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I felt it produced a clear sound, though it diminished certain more subtle cues as if they were somehow pushed deeper into the mix but not deeper into the soundstage.

That being said, I find the RLD-1 slots neatly between the two in that it combines the silky midrange and slightly sweet highs of the tubes with the impact, control, and speed of the solid state, and all of the …

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The No.32 placed Simon, and indeed the entire soundstage, behind the plane of the speakers -- its performance was the antithesis of forward or assertive. The music had grace and flow instead of …

The piece includes some non-traditional percussion, and I find it a great test for soundstage depth, which is something I crave on orchestral works. While I thought the soundstage width seemed …

With the LS26 in my system, a brightly lit, wide-open soundstage virtually exploded out of my speakers, bristling with spatial and tonal information. Performers were located precisely in space, surrounded …

It was just me and the music. I sat there attentively during the entire piece as I marveled at this different interpretation for the first time. The Magnum Dynalab MD 102/ST-2 combo allowed me to listen to a …