Archive for the 'hi-end' Category

Build Piccolo PCL86 Tube Integrated Amplifier Single-Ended Triode Ultralinear

The Piccolo produce about 2 watts. in triode mode or Ultralinear 4W can be turned on. The application of the NFB is also optional, but in this case, I decided not to use the NFB. This is a real little beauty, is both the appearance and sound … Cute is the word, the mind and [...]

Toshiba Portege R700 High Performance and Durability 13 Inches Ultraportable Laptop Integrated DVD Drive

Toshiba has introduced the Portege R700, the USA version of the world’s lightest 13.3-inch high-performance ultraportable laptop with an integrated DVD drive. The Portege R700 provides business users with unprecedented performance and durability in a highly mobile product with prices starting under $1,000.
With a starting weight of just three pounds and about one inch [...]

Marantz SA8004 SACD Player Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC and PM8004 Integrated Amplifier 2x 100W RMS Power

Marantz, after the SA5004 and PM5004, is going to release the SA8004 SACD Player and PM8004 Integrated Amplifier.
The Marantz SA8004 plays SDCD, CD, CD-R/RW as well as MP3 and WMA files from CD-R/RW. It features discrete Analog Audio Circuit featuring marantz HDAM-SA2 circuit with double side shielded printing board, Dual PLL circuits for Low Jitter [...]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 GPU 4x Performance Over Competing Processors

NVIDIA announced the latest addition to its Fermi-class of graphics processing units GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 which delivers a great DX11 gaming experience and is priced right at the market’s $199 sweet spot.
Built from the ground up for DirectX 11 tessellation, GeForce GTX 460 GPUs deliver monster tessellation performance with up to [...]

Audioengine 5 Black Review The Best PC Speaker 2010

The key thing to note about both sets of speakers is that they are bookshelf-style speakers masquerading as PC or “multimedia” speakers as these things are apt to be labeled. But unlike classic bookshelf speakers, these Audioengine models are powered via a standard AC plug there’s no need for a separate receiver or amplifier, so [...]