 k H z. A s you ca n see, it r ise s well ov er 20 Ω . W hat w il l t hi s mean for t he poor a mp l ifier? L et u s c on s id e r f i r s t a s ol id s t at e ampl ifier , t he t y p e mos t p eopl e use. It is[...]
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Fee dback Nu ts&B ol t s do e u g a it l a mc o n e t u m i n i a m i ps u m zzr i lla f eui s au t num mol or sequat. Num san veliqu ipi t pr a t pra t. U t lam, vent et i n hen i m quat ad t ie er il utat ue mag n im il i l isci te do del iquatu m iu sto en i t nu llu m en im do eug ait er sequ isis d e l i s a l i q u i p i t p r a e s e d u[...]
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Go od e n o u gh UHF u s es t h e m ! Thi s remarkable c able is f rom A tlas. Unlik e so man y cab le companies, this Scottish company k eeps m arku ps reasonable. Nav igat or All- Cu i s made from strands of pure copp er , e ach draw n from a sing le cr y stal. So are the connectors. The Nav igat or All-Cu p assed a blind test in UHF No . 7 1 . C[...]
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I t se ems f orever t hat t he Mon t real show has b een at t he Del ta ho tel, r ig ht do w nto w n . T he D elt a w a s a g reat venu e for h i-fi compan ies look in g f or s ol idly-bu i lt r oom s w hose acoust ic s you could work wit h. It wasn’ t so g ood f or t hose ne ed i ng va st sp ace , a nd t he show had long spil led over i nto ad [...]
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Fee dback Feat u r e A u r u m A c o u s t i c s (f r o m New found land) wa s b ack w it h t he fin al version of i ts aston ish- ing t r i-amp li fied lou dspea ker (i t comes w it h its ow n amp s, fou r of wh ich are si ngle-ended t ube u n i t s). N ow t h a t t h e s y s t e m ( i n c l u d i n g t h e m a n i f e s t l y ex cel le nt C D p[...]
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Fee dback Feat u r e a rr ive i n store s s oon. T hat i nclude s t he A r t ik u la t spea kers ( sh own on page 2 7), a nd t he new M ajik st r ict ly t wo - cha n nel component ser ies. I’ve a lready aske d to rev iew t he Majik CD, wh ich w ill replac e bot h the Gen k i a n d I kemi, w it h a pr ic e s it u ate d ab out m idwa y . Before you[...]
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Fee dback Feat u r e “ L o o k a t t h e b e a u t i f u l t u b e s ,” s a i d a v i s ito r a s h e w a l k e d i nto t he r oo m, c a l l i ng h i s f rien d ov er to a tabl e display , completely obliv ious to t he music b ein g played. There it is . I th i nk I’ve cracked t he m y s te r y of w h y t he re a r e so f ew fe ma le aud ioph[...]
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Fee dback Feat u r e lo c k s a n d a pair o f l a r g e V i l l a - R e a l e s p e a k - ers. It was a l ivel y a nd won- der f u l ly s y ncop ated vers ion of the legendar y Brub eck composit ion. W e h a d a no t he r t re at o n L P s w it h My Fu n n y V alenti ne f rom t h e 7 0’ s direct -t o-disc album Th e Great Ja zz T rio Direc t f r[...]
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Fee dback Feat u r e ci n el i n velesto dit utat. Ut lu t a t amco - num velen is acc u m il isl eu feu m my nos a c c u m d i o d o l u m nost r ud t ie vel en im di am nonsec tet w is d io n s e q u i s m o d o - lore consed du isi. O d m o d i g n i m i nc i e x e a fe u m sa n hen im nos dolor t ie c o n s e v e l iq u i s i s i m v e l e s s [...]
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Fee dback Feat u r e t a t num du n t acc u m ip et um my nulpute vel ul la f acil isi. Du i psum quamcor e tatis acin hen dre ea con h enismo lo ree t aut luptat nu m qu ipsu m s and ign it a li s eu is dol oreet a met um al iqua m cor t io de l d olore d olum del ing ex eug ait aci bla core feu feug iat i pit, com mol o rp erost r ud euipit prat [...]
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Fee dback Feat u r e U t a t n u l l a n d r e mo d ip it w i s mo do lob ore m od it u l l a feum v eri t a u te fa c- c u m m o d o l o r e e t iusc il e x eliquat. C i l i q u a t u e r a d eu i blam , sis si t isi blamcon ul lum mo lutate et , su m a lit non hendip eu ipit al iq u ismod dol essis er iusto exeriure conum ex et dig ni m do lo- bo[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room W e r e w e t h e v e r y f i r s t ever to rev iew a T otem loudspea ker? W e t h i nk so. It w as of cour se t he or i g i n a l T ote m , t he Mo de l O ne . W e were i mpressed w ith it, as we st il l are, a nd we eagerly a wa i ted t he M odel T wo. This wa s t he Model T wo, wit h a clever pu n ident if y i ng it [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room t h at it wou ld b e a l l r ig ht if w e d id n ’ t t u r n u p t he v ol u me t o o h i g h ( lo o s e t r a n s l at i on : o n Ne w Y ea r s ’ Ev e k ee p t he i nebr iat es aw ay f rom t he s y st em). How ever we did have to r u n the sy stem loud er t ha n us ua l, because t he Ma ni-2 ’ s 85 dB s en sit i [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room eros dolore d i pisi m dolu- t a te m a g n a a d d ol ob o re mol or peros et ut al it n on- s e q u at a c c u m n u l l u p t at ac i l l aore et ut at lut e m i n hendre core dolore f eum d ip eu m a l is ci n ci l it e u m acipisi m dipisi. D u i s i e x e n i m e s s e du nt do lut d olor e d u ip it e u m m o d t[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room facc u m ver su st r ud dig n ibh e n t e r o o d o l o r e m d u i e r si s ad ig n a fe ui s el it l a con hendion se ctem in eug ia mc o n se q u i s de l i t , s u m s a n e t nonsequ is n ibh eug ait nos- t i n i at ut at . D u i b la or s i m dolob or e ve n is se m i n e u is ni m i nci p enibh enit il digna at l[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room D o es t he n a me r i ng a b el l? M e n t i o n E L A C a n d w e t h in k of t u rntables of long a g o , o r m o r e r e c e n t l y o f phono c a r t r idge s. I nde ed, E L A C ( t he na me is a c on t rac t ion of El ect roa cu st ic ) was t he fi r st to ma ke a rel a t ively inex- pens ive phon o ca rt r idge [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room sum augue co n h en t u lla feuguer ci eu faci ent al is nonse feugia m d ion eni am qu am vol essi b lam quisc in cil iqua t a metu msa n heni m dolore du is ad er at ad io eug iam nis nulla con um dip exer sim qu i psus cip- su scipis n ia m, qua met ut pat ir i t velenit, se feu fe uga it la ad e ssequ at. U t aut a [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room S o he re ’ s Cas tle again… w i th a n ew Ca nad ian d ist ributor , but t hen agai n new o w n ership too. Castle was fo unded many years ag o by a g rou p of for mer W ha r fedale exec ut ives, wh o ha d l eft wh en t he a ptly -name d Ran k org a n iz at ion h ad b ought W ha r fed a le. Thos e e xecs are n ow r[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room gett ing the ton e w ro ng on a co up l e of t h e rea lly la rge dr u ms. But be cause t he b ass response is necessar ily li mited, t he pro b- lem wasn’ t more t ha n detec table. Much more not iceabl e wa s t he f ur ious rhy t h m a nd t he energ y . T hat odd scraped gourd in the i n t roduct ion came on w ith p[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room G ot an a mpli fier ? G ot head- phon es? No w how d o you p l u g t h e s e c o nd i n t o t h e fi rst? Head pho nes have long been a n alter- nat ive l isten i ng met hod for t hose whos e par t ners don ’ t share t heir mu sical t aste s. Or t hose wit h t h in w al ls. I n re cen t yea rs t he idea of li sten i[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room complicated t h i ngs . Here ’ s how we solved t he problem. The sou rce we selec ted for t hese t est s was a combinat ion of our CEC TL5 1X be lt-d r iv en t ra n s po r t a nd t he Be nc h- m a r k DA C 1 c o n v e r t e r r e v i e w e d i n our la st iss ue. W e d id t h a t bec ause t he Benchmark ’ s head ph [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room T his h e a d p h on e am p is from th e sa me Ger ma n company t hat m a k e s t h e p h on o p r e a m p o f n e a r l y t h e s a m e n a m e . I t i s , a s y o u w i l l h a v e o b s e r v e d , n e i t h e r black nor a c ube, but o h w e l l . T h e p o w e r supply is b u ilt in, and so it has a st a ndard IEC [...]
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CONN OISS EUR SIN GLE- ENDE D AMP Conno isseur SE-2 single -en ded 30 0B integrated tube amp lifie r . Thi s is the latest version up graded by the fac tor y and featured in UHF 72. H igh curre nt with lots of drive. Per fect c ondition wit h low hours. New: $ 345 0, Selling: $ 1 80 0. Contac t: burekp@mc master . ca or (9 05)29 6. 1 203. TOTEM MA [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room n a t u r a l , p r o v - i n g o n c e a g a i n t h at t he s ibi l a nt ar t if act s we of ten hear are t he res ult of p r ob le m s i n t he playback , n ot t he or ig i- na l recordi ng. But it’ s no t e ven t he voice t h at s t r i k e s y ou fi r s t . R at he r it’ s t he p er fec t b al a nce of voice ,[...]
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EAC H ISSU E co sts $ 6.4 9 (in Ca nad a) plu s ta x (1 5.0 3% in Qu éb ec, 15% in N B, NS a nd NF , 7% in o the r Provi nce s), US$6 .49 i n th e USA , CAN $1 0.75 els ewh ere (ai r mai l inc lud ed) . THE A NNI VE RSARY CO LLECT IO N (iss ues 7- 19 exce pt 1 1, 1 5, 17 and 18) in clu des 9 i ssu es bu t cos ts li ke 5. Fo r VIS A or Ma ste rCa r[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room I n U HF No. 7 5 we explai ned h ow to use A ppl e’ s iT u nes prog ra m ( f ree for W i ndow s a nd M ac O S X ) t o get i nst a n t acce ss to a va st music l i bra r y . W hat wa s not ev iden t was how to li sten wit hout t ak ing a huge p erfor- ma nce h it. A ver y f ew c ompu ters have d i g i t a l o u t pu t [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room we k no w well, and li stened to t hem on our t wo-box player: a CEC b el t -d r iven t ra nsp ort a nd our Cou n ter point D AC. W e t h e n c o n ne c t e d t h e S q u e e z e b ox to t he D A C usi ng t he sa me coa x ial d ig it a l c a ble (a n A t l a s O p u s, i n a 1.5 m l en g t h). L is te n i n g w a s done[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room eraese n d ion um zz ri ll a feu ipis modolut adip eu is dolessi. Iq uametuera t n ulla m c ommo l ore con utat uer ost i nit nos eug iam n os adionse d eu isi ex eri l il ismod te te mod et adionse q u i s s ent a l i qu i s i t e d ol up t at i n g e n i t ea a l i s ac c u m sa n v ele ss ec t em do lor pe rost r ud [...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room tet lor e t io e ug ait ad m ag n it ut pat la feu m ni sl exerci l luta- t io con sed t atem z zr i l it a l iq- ua m quat ut pat wi sit praest ie feu isi m num do od exer auga i t du is s e et lu m sa n e t u er ci l is it nonsec tet wis si blamcon utpat ver os t io et w i si te t ue ros no s autat lutat prat , c ommy[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room Li st e ni ng Room veli sl ing el er sus ci ll utpat i n henibh ese du is al it, su sci l dolesto coreet et vel et nummy nul la adi t lo rp er o odo d ol upta t ie verost i ng . A ltern ati ves T he c heap e s t we k now o f i s f ro m Apple. The A i rp ort Ex pre ss looks l ike t he l itt le power s upply t hat comes w[...]
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Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room I t st r uck u s when we were pack i ng up t o g o t o V eg a s f or C E S a n d T . H. E . Show : e ac h ye a r we ne ed m o r e a n d m o r e c h a r g e r s t o g o a ny where. Not a ll of ou r ch arg ers a re related to aud io , t o b e s u r e, t ho ug h s ome o f t h e m a r e . T wo o f u s w e n t a l o n g t o [...]
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Fee dback Ci n em a A s we w rite t h is (and probab ly as you rea d t h i s ), t he for mat batt l e for t he next silver au dio/ v i deo disc is st ill on. Y e s, i t w il l af fec t audio as well a s v ideo. Let ’ s rec api t u late. O n o n e s i d e a r e T os h iba , N E C , a nd — p e r h a p s m o r e i m p o r - ta nt — the D V D F o[...]
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Fee dback Ci n em a T h at c ou ld ju s t me a n mor e c ha n nel s (8 .1 c h a n ne l s u r r ou nd i s on e o f B lu - R ay’ s opt ions ), or i t could a lso mea n les s compress ion. Or no compression. Bu t h er e w e’r e t a l k i n g a b o ut t h e v i deo disc. Could one of the new formats al so be tomorrow ’ s higher fidelit y a udio [...]
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T he fir s t tim e w e ever met Vin ce B r u z z e s e h e w a s s h o w i n g a prototype of a ver y small speak er with what seemed at the t ime like an abs urdly high pr ice. W e'r e gla d to say that we e nc ou rag ed hi m t o pe rse ve re, and the r es t is h is to r y : the tiny “ove rpr iced” speaker tu rned out to be the T otem Mo[...]
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Fee dback R en de zvous t h a t , w i t h t h e r i g ht e q u i p me n t , t h e Ma n i- 2 rem ai ns to day one of t he mo st f or m id ab le a nd mo s t c om mu n i c at iv e spea kers av ai labl e. U H F : I nsi de the M ani-2 , the t wo woofer s are facing each other? Br u zz e se : N o, t h e y ’ re b ac k-t o -b ac k . T h e y' r e c o[...]
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57 TH E A U DI OP HI LE STORE ww w .uhfmag.com/Audio phileSto re.html SUPER A N T EN NA Unli ke a wh ip, a dipole is bid irec tiona l, so you ca n orient it. O urs ha s no sw itch to muck th ings up, a nd with a 1.8m low -loss 75 ohm cable a nd gold -plated push-on F connec tor, i t ha s low inte rna l loss. It s broa dba nd design c overs the ch a[...]
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THE A UDI OP HI LE STORE 58 ww w .uhfmag.com/Audio phileSto re.html T ENDER F EET Mach ine d cones a re wonderf ul th ings t o put under sp eak ers or othe r audio equipme nt. The y anchor it mec han ical ly a nd decouple it a coustic al ly at t he sa me tim e. T ender feet come i n var ious ver sions: ta ll (as show n ) or flat tene d, in eit her[...]
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59 THE A UDIO PH I LE STORE ww w .uhfmag.com/Audio phileSto re.html Just Li ke Love (SACD /L P ) The ne west f rom Er ic Bibb, les s orient ed to G ospe l and more t o Blues. Bibb’s group, Need ed Tim e, is not he re, but he’s surrou nded by h al f a doze n fine musici an s. A nice r ecord ing. Hy brid di sc, w ith a CD l ayer and a Sup er[...]
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THE A UDI OP HI LE STORE 60 ww w .uhfmag.com/Audio phileSto re.html Bes t of the Red A r my Chor us (CD ) The 1989 L P is fina ll y on CD: Da rk Eye s, the Volga Boa t Song, Mos cow Night s, and e ven the old S oviet a nthe m. By fa r the b est-soundi ng di sc of th is lege ndar y en semb le. A los a ncest ros (CD ) Cuba n-born Ca rolos Pla ce[...]
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6 1 TH E A UDI OPH I LE STORE ww w .uhfmag.com/Audio phileSto re.html Burgos , who conduct s the Ne w Phil ha rmon ia. B eauti fu lly r ema ster ed fr om the or igin al 1963 ta pe. Audio phile Re feren ce I V ( SACD ) A st unn ing sa mpler, with re cogn iz able aud iophi le selec tion s you have never h eard s ound th is goo d! Ca fé Blue (HDC[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e W e are in Peterbo rough, in the P r ov in ce o f O nt ar i o, C a n a d a . T h i s e v e n i n g the re i s a b en e fit co n cer t for the vic tim s of severe fl ooding, an d the lo cal hockey are na has bee n t ur ned i nto a con cer t h all . The mood i s fever ish, for to nig ht mark s the retu r n of a hero. F or th[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e h is w i n n ing per for ma nce at T oronto’ s fabled Mas sey H al l. I naug u rated i n 1 894 a nd renovated s e v e r a l t i m e s s i n c e , M a s s e y H a l l i s al ready celebrated for t he a r t ist ic e ven t s held t here. Ou r you ng a r t ist w i ll ma ke si ng ing t here a habit. I n t he mea nti me, to h is[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e Elv is P resley a nd Barbra St reisa nd. A n d o h y e s…b y B ob D y l a n , w ho hol ds Light foot in t he h ighest e steem. A h istor ical i nterlud e F o r som e Ligh tfoot is a pai n ter , u sing h is g uit ar for a br ush. He says a s much i n one song: If you want to kn ow my sec ret Do n ’ t com e ru nnin ’ af [...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e major A meric an con cer t ha lls ( Car negie H a ll a nd t he L i nc ol n Ce nte r ), a cr os s Canada, a nd to t h e vario us sum m er festi- val s. He is by now a v i rt uoso g u itar ist on both t he six a n d t wel ve str ing g uita r . H is rec ord col lec t ion g row s to pr od ig ious propor t io ns , and m any of t [...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e Big 707 set to go But I ’m st uck here in the grass W here the cold win d blows A d isa ster , a homel ess ma n look ing for hu ma n w ar mt h, a wom an he r u n s acro ss i n h is t r avels… we fol low da il y l ife t h rough hi s eyes . Li ke ma ny a t rou- badour who h as t rod t he ro ads of here a nd e ver y where, [...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e W h a t about t he Ligh t foot st yle? He ha s been ca l led a c rooner , a nd I leave it to you to judge. W hat I hear is a superb barit on e v oi ce , o nly m ode ra te ly powe rf ul but a lway s i mpres sive , a nd s omet i mes t roubli ng . W hen he si ngs , he seem s t o si ng for you alone. The a r tis t hono red G o r[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e Beet hoven: Ham merk lav ier Sonata s A nton Kuer t i Anal ekta F L 2 3 1 87 Les sar d: H amm erklavie r is t he G er ma n ter m for pianofor te — it w as or igi na lly c a l le d t h e “ h a m me r k e y b o a r d . ” T h e ex pres sion dates from a t i me of g row in g G e r m a n r e si s t a n c e t o t h e i n c r[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e pay i ng f or it, a deta il t hat subsequent ly t o o k o n a c e r t a i n i m p o r t a n c e). T h e reas on I hadn’ t heard t hem: Doria n had rei nven ted public relat ions, apparent ly usi ng N ort h Korea as a mod el, and wh en was t h e last t ime y ou r eceiv ed a CD from P yong ya ng? But wit h t he bac k cata lo[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e lo w ing t heir secret marr iage. Eliz abe t h ’ s let ters to her si ster i n spire d compo ser Dom i n ick A rge n to to w r ite t hes e fi ve song s for t he wonde r f u l mezz o- sopra no Fr ed e r i c a v on St ad e : C a sa G u i d i , t he Italia n Cook and the English Mai d, Ro ber t Bro wning, The D eath of Mr . [...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e large or chest ra and a choir o f 1 5 0 voices, a s we l l a s t h re e h a nd- pic ke d s oloi st s , t e n o r H u g h S m i t h , m e z z o s o p r a n o St eph a n ie Bl y t h e, a nd ba r it one M a rk Os wald. T hey a re accompa nied b y t he enti re fa mi ly of str i ngs and woodw inds , bra ss and percu ssion of a ll[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e And the daylight o ’ er the p avem ent quite has faded , And the s tr ong [ death- m arch ] enw r aps me. The moo n gives you light And the bugles a nd dr um s give you m usi c, And my hear t , O my soldie rs, My heart g ives you lo ve. Th at tex t is f rom renow n poet W a lt W h it ma n. Now l isten to t he ba ritone i n[...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e On t he ot her ha nd, he wa s able to hear t he folk music idiom of h is nat ive la nd t h rough f resh ear s. I ndeed “nat ive la nd” i n t h is c a se d oe s n’ t me a n wh at one m i ght a ss u me. T o ot he r Eu rop e - a ns “ Spa n ish mu sic” mea nt t he mu sic of A n d a lu s i a. I f a nu mb er o f Fr en c [...]
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Fee dback Sof t w a r e Poetics Cor poron / Nor t h T ex as W ind Sy mph. K l avier K1 1 1 5 3 Rejski nd: Th is is one of a long-r u n ni ng ser ies of w ind re cordi ngs on K lav ier by t h is fir st -rate orchest r a. I t h in k t he t itle may have been chose n at ra ndom, but what it conta i ns is wor t hy of a nyone’ s at t e nt i on f or b[...]
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I s h i-fi — o r c ons u mer elec t ro n ics i n gene ra l — get t ing tougher to su r v ive i n? C ha nge has cla imed a nother v ict im , a major Can adia n d ist r i butor . T he c om p a n y i s K o rb o n t r ad i n g, wh ich was al ready fi ve yea rs old when U HF was created in 1 9 82 . Ken Simpson had worked at t he company impor t in[...]
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Fee dback Gos sip&New s Gos sip&New s Y ou h ave to be int r ig ued by t he ad: “Home stereo. Reinvented. ” W e li ke t he way home s tereo has b een mov ing ju st fi ne, t h an k s ver y much , but does Apple C o mp ut e r (w ho s e o n -l i ne a d t h i s i s) act u al ly have a bet ter idea? It do es n ’ t look t h at wa y . T he [...]
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Fee dback Gos sip&New s Gos sip&New s Almarr o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 Ap p l a use A u di o . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 A rt e c h El ectr o ni c s . . . . . . . . . . 9 , 1 3 ASW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C o v e r 2 Atl as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 Au di o ma t . . . . . . . . . . . . . C o v e r 3 Au di o[...]
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I s music i mport a n t to a ll hu ma ns? I would say so, a nd it ex plai ns why t he fi r st hu ma n s b eg a n t o m a k e music even before t hey di scovered fi re, or weapons w it h wh ich to k i ll ot her huma n s. W e k now , becau se we’v e fou nd rema in s of thei r in st r u men ts . W e a lso k now t h at music is not l is- tened to t[...]
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Br oad cast Canad a publ ishe r o f U HF in v i t es y ou t o i ts o ther on l ine bou ti que that o ffers luxury audi o ele ctronic s of uni que val ue a t unique pr ic es. The leg endary V a n den Hul ampl iers and pr eamps The in ter na tiona l ve rsiono f an a c cla imed tube headphone ampl ie r . And more. w w w .a ud i oph i l eb ou t i[...]
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T h e n e w R o k s a n M S e r i e s - 1 Justice A udio 1 1 1 Zenw a y Blv d., Un it 9 WOODBR IDGE, ON L4H 3H9 T el . : ( 905 ) 2 65- 8675 • F ax : ( 9 05) 265- 85 95 w w w .j ustice aud io .c om sales @ jus t ice audi o .c om S E E A N D H E A R T H E M A T T H E S E R O K S A N D E A L ER S A C R O S S C A N A D A S p i n n e r s S o u n d K a[...]