Mark Levinson
18 March 2019
Between the Xfi show in Veldhoven and the High End show in Munich, the Audio Show Alkmaar is the always pleasant and relaxed variant where you go to meet people, listen to precisely enough systems so as not to get an overdoses, shake some more hands, eat a nice croquette and perhaps enjoy a few Westmalle beers.
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14 May 2018
In addition to Mark Levinson, Wilson, Transparent Audio, JBL, Revel and Ayre, Dutch distributor Reference Sounds has now also taken the distribution for Dan D'Agostino on board.
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22 November 2017
Reference Sounds Company Special
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Official Benelux Distributor of Mark Levinson, Revel, JBL Synthesis, Lexicon, Ayre Acoustics, Wilson Audio and Transparent Cable
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17 April 2017
An overview of the main system as it was in place for most of 2017.
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16 April 2017
Truly excellent CD transport with S/P DIF and i2S connections
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10 April 2016
Leema Acoustics Libra
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Highly versatile DAC with a smooth, refined and seductive sound
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3 February 2015
Leema Elements DAC
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It wasn't until very recently when I heard a Leema DAC in a friend's setup, and it was playing so effortlessly musically, that I felt it deserved an in-depth review in my own setup.
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27 April 2014
Genelec 8050 and Wadia 121 with a Computer Source in the secondary setup.
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7 July 2013
Nordost Valkyrja XLR interlink
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The Nordost Valkyrja is something of a spin-off from their top of the line Valhalla model.
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14 May 2013
For the longest time Mark Levinson was the epitome of high end, and to this day, their products hold their own.
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21 December 2012
The above picture illustrates where we left off on the previous page, with no more room for the Meridian MD600. Once it seemed proven to me that integrated CD players invariably beat separate transport-DAC combos and that going by the results obtained so far, this also seems to extend to streaming (as evidenced by the […]
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9 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces
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Remember when CD players were built immaculately and used heavy, smoothly operating CD mechanisms?
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16 July 2012
The very best Meridian Sooloos Streaming Audio.
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27 May 2012
Meridian Sooloos MD600 and MS600
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After being so enthusiastic about the MC200 and almost having purchased one, I decided to first review its bigger brothers.
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5 April 2012
Naim NDX, CDX2, DAC and XPS2
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After being so enthusiastic about the UnitiQute and Uniti, I was curious to find out how much more there would be in the Naims higher up on the scale.
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1 April 2012
Wadia S7i CD Player
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Wadia S7i is compared to the Wadia 861, PS Audio PWD MKII and Linn Klimax DS/0.
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24 January 2012
Linn Klimax DS Network Player
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The Klimax DS/0 was the first high end music streamer.
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26 December 2011
WAV and Tagging
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WAV or AIFF files may appear to have tags when they are accessed through applications such as iTunes and Winamp, but in fact the data may only reside in these apps' database, because they don't actually write tags to these files themselves.
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