Product Review

2007-07-15

Furutech deMag Price: $1800 Given its cost, Furutech's limited edition deMag is not for casual LP-spinners. That said, this large, overbuilt, flying saucer-like accessory really works. What's that you say, demagnetize vinyl a plastic? Yes, it seems that the pigment added to the plastic contains small amounts of ferrous material that magnetizes vinyl LPs. A quick 20-second zap to each side of an LP results in audible improvements to noise floor, dynamic range, and perceived resolution.

2007-06-14

Depois de tantos anos na estrada, já me acostumei a tomar paulada de todos os lados. Dizem que as primeiras são as mais doloridas. Eu sinceramente não sei dizer qual foi a que doeu mais. Sei, no entanto, as que ocasionaram maior repercussão ou "respostas iradas" (como diria meu filho).

2007-06-13

If you read my White Lightning Moonshine DIY interconnect & speaker cable article on the preceding page, you know that it's possible to get unexpectedly good results from very humble starting materials like the Woods Yard Master Patio Cord sold by Wal-Mart for the low low price of $7.44. With a little slicing, dicing and soldering of the patio cord conductors, I ended up with surprisingly good speaker cables and interconnects. Given the good results, the next logical extension (I know, bad pun) would be to build a DIY power cable and thus this DIY White Lightning Power Cable project was born.

2007-06-13

"deStat completely removes dust and eliminates static on CD, DVD, LP, A/V equipment". That's what the press release on the Furutech deStat said, anyway. But I've heard such things before. I took Furutech's claims with a grain of salt. When I was offered to review the deStat, I accepted it on a conditional basis - if I liked it, I'd write about it. If not, back it'd go. The fact that you're reading this should pretty much sum up the rest of the story.

2007-04-14

“My first overall impression [of the Evolution cables] was one of control. …It was as though I could feel that there was something holding the music firmly within its grasp and allowing the system to reproduce more effectively the intensity, fabric and overall visceral impact that one might expect in a live environment.
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