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Ben Shyman is an AV reviewer based in New York City who published his first review on AVRev.com in 2004. His specialty is bookshelf speakers, audiophile electronics, HD-audio-based source components, …
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High End Hi-Fi Home Theater Online
Ben Shyman is an AV reviewer based in New York City who published his first review on AVRev.com in 2004. His specialty is bookshelf speakers, audiophile electronics, HD-audio-based source components, …
Read MoreNakamichi was founded in 1948 by Etsuro Nakamichi. Nakamichi rose to prominence as the most respected and enamored cassette deck designer and manufacturer in history. While Nakamichi extended its design …
Read MoreThink of it as the modern day equivalent of a phono section. For years you’ve been using a pre-amp or integrated amp in which all of the input sections operate …
Read MoreTo many audiophiles around the globe the Nakamichi name represents the pinnacle in audio performance. So you can imagine the anticipation while the industry awaited the release of Niro Nakamichi’s …
Read MoreOne glance at Niro Nakamichi’s NIRO range, and you know you are in the presence of something special. One glimpse, and I just couldn’t wait to try out one of …
Read More‘Specifications’, to me, is a euphemism in audio for ‘license to tell whopping great lies’. But one number will tell you more about Theta’s Casablanca than all the ad copy …
Read MoreOnce upon a time, manufacturers could bank on a masochistic streak in audiophiles which allowed the proliferation of much minimalist nonsense. It travelled under the guise of purism, a notion …
Read MoreMaybe it’s too early to be doom-y about it, but spare a thought for speaker manufacturers. Having rubbed their hands with glee – multi-channel seeming to be a license to …
Read MoreAfter a flood of sub-£180 DVD players, it’s getting harder to deal with the Law of Diminishing Returns. Now here’s a Nakamichi DVD player selling for more than three times …
Read More‘Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?’ Given the recent flap over Elia Kazan’s honours at the Oscars and my belief in a …
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