2021 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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- Category: (2021) Headphones and Related
Price: $1699
Website: www.64audio.com
Brent said: My guess is that most audiophiles will enjoy the detail and general neutrality of the mids and the highs—and I bet audiophiles who don’t buy into the concept that high-end headphones shouldn’t have plenty of bass will love them.
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The gist: Very expensive but competes with the best.
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Price: $1299
Website: www.64audio.com
Brent said: While you might prefer a more trebly (or more bassy) set of earphones, I couldn’t find anything I didn’t like about these.
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The gist: 10 out of 10 for sound!
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- Category: (2021) Preamplifiers
Price: $24,999
Website: www.accuphase.com
Doug said: The C-2850 embodies the best of what a high-end hi-fi component is about—quality in every respect.
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The gist: Extreme Japanese thoughtfulness throughout.
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- Category: (2021) Stereo Loudspeakers Under $5000
Price: $1599 per pair
Website: www.acoustic-energy.co.uk
Gordon said: The AE1 Actives definitely held their own against the KEFs, which have already received a Reviewers’ Choice award.
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The gist: Add a DAC-preamp and you’re ready to go.
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Price: $49
Website: www.akg.com
Brent said: . . . for a set of knock-around headphones to use in places where you need sound monitoring and don’t want to fret too much about the headphones getting left on the floor and stepped on or run over with an office chair, they’re a great choice.
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The gist: You get your money’s worth with these.
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Price: $19,500
Website: www.allnicaudio.com
Howard said: [K.S. Park] set out on the apparently more difficult road of transformerlessness and has created something special in the directly coupled L-9000 OTL/OCL preamplifier, which sounds exceptionally immediate, detailed, and captivating.
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The gist: Far from another me-too tube preamplifier.
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Price: $17,000
Website: www.audioresearch.com
Aron said: Audio Research’s Reference 6SE preamplifier is a big step forward from their Reference 6 in terms of transparency, and thus in terms of all the sonic nuances that a superior preamplifier can communicate.
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The gist: Yet another in a long line of great ARC preamps.
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- Category: (2021) Power Amplifiers
Price: AU$24,995
Website: www.audioresearch.com
Travis said: . . . sonically speaking, it offers just enough of 'yesterday' to ensure that the grin on your face will last long after your first listen.
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The gist: Entry into ARC’s Reference series of amplifiers.
- Audio-Technica AT-PEQ30 Phono Preamplifier
- AudioControl The Director Model M4800 Eight-Channel Network DSP Matrix Amplifier
- Aurelia XO Cerica XL Loudspeakers
- Bluesound Node Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
- Bluesound Powernode Streaming Integrated Amplifier
- Bowers & Wilkins 705 Signature Loudspeakers
- Bowers & Wilkins 801 D4 Loudspeakers
- Bowers & Wilkins P17 True Wireless Earphones
- Bowers & Wilkins PX7 Carbon Edition Bluetooth Headphones
- Bryston B1353 Integrated Amplifier
- Bryston BR-20 Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
- Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M Digital-to-Analog Converter
- Campfire Audio Honeydew Earphones
- Campfire Audio Satsuma Earphones
- Chord Electronics 2go Streamer/Server & 2yu DAC Interface
- Classé Audio Delta Mono Amplifiers
- Classé Audio Delta Pre Preamplifier-DAC
- DALI IO-4 Bluetooth Headphones
- Definitive Technology Demand D17 Loudspeakers
- Denafrips Ares II Digital-to-Analog Converter
- Denafrips Terminator-Plus Digital-to-Analog Converter
- Dynaudio Heritage Special Loudspeakers
- EarFun Free 2 True Wireless Earphones
- EcoXGear EcoLantern Bluetooth Speaker
- Edifier Airpulse A300Pro Active Loudspeakers
- Emotiva Airmotiv GR1 Headphones
- Estelon X Diamond Mk II Loudspeakers
- Focal Aria K2 936 Loudspeakers
- Focal Celestee Headphones
- Harbeth SHL5plus XD Loudspeakers
- Heavenly Soundworks FIVE17 Active Loudspeakers
- HEDD Type 05 MK2 Active Loudspeakers and Bass 08 Powered Subwoofer
- Hegel Music Systems V10 Phono Stage
- Helius Designs Viridia Turntable and Phaedra Tonearm
- Hemingway Audio Cable Z-core Alpha, Beta, and Sigma Power Cords
- Heschl Audio Labs HAL 300 Power Amplifier
- HiFiMan HE400se Headphones
- iFi Audio iPhono3 Black Label Phono Stage
- ISOtunes Free True Wireless Earphones
- JBL 4349 Studio Monitor Loudspeakers
- JBL Xtreme 3 Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker
- Karan Acoustics Master Collection LINEb Preamplifier
- KEF Blade Loudspeakers
- KEF LS50 Wireless II Active Loudspeakers
- KEF Mu3 True Wireless Earphones
- Kinki Studio Vision THR-1 Headphone Amplifier
- Line Magnetic LM-34IA Integrated Amplifier
- Linn Klimax DSM Digital Music Player
- Linn Majik DSM/4 Network Music System
- Luxman D-03X CD Player
- Lyngdorf Audio TDAI-1120 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Magico A5 Loudspeakers
- Marantz PM-KI Ruby Integrated Amplifier
- Marantz SACD-30n SACD/CD Player and Streaming DAC-Preamp
- Meitner Audio MA3 DAC-Preamplifier
- MSB Technology Premier Digital-to-Analog Converter
- MSB Technology S202 Stereo Amplifier
- Musical Fidelity M6si Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- MUTEC MC-3+ Smart USB Reclocker & REF10 Reference Master Clock
- NAD C 298 Stereo/Mono Amplifier
- NAD Masters M28 Multichannel Amplifier
- Paradigm Founder Series 100F Loudspeakers
- Pro-Ject Audio Systems Debut Pro Turntable with Pick it Pro Cartridge
- PSB Alpha AM3 Powered Loudspeakers
- PSB Performance Wall Mount Home-Theater Speaker System
- Q Acoustics Q Active 200 Active Loudspeakers
- Rockna Wavelight Digital-To-Analog Converter
- Rotel CD11 Tribute CD Player
- Rotel Michi X5 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Rotel RA-1572MKII Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Sendy Audio Peacock Headphones
- Sennheiser IE 300 Earphones
- Siltech Classic Legend 680L Speaker Cables
- Sivga P-II Headphones
- Sonus Faber Lumina V Loudspeakers
- Sony SA-Z1 Active Nearfield Loudspeakers
- Sony WF-1000XM4 True Wireless Earphones
- Soundcore Life Q35 Bluetooth Headphones
- SPL Electronics Director Mk2 Preamplifier-DAC
- SPL Performer m1000 Monoblock Amplifiers
- SVS 3000 Micro Subwoofer
- The Funk Firm Houdini Cartridge Decoupler
- Theory Audio Design sb25 Loudspeakers
- Theory Audio Design Sys5.2.2.8515 5.2.2 Dolby Atmos Surround Speaker System
- Totaldac d1-direct Digital-to-Analogue Converter
- Triangle 40th Anniversary Comète Loudspeakers
- U-Turn Audio Orbit Special Turntable with Ortofon 2M Red Cartridge
- Vincent Audio SV-500 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- VPI Cliffwood Turntable with 2M Red Cartridge
- Yamaha YH-E700A Bluetooth Headphones
- Zesto Audio Andros Deluxe II Phono Stage