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    L OU DSPE AKE RS: Does the T otem Mani - 2 st il l rate as one of t he w orl d ’ s tr uly grea t spea k ers? W e al so look at an economy spea k er from a n old fr iend, Cas tle. And a n af fordab le speaker wi th a Hei l t weeter . TH E COMPUT ER A S MUS IC SOU RCE: We get ou t hand s on th e newest Sq ueezebox, and f i nd tha t a comput er can [...]

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    ASW Speak ers Q ED T arget V andersteen McCor mack Harmo ni x WB T Reimyo Apollo Gu tW ire FI M Accessories Goldring Milty P erfect Sou nd Nit ty Grit ty Gradient Speakers L A S T record care W A T T Gate Audiophile CD s Audiophile L P s DV D and SA CD J U S T M A Y A U D I O A S W G e n i u s 4 0 0 “I t has all th e v o l u m e y o u c o uld e v[...]

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    NU T S&B O L T S Spea ker Imped ance 1 8 by Paul Berg m an W h at i t mean s, how impeda nce af fe ct s per form ance , and how you ca n measu re you r spea kers’ ow n imp edance FE AT UR ES Montrea l 200 6 22 by G erard Rejskind A leisu rely tour of t he venerable M ontrea l show , now in a new venue T our i ng t he N ew/ Old S how 2 5 by A [...]

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    UH F Ma ga zin e No. 76 wa s pub lis hed i n May, 2 0 06 . Al l co ntents ar e copyr ight 2 00 6 by Broa dcast Canada. T hey may not b e r epro duce d o r t ransm itte d i n any for m, o r by any mean s, ele ctro nic o r mec hanic al, i nclud ing ph otoc opying, rec ordin g, or any info rmati on stor age or ret rieval syst em, with out wr itte n pe[...]

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    D O G- E AR ED MAGA Z I N ES ? PH O O EY ! UL TR A HIGH FI DELIT Y , Box 65085, Pla ce Long ueuil, LON GUEUI L, Q ué., Can ada J4K 5 J4 T e l.: ( 45 0) 65 1-5720 FAX: (45 0) 65 1-338 3 VIA T HE INTE RNET : h tt p ://w w w.uhfm ag.com /Subsc ript ion.h tml FOR 13 ISSUES: $62 .50 (Cana da ), U S$62 .50 (U SA), C $ 1 18 ( elsew here, inc luding ai r [...]

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    The U HF Gu id e cos ts $14.95 (Ca nad a) plu s 7% GST (15% in NB, N S, NF ), US$19.95 (US A) CAN$ 25 (else whe re). The Worl d of High Fide lit y c ost s $ 21 .95 (Canad a) pl us 7 % GST ( 15%HST i n NB , NS , NF ), US $21.95 (U SA) o r CAN $30 (elsew her e). Se e ord er ing in for ma ti on on t he p revio us pa ge. A $5 d iscou nt applie s on eit[...]

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    I’ d l ike t o t ha nk you for publi sh ing t he componen t -by-component de scr ip- t io n a n d es p e c i a l ly t he ph ot o of t he Omega sy stem on the UH F W e b site. I have long been c ur ious to se e a photo of a ny of your t h ree sy stems , but si nce t hey are wor k i ng tools I had ass u med t hat t hey were , sh al l we s ay , les [...]

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    Fee dback h ighl ighti ng t heir tremendous i mag ing, dy na m ics a nd musica lit y . T o m N o r t o n , o f S t e r e o p h i l e a n d Ulti mate A V fa me, had a tota lly d if feren t opin ion of t he R C-7 0 t ha n you r te am. I n h is rev iew M r . Norton is quoted a s say i ng, “ t he R C-7 0 had superb over al l tona l bal ance” and t [...]

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    First , l et me say that I bo ught both o f your book s o n high fi d elity an d l oved the m. I al so received a cop y of your magazine an d have s ubsc ribed for the n ext t wo year s. I al so orde red six of the mos t c ur rent back is su es. I got ba ck into hi-fi abo ut t wo years ago af te r 1 5 or so years and find mys elf wonde r - ing w[...]

  • Page 10

    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Planet 20 0 0, Refe rence 3a M M de Capo -i speaker s, a Mo on I - 3 amp, an In ouye line f il t e r , A tl a s N av iga t o r c ab l e s, G utW i r e power cables, and Puresonic Competition flat speaker cabl es. My ques tio n i s wh at to upgrad e no w ? I am thinking of t rading up t o a Moon I- 5. I s t he re a big e no[...]

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    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e Pr obabl y not , M ic hel , be c aus e t he V ee na i s not s ubst a nt ia l ly l ar ger t h a n t he M M De Capo, a nd indeed its woofer is sm a l ler. T he n ot able d i f f ere nce , of cou rse, is t h a t t he V e ena doe sn ’ t need a st and. W e prefer t he De C apo, but since our rev iew Reference 3 [...]

  • Page 12

    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e there’ s the ques tion of s peak er cable a nd the connections between th e CD / amp. Is my little s yste m wo r th the really go od s t uf f ? I do n ’t want to s pen d mo re than I ca n af ford, yet I want to get th e best res ults an d sound I can. Ever ybody I talk to has an opinio n, they’r e jus t all di f fere [...]

  • Page 13

    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e up r ad io-f requ enc y noi se a nd f eed i n g it i nto t he s yst em t h rough t he g round, a nd it a lso prevents cert ai n componen t s, pa r t ic u la rl y d ig it a l co mpone nts , f ro m rad iati ng d igit al noise where it c an get i n to place s it s hould n ’ t . Though some powe r cab les h ave[...]

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    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e may now , t herefore, ma ke sense. O r it may n ot. I t’ s your cho ice which horse to bet on. A t r ue te st wou ld requ ire havi ng t wo L P-12’ s t h at a r e a b so lut e ly id en t ic a l, get t ing one of them mod ified, a nd then hav i ng bot h properly adjusted by some- one who did n ’ t have a[...]

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    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e I ju s t picked up yo ur m ag azine f or the fi rs t t ime a nd lo ve it . I e spec ial ly e njo yed The H igh Fidelit y Dig ita l Jukebox ( in U H F No. 7 4) and lo oke d up yo ur p reviou s ar ticl es on the CEC DA5 3 a nd the iP od. I w ou l d l ike t o k n o w wh at wo u l d b e necessar y to make a “h i-fi” sys t[...]

  • Page 16

    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e familiar with many of the audio phile maga- zines, and I think yo urs is th e mos t objec tive and infor m ative of all of th em. It makes me pro ud to kno w that s uch a g reat m ag azine com es f rom Ca nad a. No w o n t o the CE C DA5 3 co nver te r . Af ter read ing your re view i n U H F No. 72 , I pu rch ased a DA5 3 [...]

  • Page 17

    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e Fre e A dvic e sy stem. The A udiomat Op éra, w it h its much larg er p ower supply , wa s li stened to o n t he O meg a s y st em , be c aus e we t h oug h t ( correct ly as i t tu rned o ut ) t hat i t co uld ha n dle o ur Re fer en ce 3 a Su p rem as, w i t h t heir pu sh-pull passive s ubw oofers. The C opland C T A- 4[...]

  • Page 18

    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e vel ea feu iscipit dol orer i p eu f acin i m ing eni m zzr il lumsa n veraessecte v er sectem do lo bor auga i t, sed de liqua t, qu ism odion er c ip s u m sa nd r e t et a d ia m, s it a d ipi t luptat. Sa n d rem d olen i m volo rem dele s s e n ismolo re doloree t ueraest r ud tate con he nd re d it ip is c i l it la m[...]

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    Fee dback Fre e A dvic e zzr i liq u ipisis dolorem quat i ng exeriu re t e t u m i n h e n i m v e n t n o n s e q u a m e t ad ion s e qu at u ms a n h en it l or i r i l iqu at pr ae s s eq u at . U l la or p er a l i sm ol up t at . Bor a l iqui bla nd i t nost o eu f acc um sa n v o l o r e v u l l a c o n s e q u i s l d o l o r i u s t i s a[...]

  • Page 20

    Fee dback Nu ts&B ol t s W h at is t he impeda nce of yo u r lo ud s pe a k er s ? I s it 8 ohm s? O r 4 oh ms? P erhaps you k now t hat it i s not ju st a si ngle nu mber , but wh a t di f ference does it ma ke any way? At t he ver y lea st you a re no doubt aw a re t hat a sp e a ker w it h a ver y lo w impe dance can present a pro blem for a[...]

  • Page 21

    Fee dback Nu ts&B ol t s R at her more fo rm id able i s t he h igher par t of t he c ur ve, sp ecifica lly t he imped- a nce at 6 k H z. A s you ca n see, it r ise s well ov er 20 Ω . W hat w il l t hi s mean for t he poor a mplifier? L et u s c on s id e r f i r s t a s ol id s t a te ampl ifier , t he t y p e mos t p eople us e. It is co[...]

  • Page 22

    Fee dback Nu ts&B ol t s do e u g a it l a m co n e t u m i n i a m i p su m zzr i lla f eui s au t num mol or sequat. Num san veliqu ipi t pr a t pra t. U t lam, vent et i n hen i m quat ad t ie er il utat ue mag n im il i l isci te do del iquatu m iu sto en i t nu llu m en im do eug ait er sequ isis d e l i s a l i q u i p i t p r a e s e d u[...]

  • Page 23

    Go od e n o u gh UHF u s es t h e m ! Thi s remarkable c able is f rom A tlas. Unlik e so man y cab le companies, this Scottish company k eeps m arku ps reasonable. Nav igat or All- Cu i s made from strands of pure copp er , e ach draw n from a sing le cr y stal. So are the connectors. The Nav igat or All-Cu p assed a blind test in UHF No . 7 1 . C[...]

  • Page 24

    I t se ems f orever t hat t he Mon t real show has b een at t he Del ta ho tel, r ig ht do w nto w n . T he D elt a w a s a g reat venu e for h i-fi compan ies look in g f or s olid ly-bu i lt r oom s w hose acoust ic s you could work wit h. It wasn’ t so g ood f or t hose nee di ng v ast s pace , a nd t he show had long spil led over i nto ad j[...]

  • Page 25

    Fee dback Feat u r e A u r u m A c o u s t i c s (f r o m New found land) wa s b ack w it h t he fin al version of i ts aston ish- ing t r i-amp li fied lou dspea ker (i t comes w it h its ow n amp s, fou r of wh ich are si ngle-ended t ube u n i t s) . No w t h a t t h e s y s t e m ( i n c l u d i n g t h e m a n i f e s t l y ex cel le nt C D [...]

  • Page 26

    Fee dback Feat u r e a rr ive i n store s s oon. T hat i nclude s t he A r t ik u la t spea kers ( sh own on page 2 7), a nd t he new M ajik st r ict ly t wo - cha n nel com ponent ser ies. I’ve a lready aske d to rev iew t he Majik CD, wh ich w ill replace bot h the Gen k i a n d I kemi, w it h a pr ic e s it u ate d ab out m idw ay . Before you[...]

  • Page 27

    Fee dback Feat u r e “ L o o k a t t h e b e a u t i f u l t u b e s ,” s a i d a v i s ito r a s h e w a l k e d i nto t he r oo m, c a l l i ng h i s f rien d ov er to a tabl e display , completely obliv ious to t he music b eing played. T here it is . I th i nk I’ve cracked t he m y s te r y of w h y t he re a r e so f ew fe ma le aud ioph[...]

  • Page 28

    Fee dback Feat u r e lo c k s a n d a pair o f l a r g e V i l l a - R e a l e s p e a k - ers. It was a l ivel y a nd won- der f u l ly s y ncop ated vers ion of the legendar y Brube ck composit ion. W e h a d a no t he r t re at o n L P s w it h My Fu n n y V alenti ne f rom the 7 0’ s direct - to-disc al bum Th e Gre at Jazz T rio Direc t f ro[...]

  • Page 29

    Fee dback Feat u r e ci n el i n velesto dit utat. Ut lu t at amco - num velen is acc u m il isl eu feu m my nos a c c u m d i o d o l u m nost r ud t ie vel en im di am nonsec tet w is d io n s e q u i s m o d o - lore consed du isi. O d m o d i g n i m i nc i e x e a fe u m sa n hen im nos dolor t ie c o n s e v e l iq u i s i s i m v e l e s s i[...]

  • Page 30

    Fee dback Feat u r e t a t num du n t acc u m ip et um my nulpute vel ul la f acil isi. Duipsu m qua mc ore tatis acin hen dre ea co n h enismo lore et aut luptat nu m qu ipsu m s and ign it a li s eu is dol oreet a met um al iqua m cor t io de l d olore do lum del ing ex eug ait aci bla core feu feug iat i pit, com mol o rp erost r ud euipit prat [...]

  • Page 31

    Fee dback Feat u r e U t a t n u l l a n d r e mo d ip it w i s mo do lob ore m od it u l l a feum v eri t a u te fa c- c u m m o d o l o r e e t iusc il e x eliquat. C i l i q u a t u e r a d eu i blam , sis si t isi blamcon ul lum mo lutate et , su m a l i t non hendip eu ipit al iq u ismod dol essis er iusto exeriure conum ex et dig ni m do lo- [...]

  • Page 32

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room W e r e w e t h e v e r y f i r s t ever to rev iew a T otem loudspea ker? W e t h in k so. It w as of cour se t he or i g i n a l T ote m , t he Mo de l O ne . W e were i mpressed w ith it, a s we st il l are, a nd we eagerly a wa i ted t he M odel T wo. This wa s t he Model T wo, wit h a clever pu n ident if y i ng it[...]

  • Page 33

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room t h at it wou ld b e a l l r ig ht if w e d id n ’ t t u r n u p t he v ol u me t o o h i g h ( lo o s e t r a n s l at i on : o n Ne w Y ea r s ’ Ev e k ee p t he i nebr iat es aw ay f rom t he s y st em). However we did have to r u n the sy stem loud er t ha n us ua l, because t he Ma ni-2 ’ s 85 dB s en sit i v[...]

  • Page 34

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room eros dolore d i pisi m dolu- t a te m a g n a a d d ol ob o re mol or peros et ut al it n on- s e q u at a c c u m n u l l u p t at ac i l l aore et ut at lut e m i n hendre core dolore f eum d ip eu m a l is ci n ci l it e u m acipisi m dipisi. D u i s i e x e n i m e s s e du nt do lut d olor e d u ip it e u m m o d t[...]

  • Page 35

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room facc u m ver su st r ud dig n ibh e n t e r o o d o l o r e m d u i e r si s ad ig n a fe u is el it l a co n hendion se ctem in eug ia mc o n se q u i s de l i t , s u m s a n e t nonsequ is n ibh eug ait nos- t i n i at ut at . D u i b la or s i m dolob or e ve n is se m i n e u is ni m i nci p enibh enit il digna at [...]

  • Page 36

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room D o es t he n a me r i ng a b el l? M e n t i o n E L A C a n d w e t h in k of t u rntables of long a g o , o r m o r e r e c e n t l y o f phono c a r t r idge s. I nde ed, E L AC ( t he na me is a c on t rac t ion of El ect roa cu st ic ) was t he fi r st to ma ke a rel a t ively inex- pens ive phon o ca rt r idge w[...]

  • Page 37

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room sum augue co n h en t u lla feuguer ci eu faci ent al is nonse feugia m d ion eni am qu am vol essi b lam quisc in cil iqua t a metu msa n heni m dolore du is ad er at ad io eug iam nis nulla con um dip exer sim qu i psus cip- su scipis n ia m, qua met ut pat ir i t velenit, se feu fe uga it la ad e ssequ at. U t aut a [...]

  • Page 38

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room S o he re ’ s Cas tle again… w i th a n ew Ca nadi an d ist ributor , but t hen agai n new o w n ership too. C astle was fo unded many years ag o by a g rou p of for mer W ha r fedale exec ut ives, wh o ha d l eft wh en t he a ptly -name d Ran k org a n iz at ion h ad b ought W ha r fed a le. Thos e e xecs are n ow [...]

  • Page 39

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room gett ing the ton e w ro ng on a co up le of t h e rea lly la rge dr u ms. But be cause t he b ass response is necessar ily li mited, t he pr ob- lem wasn’ t more t ha n detec table. Much more not iceabl e wa s t he f ur ious rhy t h m a nd t he energ y . T hat odd scraped gourd in the i n t roduct ion came on w ith po[...]

  • Page 40

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room G ot an a mpli fier ? G ot head- phon es? No w how d o you p l u g t h e s e c o nd i n t o t h e fi rst? Head pho nes have long been a n alter- nat ive l isten i ng met hod for t hose whos e par t ners don ’ t share t heir mus ical t aste s. Or t hose wit h t h in w al ls. I n re cen t yea rs t he idea of li sten i[...]

  • Page 41

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room complicated t h i ngs. Here ’ s how we solved t he problem. The sou rce we selec ted for t hese t est s was a combinat ion of our CEC TL5 1X be lt-d r iv en t ra n s po r t a nd t he Be nc h- m a r k DA C 1 c o n v e r t e r r e v i e w e d i n our la st iss ue. W e d id t h a t bec ause t he Benchmark ’ s head ph o[...]

  • Page 42

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room T his he ad ph on e am p is f ro m the sa me Ger ma n company t hat m a k e s t h e p h on o p r e a m p o f n e a r l y t h e s a m e n a m e . I t i s , a s y o u w i l l h a v e o b s e r v e d , n e i t h e r black nor a c ube, but o h w e l l . T h e p o w e r supply is b u ilt in, and so it has a st a ndard I EC c[...]

  • Page 43

    CONN OISS EUR SIN GLE- ENDE D AMP Conno isseur SE-2 single -en ded 30 0B integrated tube amp lifie r . Thi s is the latest version up graded by the fac tor y and featured in UHF 72. H igh curre nt with lots of drive. Per fect c ondition wit h low hours. New: $ 345 0, Selling: $ 1 80 0. Contac t: burekp@mc master . ca or (9 05)29 6. 1 203. TOTEM MA [...]

  • Page 44

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room n a t u r a l , p r o v - i n g o n c e a g a i n t h at t he s ibi l a nt ar t if act s we of ten hear are t he res ult of p r ob le m s i n t he playback , n ot t he or ig i- na l recordi ng. But it’ s no t e ven t he voice t h at s t r i k e s y ou fi r s t . R at h er it’ s t he p er fec t b al a nce of voic e,[...]

  • Page 45

    EAC H ISSU E cos ts $ 6.4 9 (in Ca nad a) plu s ta x (1 5.0 3% in Qu éb ec, 15% in N B, NS a nd NF , 7% in o the r Provi nce s), US$6 .49 i n th e USA , CAN $1 0.75 els ewh ere (ai r mai l inc lud ed) . THE A NNI VE RSARY CO LLECT IO N (iss ues 7- 19 exce pt 1 1, 1 5, 17 and 18) in clud es 9 i ssu es bu t cos ts li ke 5. For V IS A or Ma ste rCa r[...]

  • Page 46

    Fee dback Li st e ni ng Room I n U HF No. 7 5 we explai ned h ow to use A ppl e’ s iT u nes prog ra m ( f ree for W i ndow s a nd M ac O S X ) t o get i nst a n t acce ss to a va st music l i bra r y . W hat wa s not ev iden t was how to lis ten wit hout t ak ing a huge p erfor- ma nce h it. A ver y f ew c ompu ters have d i g i t a l o u t pu t [...]

  • Page 47

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    Fee dback Sof t w a r e And the daylight o ’ er the p avem ent quite has faded , And the s tro ng [ death- m arch ] enw r aps me. The moo n gives you light And the bugles a nd dr um s give you m usi c, And my hear t , O my soldie rs, My heart g ives you lo ve. Th at tex t is f rom renow n poet W a lt W h it ma n. Now l isten to t he ba ritone i n[...]

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    Fee dback Sof t w a r e On t he ot her ha nd, he wa s able to hear t he folk music idiom of h is nat ive la nd t h rough f resh ear s. I ndeed “nat ive la nd” i n t h is c a se d oe s n’ t me a n wh at one m i ght a ss u me. T o ot he r Eu ro pe - a ns “ Spa n ish mu sic” mea nt t he mu sic of A n d a lu s i a. I f a nu mb er o f Fr en c [...]

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    I s h i-fi — o r c ons u mer elec t ro n ics i n gene ra l — get t ing tougher to su r v ive i n? C ha nge has cla imed a nother v ict im , a major Can adia n d ist r ib utor . T he c om p a n y i s K o rb o n t r ad i n g, wh ich was al ready fi ve yea rs old when U HF was created in 1 982. K en Simpson had worked at t he c ompany impor t in[...]

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    I s music i mport a n t to a ll hu ma ns? I would say so, and it expla i ns why t he fi r st hu ma n s b eg a n t o m a k e music even before t hey di scovered fi re, or weapons w it h wh ich to k i ll ot her huma n s. W e k now , becau se we’v e fou nd rema in s of thei r in st r ument s. W e a lso k now t h at music is not l is- tened to t he[...]

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