UPDATE 3/4/15 11pm: Audeze has set up a serial number checker. UPDATE 3/1/15 12:55pm: Stereophile has posted more details about the Audeze caper and the burglary at AudioVision SF last week. There’s also security camera screencaps on Audeze’s Facebook page. _________________________________________ From Audeze’s Facebook page: Last night, February 28th, there was a break-in and robbery …
Monthly Archive: February 2015
Review: AKG K7XX (Massdrop first edition)
My pair showed up today. Massdrop quickly sold 1000 of them at $200. Ultimate retail price will be around $650. I spent the afternoon and most of the evening playing a lot of CD-res FLACs from the iPad. The K7XXs sound excellent directly out of the box, but I assume they’ll benefit from a few …
Review: Acoustic Zen Crescendo Mark II speakers
I’d been enjoying Acoustic Zen speakers at California Audio Show rooms over the past 3 years. Adagios, Crescendos, and, more recently, the towering Maestros. Three years ago I wanted the Adagios. A year later I pined for Crescendos. I had some serious ‘Zen envy. Late last year I finally resolved to exile my loyal pair …
Pono Now Does DSD
Pono released a firmware update for its Player this last Wednesday. The big news: DSD playback has been added. Last weekend I downloaded and installed the update, then sideloaded a batch of DSD files to the Pono Player. I bought Blood On the Tracks from AcousticSounds’ store and cued up “Buckets of Rain” and “If …
FindHDmusic.com
FindHDmusic.com aggregates new additions to high-resolution download stores and includes alerts about deals and discounts for various online outlets: HDtracks, Pono, Qobuz, AcousticSounds, HIRESAUDIO, Linn, eClassical, Native DSD, Pro Studio Masters, Hyperion, more. You can search by service, or genre, format, sample rate…the site is no-frills and easy to navigate. The search capability can be …
Quiet Music – A Bandcamp Playlist
In my parallel existence as a Music Business Professional — a middleman, if you will — I believe I’m supposed to feel threatened by Bandcamp. I don’t. Not yet, anyway. Twinewheel [Lost-Sides and Dusty-Gems 1994–2005] by KILN What Are You Searching For by Helios Charcoal by Brambles Bersarin Quartett by Bersarin Quartett recalling my insubstantial …
PS Audio Bridge is bricked by new DirectStream
I ordered and received a PS Audio DirectStream last week. I grabbed my old PerfectWave Mk II with Bridge, ran a firmware update on the latter, pulled the card out of the Mk II and slid it into the DirectStream. Booted it up. No dice. Bridge not recognized, IP not showing up on web browser …
