System Set-Up for the Best Sound: Symmetry

Setting up your sound system properly in your listening room can very often yield amazing improvements in sound quality.  The acoustics of listening rooms is quite a complex subject and there are many factors to consider.  However a great deal can be achieved by following some basic guidelines.  This is the first in a series of posts that seek to offer some guidance in setting up your listening room.

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Wireworld Starlight CAT8 Ethernet Cable Reviewed

The new Starlight Cat8 ethernet cable from Wireworld has been reviewed by computer audio Web site AudioStream.

Computer audio listeners who think that cables, particularly ethernet cables, don't matter, think again!  In bestowing on the Starlight the coveted AudioStream Greatest Bits award, the reviewer stated:

"...I find the Starlight CAT8 Ethernet Cable to be an extraordinary performer with the ability to reproduce fine transient detail and dynamics that are lost with other Ethernet cables."

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Hegel and IsoTek feature in the Hi-Fi+ Products of the Year 2016

The Hegel Mohican CD player and IsoTek EVO3 Initium power cable have been selected among the 2016 Product of the Year by the prestigious high-end audio publication Hi-Fi+.

The Hegel Mohican is the last CD player that Hegel will make.  The name plays on the title of James Fenimore Cooper's novel, "The Last of the Mohicans."

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DALI Katch on demo at the Cloth Saturday, 2016-12-03

Serious Music will be hosting a demonstration of the new DALI Katch portable Bluetooth speaker at the Cloth on Saturday 2016-12-03 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Come and experience the Katch and get yourself one.

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Arcam, Hegel and Lyngdorf amps in 2017 Buyers Guide

Integrated amplifiers from Arcam, Hegel and Lyngdorf all feature in the Abso!ute Sound's 2017 Buyers Guide.

The following amps appear in category of integrated amp under USD$5,000.00:

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Remembering Eva Cassidy

American singer Eva Cassidy died on 1996-11-02, twenty years ago, at the early age of 33.  Cassidy was wonderful interpreter of a song with a voice of amazing clarity and perfect pitch.

Here's a YouTube video called The Eva Cassidy Story from 2001.

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DALI Katch in 3 Colours

DALI Katch in Dark Shadow, Moss Green and Cloud Gray.

Contact Serious Music for a demo.

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DALI Katch at the Cloth

The DALI Katch was featured at the launch of the Cloth's store at Normandie on 2016-11-17.

Contact Serious Music for a demo.

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DALI Katch on demo

The DALI Katch portable Bluetooth speaker is now on demo at Serious Music.

Available in three colours, the Katch delivers truly high-end sound in an elegant portable package.  Its internal lithium ion battery charges fully in only 2 hours and provides up to 24 hours of high superb sound.

Contact Serious Music for more information or to arrange a demo.

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Leonard Cohen dies at 82

The hugely influential Canadian songwriter and singer, Leonard Cohen, died at the age of 82 on 2016-11-07.

A poet as well as a songwriter, Leonard Cohen is famous for such classic and widely covered songs as Suzanne and Halleluja.  Among the many honours he has received are:

  • Grammy for Album of the Year
  • Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Here's a link to the Leonard Cohen discography.

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