In this multiple review, I am going to evaluate a number of Acoustic Revive interconnects which I purchased along with some friends after the Munich high-end festival. In the article I will evaluate three different Acoustic Revive USB cables, a pair of XLR interconnects (XLR-1.0PA II) and an AES/EBU active connector (DSIX-1.0BPA II). The USB… » Read the full article
Metrum Octave Mk2
A good while back, I had reviewed the Halide DAC HD. I remember listening to it and thinking, “the tonality is really awesome, this is an hd capable dac that sounds warm as a NOS dac”. It was able to melt with Audio Technica AD2000 and I wished to find something else that could improve… » Read the full article
Hearing test on-line: sensitivity, equal loudness contours and audiometry
This is a fun hearing test I discovered a few years ago, and it can teach people the basics in how they hear their headphones. It can be useful to put certain impressions in perspective, and also give a slightly more common ground to exchange impressions among people (although, as we all know, the first… » Read the full article
Romy The Cat’s Mad Electricity
Several of us found out that DAC’s and amplifiers can be very sensitive to the quality of power, almost to the point that when it is a “bad electricity day”, some of them can be almost unlistenable. Certain DAC’s (such as Museatex Idat-44, or Metrum Octave), are more sensitive than others. For certain people, the… » Read the full article
AudioCats-modded Stax SR-001 MkII (source: Head-fi.org)
With this article, I am starting a collection of what I consider the most interesting, educational, and authoritivative readings about audio, being them reviews, phylosophies, or other subjects I might have not covered. This specific article has been written by Catscratch on Head-fi, and I have received his permission to post it here on SoundBsessive…. » Read the full article
The War of the Poor: Cheap Usb Cables Round-up
I and a friend, have amassed a few cheap usb cables to check out the differences and see if we could find some really good stuff. The result are quite interesting because we did isolate a couple of very good products, and add some insight. Our test system has been composed of AMR DP-777 ->… » Read the full article
JPlay JCAT USB Cable
The JCAT usb cable is the fifth high end cable I have been listening to (if we don’t factor in the Wireworld Starlight and Ultraviolet, which I consider far less than high end, albeit far from cheap). The JCAT USB cable has been conceived by JPLAY, already known for their playback software for Windows PC’s…. » Read the full article
iFi Gemini USB cable
This is a review for the iFi Gemini, which came with my AMR DP777 purchase. iFi is a sub-brand of AMR, offering more affordable products than the high end tier ones, which stay under the brand of AMR. There is some mistery surrounding the iFi Gemini, due to the relative youth of the product. Impressions… » Read the full article
MHDT Stockholm V2
The MHDT Stockholm V2 is the second revision of Stockholm DAC, which was conceived as a successor to the Havana non-oversampling DAC, with additional capabilities for high resolution playback, up to 24bit – 192kHz. This is allowed by the usage of different USB receiver and digital filter (CS85416), while preserving the same 16 bit R2R,… » Read the full article
Revelation Audio Labs Dual Conduit Prophecy USB Cable
2014-03-13 Beware! An unfortunate turn of events, prevents me from advicing anyone towards buying from Revelation Audio Labs. After purchasing his usb cable, I have requested a pair of XLR cables and paid in advance. This happened on 24th November 2013. To this day, it’s almost 4 months, and Brad’s last answer to me dates… » Read the full article