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AUSTIN, JIM, Atkinson, John, Halberstadt, Alex, Matson, Sasha, Micallef, Ken, Reichert, Herb, Rubinson, Kal, Schryer, Rob, Serinus, Jason Victor |
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Stereophile; Dec2022, Vol. 45 Issue 12, p35-52, 10p, 37 Color Photographs |
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Last year, I decided not to put an absolute maximum price on products eligible for the budget category; after all, a $500 amplifier or pair of speakers is obviously budget, but a $1000 phono cartridge might not be. Budget Product GENELEC G THREE LOUDSPEAKER ($1590/PAIR; REVIEWED BY HERB REICHERT IN VOL.45 NO.8) FINALISTS BLUESOUND POWERNODE INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER ($899; REVIEWED BY KEN MICALLEF IN VOL.45 NO.8) LSA VT-70 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER ($1399; REVIEWED BY ROGIER VAN BAKEL IN VOL.45 NO.10) MUSIC HALL STEALTH TURNTABLE ($1649; REVIEWED BY HERB REICHERT IN VOL.45 NO.10) PRO-JECT DEBUT PRO TURNTABLE ($999 W/TONEARM & CARTRIDGE; REVIEWED BY KEN MICALLEF IN VOL.45 NO.1) TOPPING PRE90 PREAMP $599 INCLUDING EXT90 EXTENSION MODULE1 REVIEWED BY KAL RUBINSON IN VOL.45 NO.2) "Budget" at Stereophile doesn't mean box-store or bubble-gum-dispenser prices - although at $599 the Topping Pre90 preamp, a Budget-category finalist, comes close. What's more, the company had two finalist products in the category, the winning amplifier and the Commander preamplifier mentioned above. Overall Product WILSON AUDIO SPECIALTIES ALEXX V LOUDSPEAKER ($135,000-$151,000/PAIR DEPENDING ON FINISH; REVIEWED BY JIM AUSTIN IN VOL.44 NO.12) FINALISTS DCS ROSSINI APEX D/A PROCESSOR ($32,800; REVIEWED BY JASON VICTOR SERINUS IN VOL.45 NO.10) GENELEC G THREE LOUDSPEAKER ($1590/PAIR; REVIEWED BY HERB REICHERT IN VOL.45 NO.8) KEF BLADE TWO META LOUDSPEAKER ($28,000/PAIR; REVIEWED BY KAL RUBINSON IN VOL.45 NO.9) MOLA MOLA TAMBAQUI D/A PROCESSOR ($13,400; REVIEWED BY HERB REICHERT IN VOL.45 NO.1 AND KEN MICALLEF IN VOL.45 NO.6) "I felt like I was floating in a sea of ambient sound", I wrote about the experience of listening to Selected Ambient Works (85-92) by Aphex Twin via the big Wilson Alexx V. "Explicit clarity. [Extracted from the article] |
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