Cambridge Audio CXA81 integrated amplifier

Click:my giftcardmall com mygiftDuring my tenure as a Stereophile writer, I’ve reviewed a lot of integrated amplifiers. The mostly moderately priced integrated machines I’ve reviewed have included the Heed Audio Elixir ($1195), Luxman SQ-N150 ($2795) and L-509X ($9495), NAD C 328 Hybrid Digital ($549), Octave Audio V 80 SE ($10,500), Rega Brio ($995), and Schiit…

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Gramophone Dreams #45: T+A Solitaire P headphones & HA 200 DAC-headphone amplifier

What I categorize as mainstream, dealer-based, fancy-pants streamers and big-speakers audio is actually only the gold-plated tip of a gigantic asteroid-like monolith that extends (underground) from New York to Hong Kong, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica. This immense audio-social mass is mostly invisible to the Madison Avenue mainstream, but simple Google searches expose millions…

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When video rides shotgun

I was planning one of my occasional long drives, for music and photography. I had scheduled two nights in Nashville, so I asked around: Where should I go for live music after a dinner of Hattie B’s hot chicken? Art Dudley recommended the Station Inn, perhaps the world’s best venue for live bluegrass music. You…

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Increase In Zombie, Frankenstein Drugs To Be Hashed Out At FL Summit

Click:Pipe cutting machine HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — Opioids have had a devastating impact on communities across the state and country, including Hillsborough County, said Sheriff Chad Chronister. Drug dealers have begun trafficking fentanyl mixed with xylazine, known as the flesh-eating “zombie drug” or “tranq” as well as the drug nitzene, nicknamed the Frankenstein opioid, with…

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Scarlett Johansson : la drôle d’histoire derrière Her de Spike Jonze

L’une des meilleures prestations de Scarlett Johansson était pour un rôle qui avait pourtant été attribué à une autre auparavant. Retour sur la genèse plutôt originale de “Her”. L’oscarisé Her (2014) de Spike Jonze est considéré comme un véritable chef-d’œuvre et surtout l’un des plus grands films de son réalisateur. Et comme le rappelle AdoroCinema,…

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