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Headphones
Sennheiser HD800 Headphones with Cardas Audio Cable
Phil Gold has posted a review of the Sennheiser HD800 headphones ($1399) with Cardas audio cable ($298) at Superior Audio. His conclusions: Like all the very best components, the HD800 doesn’t favor one type of music over another. It excels in solo piano, pop, jazz, folk, chamber music, opera, spoken voice. In fact the...
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Smyth Research Realiser A8 Headphone System
Kal Rubinson has posted an extensive review of the Smyth Research Realiser A8 Headphone System ($3360) in his regular Music in the Round column at Stereophile. His conclusions: Even more remarkable was the Realiser's ability to create a two-channel soundstage from two-channel sources. No longer was the CSO clustered inside my head, but arrayed...
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NuForce Icon HDP Headphone Amp/DAC/Preamp
Tom Martin has posted a review of the NuForce Icon HDP Headphone Amp/DAC/Preamp ($449) at Playback Magazine. His conclusions: As always, we should remind our gentle readers of the standard caveat that value is a function of your budget and your needs. That said, it is hard to imagine a logic that would find...
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