A Flagship Duo Built for Audio & Cinematic Perfection Are you loving Marantz’ flagship AV 10 audio/video processor and AMP10 separates, built in their Shirakawa, Japan plant. . . but you haven’t pulled the trigger and purchased them, because they aren’t in your budget? ...
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Blog post: Pro-Ject’s Dark Side of the Moon tribute turntable In 1973, a friend had just gotten his first car, an old Pontiac - with a cassette player. As we drove, he played a tape of the latest release from a band I barely knew: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. I was fascina...
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If you love music, you probably enjoy taking it with you. JBL has introduced the latest in their amazing family of portables, the Flip 7, which is the 7th generation of their first Bluetooth speaker. It’s available in six colors: black, blue, red, purple, camo or white. Let’s see h...
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Gramophone Turntable Workshops, March 6 and 7, 2025 How do you enjoy your music? Streaming from a service like Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer or Spotify? FM radio, CD’s, or maybe even… vinyl records? Vinyl ruled the roost until the mid - late 1980’s, when the affordability an...
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The awesome HiFi Rose RS 150B quickly became one of our best-selling reference-grade network streaming DAC preamps when it was introduced. HiFi Rose has now replaced it with the even-better RS 151, with lots of upgrades that Rose discovered when creating their flagship RD 160 Reference DAC and RS 13...
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SVS has been building subwoofers for decades, and have won more industry awards for subs than any brand we know of. SVS says their newest subs, the sealed box SB17 Ultra Revolution and ported PB17, are A Quantum Leap Forward in Subwoofer Design & Performance, at the same cost as SB16 / PB16. Are...
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Do you love music and movies? Sure - who doesn’t? If you are like so many of us, you’ve occasionally considered an upgrade to your system performance in order to improve your movie and music - maybe a new pair of speakers, or a better music streamer, adding a subwoofer or two, etc. ...
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Sonus faber is an Italian manufacturer of some of the world’s best speakers. We have Aida on display in Gramophone’s Experience Center, which sounds incredible - but is a performance-oriented speaker more so than a value-oriented speaker. Sonus faber created the Lumina series for listene...
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Here at Gramophone, we sure had fun with the hard-working team from SVS at our Columbia, MD location this past week. SVS’ new flagship line of speakers is the Ultra Evolution Series, the finest speakers SVS has ever introduced. SVS President Gary Yacoubian brought his team to Gra...
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Occasionally, a product comes along that makes you say “Wow”. Does a new compact streaming amplifier from Marantz fit the bill? Would you like a compact streaming amplifier, with excellent high-res digital decoding circuitry, lots of streaming options, and plenty of power to drive m...
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