MaseĊµera atsopano ochokera ku 2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

01 pa 12

10 Zapamwamba Zatsopano zakumutu zochokera ku 2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

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Phiri la Rocky Audio Fest ndiwonetsero yaikulu kwambiri yogulitsa mafoni ku North America. Kuwonjezera pa kukonza zochititsa chidwi zowonjezera mapepala, zithunzithunzi, zamtundu ndi makanema ojambulidwa ndi digito, RMAF imaphatikizapo CanJam, ballroom ya hotelo yokhala ndi maofesi a matelofoni ndi mafoni apamtima - chilichonse chimene chimapezeka pachisangalalo chanu chomvetsera.

Nazi mamembala 10 okongola kwambiri ochokera ku 2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, molingana ndi ine.

02 pa 12

Wopatsa Alpha Dog Mutuwu

Brent Butterworth

Wopanga Alpha Dog anali yekhayolofoni yomwe ndinamva pa RMAF yomwe ingapangitse Audezes kukhala wodalirika chifukwa cha ndalama zawo - koma pa $ 599, ndalama zambiri zochepa . Mpaka pano, Mrsaker anapanga matepi ake pokhapokha atasintha mafilimu a Fostex. Ndalama zamakono zosindikizira za 3D tsopano zimapatsa kampani mwayi wochuluka kwambiri.

Alfa Dog amagwiritsabe ntchito zigawo zambiri za Fostex, koma chipinda cha 3D-chosindikizidwa chimapangidwira mu fakitale ya a Diego Diego. Kuwonjezera kuuma pamene mukupitiriza kulemera kwake, chipindacho chimakhala ndi makoma awiri omwe amachoka pakatikati pazitali - chinthu chomwe chingakhale chotsika mtengo ngati chololedwa. Zojambulazo zimaphatikizansopo galimoto yosinthika yomwe ingathe kuyang'aniridwa ndi zokopa zapadera zomwe zingayankhidwe. Zophimbidwa ndi mapeto a utoto wopaka magalimoto asanu mu mtundu wokongola wa maroon.

Ndinaganiza kuti Agalu Alfa amavomereza kuti ndi oyera komanso osadulidwa, ndi pang'ono pang'ono m'munsi kuti apereke chiyero choyenera. Ndipo ndizosangalatsa monga momwe mumakonda pillow.

03 a 12

Tsekani LCD-X ndi LCD-XC Mafoni

Aveze

Mafilimu atsopano a Audeze omwe atchulidwa pamwambawa ndakhala nawo kale mu chithunzi chowonetserako, koma ndimafuna kugawana maganizo ena apa. $ 1,699 LCD-X (kumanzere ndi $ 1,799 LCD-XC sizingowonongeka kokha ku Audeze akuyamikiridwa LCD-3 padziko lonse, iwo amatha kukonzanso kwathunthu , ndi magetsi atsopano opanga magetsi omwe kampani imati ndi +8 dB yowonjezera kuposa yomwe LCD-3.

"Sitikuvomereza kuti, koma muzitsulo, mungathe kuwongolera mafoni anu," adatero kampaniyo. Zitsanzo zokalamba, poyerekeza, sizingathe kufika pamakutu omvera popanda kuthandizira pulogalamu yamakono amp.

Ndimamvetsera mwachidule, LCD-X imatseguka kwambiri ngati LCD-3, koma mwinamwake ndikumveka kwakukulu komanso mphamvu zowonjezera. LCD-XC yokhotakhota inamvekanso chimodzimodzi, ngakhale kuti paliponse pomwe paliponse ngati lalikulu LCD-X - koma ndithudi, kutsekedwa kumbuyo kuli ndi ubwino wodula mchitidwe wambiri womwe uli pafupi nawe.

Chofunika kwambiri kwa ine, ngakhale kuti zitsanzo zonsezi zinali zabwino kwambiri kuposa LCD-3, zomwe zinamangiriza akachisi anga molimba kwambiri sindingathe kuimika kwa nthawi yayitali. Zitsanzo zonse mu mzere wa Audeze tsopano uli ndi makutu omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mowonjezereka, mowonjezereka; Ndinafuna kumvetsera kwa mphindi khumi ndi LCD-X kuti ndiwone ngati izo zikanatha, koma sizinatero.

04 pa 12

Audioengine D3 USB DAC / Ammutu Amp

Brent Butterworth

Pambuyo pa chipambano cha Audioquest chosangalala ndi $ 249 DragonFly USB digitala ndi analog converter / headphone amp, makampani ena akulowetsamo ndi mankhwala ofanana. Ndilo lingaliro lokondweretsa: chinachake cha kukula kwa chikumbutso cha USB chimene chidzasintha kwambiri phokoso la kompyuta yanu. Pa RMAF, Audioengine inasonyeza DAC / amp amphamvu yake, $ 189 D3, yomwe iyenera kupezeka pafupifupi masabata asanu ndi limodzi.

D3 imaphatikizapo DAC 24/96, Chipangizo cha Texas Instruments amplifier, ndi chitsime cholimba chachitsulo. Malinga ndi a Brady Bargenquast a Audioengine, "Tinkamvetsera gulu lonse la mafilimu ammutu ndikutenga imodzi yomwe timakonda kwambiri."

05 ya 12

Beyerdynamic Headphone T51P

Brent Butterworth

Pulogalamu yamakono yabwino kwambiri yomwe ndinamva pa RMAF inali yaing'ono kwambiri yochokera ku Beyerdynamic. Mtengo wa $ 289 wa T51p umasintha t50p yam'mbuyo yam'mbuyo ndi woyendetsa wapamwamba 60-ohm woyendetsa, chingwe chabwinoko chimati sichitha kuchepetsa phokoso, makutu abwino komanso othandizira. Ine ndimaganiza kuti izo zimamveka mozizwitsa kwambiri pakatikati ndi pamwamba. Ndipo kwa pa-khutu, osachepera, ndizabwino kwambiri.

Pa chithunzi pamwambapa, t51p ali pamwamba pa Beyerdynamics wokongola watsopano A 20 headphone amplifier. Zowonongeka za $ 649 A 20 zomwe zimachokera pa 1/4-inch zojambula ndi chitsime chonse chachitsulo chosakhala ndi ziboliboli kapena zowonongeka.

06 pa 12

Carot One Amp Headphone

Brent Butterworrth

Sindikudziwa zambiri za Carot One, koma ndikudziwa kuti ndimakonda. Izi $ 699 mini-amphamvu zimagwiritsa ntchito chubu imodzi yokha ya 6DJ8 ndipo imapereka zotsatira zoyankhulira komanso jack headphone, kotero mungathe kuzigwiritsa ntchito. Zimapereka zotsatira za analog ndi USB digito, choncho zimagwira ntchito ndi kompyuta yanu kapena zipangizo zamakono zogwiritsira ntchito kusukulu.

Malingana ndi Arnold Martinez wa wogulitsa Tweak Studio, mamembalawo anafika kuchokera kuzipanga zawo za ku Italy popanda tsamba la specs, kotero ine ndinapanga zambiri za izo zisanafike pa intaneti. Zikuwoneka kuti zimagwiritsa ntchito makina amphamvu a m'kalasi ya T - ampita 15 (monga momwe amachitira maola amtengo wapatali kuchokera ku Lepai ndi Topping).

07 pa 12

Manambala a m'manja a Sony XBA-H3 ndi XBA-H1

Brent Butterworth

Sony anali atagonjetsedwa kwambiri ndi makina ake omwe amamveka bwino. The $ 70 XBA-C10IP inangotenga munda wa mafoni ena 14 omwe ndinkawathandiza kuwombera The Wirecutter. RMAF inayambitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa mafakitale atsopano omwe amagwiritsira ntchito matekinoloje a hybrid, kuphatikiza magalimoto oyendetsa bwino ndi madalaivala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'makutu a makutu. Lingaliro ndilo, iwe umakhala ndi mapamwamba otsika a zowonongeka bwino ndi amphamvu - bwino, mphamvu, ndizomwe - za madalaivala amphamvu.

Chitsanzo cha chunkier chimene mukuchiwona pamwamba ndi $ 349 XBA-H3, yomwe ili ndi zigawo ziwiri komanso woyendetsa wodabwitsa. Zing'onozing'ono ndi $ 149 XBA-H1, ndi mkono umodzi wokha ndi mphamvu imodzi. Wakale akugwera masisitere mu December, womaliza mu November.

08 pa 12

V-Moda XL Cushions Memory kwa M-100

Brent Butterworth

V-Moda Crossfade M-100 ndi otchuka kwambiri pakati pa okonda mafoni ndi mafashoni. Mwachiwonekere, si ine ndekha amene amapeza chikumbumtima chake cholimba kwambiri. Ma $ 20 XL Memory Cushions amachititsa kuti M-100 akhale omasuka kwambiri, chifukwa cha zowawa zawo zozizira kwambiri.

"Tinakhala pafupifupi chaka chimodzi tikugwira ntchitoyi, chifukwa sitinkafuna kusintha signature ya M-100," Karl Detken anandiuza. "Koma zimakhala zomveka kwambiri, chifukwa mapepala amachititsa kuti madalaivala apite patsogolo kwambiri."

09 pa 12

Kubwezeretsa Ma Labs Herus DSD DAC / Kumutu Amp

Brent Butterworth

Mtsinje wa Direct Direct - mtundu wojambula wa digito imodzi wotchedwa Sony wotetezedwa ndi mawonekedwe atsopano a CD Audio - akupeza moyo watsopano chifukwa cha kusindikiza kwa digito, komwe tsopano kulipo pa malo ambiri. Koma ambiri otembenuza digitala ndi a analog (DACs) amawononga madola 1,000 ndi apo. Mapulogalamu Otsitsimutsa Herus amawagonjetsa ndi oposa theka, kubwera mu $ 350 zokha.

Ingolani Herus pogwiritsa ntchito USB mu kompyuta ndi mapulogalamu a playback DSD, ndipo muli ndi audio yapamwamba yamakono. Mungathe kubudula makompyuta pamutu wa Herus wa 1/4-inch headphone jack, kapena mugwiritse ntchito adapita kuti muzigwirizane ndi dongosolo la stereo. Zimagwirizana ndi mafayilo a 64x ndi 128x DSD, mafayilo a DXD, ndi mafayilo apakati a PCM mpaka masankho 24-bit / 352-kilohertz.

10 pa 12

JH Audio Roxanne In-Ear Mafoni a m'manja

Brent Butterworth

Tangoganizani kuti ndi madalaivala angati omwe ali pachigawo chilichonse cha JH Audio Roxanne? Cholakwika. Ngati mumadziwa za matelofoni, mwina mumaganiza kuti anayi kapena asanu ndi limodzi, koma ayi-ndi 12 . Yep, khumi ndi awiri. Chifukwa chiyani ambiri? "Ndiyo yoyamba yamutu pamutu ndikumvetsera patatha 20 kHz," JH Harvey, yemwe anayambitsa mauthenga a JH, anandiuza. Harvey adalongosolanso kuti kusokonezeka kwa madalaivala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mabuku oterewa akukwera kwambiri pamene ikuyandikira 20 kHz, motero pogwiritsira ntchito zambiri palimodzi, amatha kuchepetsa mphulupulu ndikuthandizira kuyankhidwa kothamanga.

Mbali iliyonse yamakono imagwirizanitsa ndi chingwe choyendetsa makina anayi, chomwe chinapatsa JH mphamvu yowonjezeramo maulamuliro, omwe Harvey adati akukupatsani kusintha kwa 15-dB. Zimagwiranso ntchito ndi ma JP's FreqPhase headphone amps, omwe ali ndi makonzedwe amkati kuti athetse kusokonezeka kwa gawo ndipo potero amalandira yankho loyera komanso malo ochepa.

Pa $ 1,599 Roxanne amapezeka tsopano mwambo woumbidwa (kumene makutu anu amagwiritsidwa ntchito kupanga zipangizo zoyenerera bwino), ndipo adzakhalapo mu December m'dongosolo labwino lomwe limagwiritsira ntchito zowonjezera zothandizira makutu a silicone. Ikupezekaponso mu kaboni-fiber yomwe ikuwonetsedwa pano, chifukwa cha $ 200 zowonjezera. Harvey adati.

11 mwa 12

ALO Audio Island USB DAC / kamutuko amp

Brent Butterworth

Sindikudziwa ngati asilikali a US asungira milspec USB DAC / amps, koma $ 299 Chilumba chikuwoneka ngati chikugwirizana ndi ndalamazo. Mtambo wa mini-aluminium wamtunduwu unalibe vuto poyendetsa awiri a Audeze omwe sali ofunika kwambiri a LCD-2 makompyuta a magnetic kumutu wapamwamba kwambiri. Kuyikira kwa USB kumatengera zizindikiro ndi chiganizo mpaka 24/192, ndipo kupindula kwa malo atatu kukuthandizani kuti muyambe kuyendetsa zamagetsi kuti zigwirizane ndi makutu anu. Zoonadi, chophimba chachikulu chotere pamwamba ndi mphamvu yolamulira.

12 pa 12

Philips Fidelio L2 Mutuwu

Brent Butterworth

Ndikudziwa, ndinati "10 Zopweteka Zapulogalamu Zamakono," koma zinthu za Audeze siziwerengedwa chifukwa ndalemba za izo kale. Kotero chiwerengero cha 10 ndi Philips Fidelio L2, natsopano yatsopano ya Fidelio L1, yomwe ndinayang'ana mwachidwi chaka chatha ku Sound & Vision . $ 299 L2 ali ndi kayendedwe katsopano kachitetezo ndi kuwonjezereka mphamvu zogwirira ntchito bwino pakusewera kuchokera ku mafoni ndi mapiritsi.

Sindingathe kukumbukira zomwe L1 inkawoneka, koma ndamvetsera mwachidule anandisiya kuti ndikhulupirire kuti kuyankha kwa L2 ndikuwongolera bwino kwambiri.