![]() The current mainstream trends in headphones lean more toward HiFi, or what I might describe as hyper-real playback. One point I’d like to make here is that even those dedicated to two-channel playback and maybe a less modern hifi sound can find satisfaction in personal audio. With headphones, we lose the scale, full body immersion, and some social aspects, and in turn, get a more direct and intimate sound that removes the influence of a listening room. That said, I have spent ever more time with headphones in recent years, and now with my reference system, find the trade-primarily, a much smaller listening space-to be an equitable one. The pendulum swings… The Verve 1995 stereo reissue – found it at StinkweedsĪs time passed I came to prefer two-channel over headphones for its scale and power, and still do. Today, we know many who continue pursuing (I’d like to experiment with a mono cartridge, well, because I want to know, and information isn’t knowledge.) mono playback, and with verve. Mono was benched to make room for stereo years before I was born, and, I suspect (hoping, actually) there has been a Loyal Order of the Monophonic since the industry made the switch. Of course, music (making it or playing it back) is not a sport. I went mono before it was cool, uh, again. I can’t recall the exact model, but this looks like it… My first loudspeaker was not two channel, but instead a single speaker in a small red briefcase, with the 8-track slot on the side and a microphone. I was most likely listening to the Star Wars soundtrack. I recall sitting on one end of our couch in the living room with some big 70’s headphones on, leashed (with the coiled cable) to an 8-track player like a tetherball (skinny kid/big head) to a pole. Two channel systems with loudspeakers, or “stereos” as my childhood friends and I called them, and headphones have always run together, side by side-my earliest memories of listening to playback include both. ![]() Hegel Prepares to Launch Their New Flagship H600 Integrated AmplifierĪVID HIFI’s Lovely Turntables Back in the USA! [ Aug Portable Bluetooth® Speaker in 400% Size ![]() Woo Audio TUBE mini Balanced Headphone Amplifier / DAC ![]() Review: Thrax Enyo Signature Integrated Amplifier Introducing The HiFi ROSE RS130 Ultimate Network Transport brought to you by MoFi DistributionĪlbum of the Week: Natural Wonder Beauty Concept HiFi Bargains: Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Stage Linkplay Technology Launches the WiiM Pro Plus: A Better WiiM Update: the Aurorasound HFSA-01 Integrated Amplifier’s Got Curves! In Barn for Review: Java Hi-Fi Single Shot Integrated Amplifier Review: Living Voice Auditorium R25A Loudspeakers ![]()
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