Действительно! Но удивляет больше отсутствие того самого.
Sony PlayStation 1: around $25 used $$$ ★
A first-generation Sony PlayStation (SCPH-1001) is made of gray plastic, has a set of RCA analog outputs, and comes equipped with a game controller and power cord. When used with Cardas Neutral Reference interconnects, the PS1 offered an “extended, open, and agile” sound, said AD who declared the PS1 an “insanely high value.” JM was unimpressed by the player’s user interface and noisy disc mechanism, however, and found that switching to cheaper cables resulted in a threadbare midrange and treble. Nevertheless, he admitted, “For $25, it sounds wonderful.” AD agreed, noting that the PS1 combined “slightly diminished” frequency extremes with a “superior level of rhythmic acuity” for a smooth and involving sound. Prices have climbed to as much as $70 on online commerce sites such as eBay and Audiogon. Some disagreement among the magazine’s scribes: Low Class B, according to AD; Class D, according to JM; JA splits the difference, but warns that later-generation PS1s use a less well-specified DAC and lack the RCA output jacks: ignore them, he says. Compared with the Emotiva ERC-2, the Sony lacked treble clarity and bass weight, but offered a fleshier midrange and was more forgiving of poorly recorded material, said SM. (Vol.31 Nos.4 & 7, Vol.35 No.1 WWW)
Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/recommended-components-2017-edition-disc-players-transports-media-players#JpMtHkHPmkwGj0Hg.99
Интересно, что и в редакции то Low Class B, то Class D.
Так же дико удивляет их класс А:
Aesthetix Saturn Romulus: $7000
"Though it lacked the image specificity and soundstage depth of the Benchmark DAC1 USB, the Romulus combined excellent dynamic impact and bass slam with sweet mids and highs
Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/recommended-components-2017-edition-disc-players-transports-media-players#hliykTPOiOwd2ZY7.99"
Серьезно? Бенчмарк и класс А в CD плеерах? И плейстейшн это класс D? Очень неоднозначно короче все в редакции.
Список компонентов на осень 2017
Мхи и лишайники 2017
Leben CS600: $6495 ★
Taking its look from 1960s American hi-fi, the beautiful, 32Wpc CS600 has a gold faceplate with green trim and wooden side panels made from solid, fine-grain, Canadian white ash. The amp employs a push-pull topology and can use EL34 or 6L6GC tubes. There is a ¼" headphone jack but no remote control. JM: “The Leben CS600 had a certain, almost indefinable sweetness about it, and a beguiling presentation of inner detail that made me overlook its limitations in dynamics and bass.” Partnered with the Harbeth P3ESR loudspeakers, the Leben sounded “simply glorious.” (Vol.33 No.6; see JCA’s PS Audio review in Vol.No.8 WWW)
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/recommended-components-fall-2017-edition-integrated-amps-receivers#GfM3Gp9WYysFWG0J.99
Опубликовали!
МХИ!
Издательский дом AVTech Media приобрел группу Home Tech Network — журналы Stereophile, Sound & Vision и другие
http://stereo.ru/news/avtech-media-bought-home-tech-network
Ну и как дальше жить. Все меняется. Все меняется.
Лучший цап в категории: “не держит за яйца, но все равно так хорош”
Recommended Components: 2018 Edition
Сравниваем 2018 на просвет с 2017 годом. Что мы видим?
— Audio Note DAC 2.1x Signature: $4881 в группе A!
— Sonore ultraRendu в коррекционном классе!
ВСЁ ПРОПЛАЧЕНО АУДИОДИЛЕРАМИ!!!
Средняя цена за акустику под двадцатку бакинских.
Куда катимся? )
В 90-х $5000 считалось Ультра Хиенд. ))
Доллар уже не тот.
Аудио уже не то.
И покупатель уже не тот…
Десять лет назад - сотка на ушную систему, “только для маньяков, и то избранных”.
Сейчас даже смотреть страшно, с соткой только постучаться в дверь “мона войти…”
Sonore ultraRendu я вообще не нашел?
В самом самом конце, в категории K