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Hi-Fi Choice has posted several new reviews by way of its TechRadar web site. Among them:

I wonder how good my warped Sex Pistols record would sound on that Continuum turntable…

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Stereomojo has posted several new reviews in recent days, including:

Enjoy!

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HIGH Fidelity has published a new issue. It includes reviews of the following high-end components:

Check out the entire issue. This is the fifth anniversary edition of the magazine. Congrats!

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DAGOGO has published a new issue. It includes only two new reviews, but they look like doozies:

See the entire issue. Also check out the article on visiting Aaudio Imports: Boys In Toyland.

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Affordable Audio has published a new issue. It includes the following reviews:

  • Nuforce P-8S preamp and 8.5V2 power amp ($3,500 total)
  • Rega Apollo CD player ($995)
  • AV123 X-Omni floorstanding speakers ($549/pair)
  • Emotiva ERM-1 speakers ($199 each) and ERD-1 surrounds ($249/pair)
  • Grant Fidelity SPT-100 super tweeter ($749)
  • Zebra XLR interconnect cables ($75/pair)

Download the entire issue (13MB PDF). Sounds like Mark will be vacating his active publisher role to write for TONEAudio. Best of luck, Mark!

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TNT-Audio has reviewed the new Scythe SDA-1000 Kama Bay Class D integrated amp ($54). This is a small sized amp (photo) that uses the Yamaha YDA 138 Class D chipset and produces about 7-8 watts of usable power into 8 ohms.

Reviewer Lucio Cadeddu compared it to his other Class D amps: the original T-Amp, the Super T-Amp, the Trends Audio TA 10.1 and the NuForce Icon. His impression was favorable:

This amplifier isn’t euphonic, nor warm or “soft”. No, it is crisp and precise, instead, and very, very transparent. Its sounds reminds me that of the TA 10.1, tough it appears cleaner in the mid-highs (female voices in particular) and less forgiving.

Check out the entire review.

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Positive Feedback Online has published a new issue. It includes reviews of the following:

Check out the entire new issue, including the new article on jitter by Steve Nugent of Empirical Audio: Jitter in Digital Audio Data Streams.

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SoundStage! Network has published an update. Here are the new reviews:

Also check out the report from Montreal’s Salon Son & Image show.

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Enjoy the Music.com has posted a new issue with the following reviews:

Check out all the content in the newest issue. Don’t choke on the food metaphors!

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TONEAudio has publsihed a new issue with reviews of the following high-end components:

  • Old School: Naim NAIT 3R integrated amp
  • Anthem Integrated 225 integrated amp w/ phono ($1,495)
  • Cambridge Audio Azur 540P ($99) and 640P ($179) phono preamps
  • Shunyata Research factory tour
  • Burmester 061 CD player ($13,995)
  • Burmester 082 integrated amp ($15,995)
  • PBN Montana Groove Master turntable ($8,995)
  • McIntosh MC252 power amp ($5,000)
  • Naim SuperLine phono preamp ($2,950)
  • Furutech Reference III cables ($1,175-1,725)
  • AV123 X-Head headphone amp ($199)
  • Gradient Helsinki 1.5 floorstanding speakers ($8,000)
  • McIntosh MCD500 SACD/CD player ($6,500)
  • Rega Exact 2 phono cartridge ($595)

Download the entire issue (61MB PDF). Be sure to check out the write-up of the Metallica M4 jacket (as in “coat”), complete with built-in speakers and amp. Definitely the most cringe-worthy piece of crap I’ve seen in a long time. It looks almost as ridiculous as the golf club booties on the Furutech cables!

Anyway, also see a couple of recent web-only reviews on the TONEAudio site:

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