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Abyss AB-1266 Planar MagneticHeadphones ReviewThe journey is the destination.Review ByDave HansonThe practice of building a home system and tweaking it toperfection is a time-honored tradition among music lovers and audiophiles. And I'm not just talking about buying equipment and is plainly evident within myreview of the Abyss AB-1266 headphones and you'll soon learn. It's aboutperfecting the angle of the speaker. Damping the reflective surfaces of theroom. Perhaps even rewiring the electrical sockets in search of that last one ortwo percent. Few understand this practice better than Joe Skubinski of JPSLabs, a man who has built a name for himself in the world of high-end cables... In his first headphone, the Abyss AB-1266 ($5495 for this Deluxe version and$4495 in Lite version), Skubinski has captured some of the magic of the personaljourney to audio perfection and scaled it down to size.--- Abyss AB-1266 planar magnetic headphones review. Coming May 28th is Chesky Records' Whole Lotta Love in truelossless high-resolution 24-bit/192kHz featuring Obed Calvaire, Bob Franceschini, Kevin Hays, and Orlando Le Fleming. Whole Lotta Love: The Music of Led Zeppelin album features the quartet playing jazz arrangements of some of Led Zep's most famous tracks like"Immigrant Song," "Kashmir," and "Whole Lotta Love." Due to the current social situation, the album is a departure from the traditional Chesky Records single microphone recording technique. Instead, they used multipletrue high-resolution lossless 24-bit/192kHz ribbon mics while the musicians were in isolation booths to ensure their safety.--- Chesky Records Whole Lotta Love in 24-bit/192kHz.Xavian Electronics Quarta Evoluzione LoudspeakerXavian Electronics has improved their Quarta Evoluzione loudspeaker(€11.990 per pair including 21% VAT) in the spirit of classic models with this name. They have improved the frequency response and overall sound quality, especially by adjusting the parameters and components of the crossover, more sophisticated internal damping, and other bits. The crossover now features 1% tolerance Mundorf resistors and 3% tolerance Mundorf and Jantzen voice coils and capacitors. Each pair is matched to within +/-0.5dB and there are two sets ofloudspeaker wire binding posts for bi-amp'ing / bi-wiring.--- Xavian Electronics Quarta Evoluzione loudspeaker.HiFi Media's April 2021 issuefeatures a memoriam of Tim de Paravicini while Alfred Vassilkov of Estelon talks about sound from the north. Reviewswithin this issue include the Grado Gold3 Opus3 phono cartridge, Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO turntable, Pass Labs HPA-1 headphone amplifier, SMSL SU-9 Bluetooth DAC, PMC twenty5.21i loudspeaker, and Erzetich Thalia portable on-ear headphones. Other gear assessments include the AudioQuest Niagara 1200 power conditioner Monsoon power cable, Bose TV soundbar Module 500 active subwoofer, Denon AVC-6700H 8K AV receiver, Bose QuietComfort noise canceling earbuds, Moondrop Starfield Moondrop SSR in-ear headphones, and Sennheiser CX 300S in-ear headphones. There's also a special jazz interview with Lee Konitz where he says, "Music should come from the realm of the unconscious. --- See what's within HiFi Media's April 2021 issue.A Primer: Attending An Audio ShowPlus a few tasty bits of insiderinfo you need to know.Article By Steven R. RochlinHi guys and gals in AudioLand.With all these show reports contained within the Enjoy the Music.compages, i felt you would be interested in what it takes to cover shows asa humble writer looking to get scoops on all the groovy gear. First comes makingall the arrangements. The airline tickets, the hotel reservation, the rentalcar... Nothing hard with that except being a bit strenuous on your wallet. Haveyou seen what these hotel rooms cost? Almost 300 sheckles for the 'phileCity show... each night! Hmmm, being short on cashola i guess it will be funstaying at the YMCA for me again this year....--- A Primer: Attendingan audio show.Digital Audio Consumption Grows,EvenIn A PandemicArticle By Ted Green, President Of The Stratecon Group, Inc.In new data from eMarketer, we learn that digital audio continues to grow even in the wake of a global pandemic. And by grow, they mean that the time users spend listening to this type of content continues to increase. Early in the pandemic, this didn't necessarily look like it would be the case, as homebound consumers turned to traditional TV or social media (or both) leading many researchers to suggest digital audio would lose someground. Many market researchers, including eMarketer, had predicted that digital audio would be hit hard by the pandemic. Why would they think that? Because conventional wisdom had it that most users enjoyed listening to this kind of content during their commute to/from work.--- Digitalaudio consumption grows...CH Precision — A PostscriptReviewThree months after the dust settled on lastissue's marathon project covering CH Precision's all analogue A1.5, P1, L1, X1 amplifier system, some more aspects came tomind.Review By Martin CollomsWhile I was in the thick of considering the CH Precision A1.5, P1, L1 and X1late last year, such was the complexity and range of settings and modes and connections, and not least power supply options, that a considered overview was somehow just out of reach. Moreover, those continued and complex evaluations were inevitably constrained by particular circumstances in that more extended trial and error methods to establish quality limits could have added value, for example exchanging multiple cables in all positions, signal, and loudspeaker, and also mains connection methods, whether central or extended line. Then there is the matter of optimising the choices and subsequent alignment of anti-vibration frames and optional intermediarysupports.--- CH Precision — A Postscript. World Premiere Review!AGD The Audion MKII MonoblockAmplifier ReviewThe Audion MkII takes this prized monoblock to the next level.Review By Rick BeckerTo be asuccessful manufacturer it is imperative to know when to draw the line onproduct development and call it ready for production. The problem is mostdesigners know the creative process can go on indefinitely. Technology rarelystands still. What is cleverly called "passion" often can be arguably describedas an obsessive-compulsive addiction to perfection. Those who cannot draw theline and commit to even small-scale production become artisans of serial, uniqueproducts, no two of which are alike. A clever way to avoid this trap is modularconstruction. Alberto Guerra was thinking several chess moves in advancewhen he came out with his stunning Vivace monoblock Class D amplifiers with GaNMOSFET transistors.--- AGD The Audion MKIImonoblock amplifier review.Audience adeptResponse aR6-T4 Passive Power ConditionerWith Audience's frontRow powerChord ReviewReacquaint yourself with the art of deep listening.Review By Dr. MichaelBumpI recentlycame across an article written in early March 2020 by LA Times Staff Writer,Randall Roberts. The write-up, entitled, The Lost Art of Deep Listening:Choose an album. Lose the phone. Close your eyes, is offered as a challenge(to those who are otherwise not of an audiophile persuasion) to listen with allmanner of intent as if binge-watching all seven seasons of Sons of Anarchy(which I admittedly have done now on three occasions). The assignment: Clearyour schedule for the next three hours of all distractions. Choose three fullrecordings from your collection and put them in an ordered queue (as if you wereprogramming a triple feature binge-watch). Then, close your eyes, and justlisten... Roberts reflects, "There was a time when listeners treated the mereexistence of recorded sound like a miracle – a wonder, a kind of time travel.Vintage images from the space age, recalling couples seated around theirhigh-fidelity systems as if being warmed by a fireplace. --- Audience adeptResponse aR6-T4 passive power conditioner with Audience's frontRowpowerChord. FiiO FD5 Flagship Dynamic In-Ear Monitors (IEM) Review You can teach an old dog new tricks!Review By Paul Schumann As Iapproach the big 6-0, I have become more mindful of the choices I make and how Ispend my time. I am constantly asking myself, "How can I get the most out ofthis day?" Sure, I still waste too much time on Facebook and YouTube, but Istill try to block out some time each day for something that will challenge mein some way. It might be trying a new recipe, coming up with a new teachingstrategy, working on a new audio equipment project, listening to a newchallenging piece of music, attempting a new yoga pose, or watching a new show.Included in this endeavor is reviewing new and different pieces of equipment. Thanks to Steven's benevolent leadership, I have been able to listen to, andwrite about a wide variety of high-end pieces of equipment from all over theworld. --- FiiO FD5 flagship dynamic in-ear monitors (IEM) review.Sennheiser HD820Stereo Headphones ReviewFollowing on from his review of the classic open-back HD 800 headphones from Sennheiser in the last issue ofHIFICRITIC, Keith Howard now assesses the closed-back version HD 820.Review By Keith HowardThis is arhetorical question because I don't pretend to have an answer to it. Why did ittake Sennheiser so long, in the wake of the successful launch of the HD 800 in2010, to develop a closed-back version? A glance at the HD 820 ($2399.95) isenough to tell you that that's what it is – but we had to wait a further eightyears for it. Could it be that Sennheiser was diverted into serving theburgeoning mobile audio market? Or that developing a closed-back sibling to theHD 800 proved tough? Having spent a month measuring and listening to the HD 820,I reckon the latter is at least a realistic possibility. Because if you expectthe HD 820 to provide HD 800-like sound quality (but with improved isolation ofexternal sound), you're destined to be disappointed.--- Sennheiser HD820 stereo headphones review. Subscribe to our newsletter plus enter our contests!

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