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Pylon Audio Jade 10

Poland means different things to different people. For some, it brings to mind mountains, lakes, forests, turbulent history, beautiful cities, pierogi, kielbasa and stuffed cabbage. For others, it is a modern, entrepreneurial country - energetic, ambitious and full of people who, after decades of catching up, no longer feel the need to prove anything to anyone. They simply get on with it. They build companies, invest, design, manufacture and enter markets that, not all that long ago, seemed completely out of reach. You can see it in technology, industry, services and design, but also in far more specialized fields, including audio. Surprising as it may sound, Poland is home to well over a hundred manufacturers of audio devices, accessories and components - from large, increasingly recognizable brands to tiny, highly specialized, sometimes almost one-person workshops making unusual loudspeakers, amplifiers, cables, power distributors, isolation platforms, feet, supports and objects whose purpose sometimes has to be explained even to people who have followed this hobby for years. Some of these companies have long since stopped being curiosities for local patriots and have become serious players on the international stage. Fezz Audio tube amplifiers, J.Sikora and Muarah turntables, Mytek converters and digital devices, Lampizator's eccentric creations, Albedo and Audiomica Laboratory cables, JCAT network accessories, Enerra and Gigawatt power strips and conditioners - these are only the most obvious examples. When it comes to loudspeakers, however, the undisputed leader is Pylon Audio.

Sony CDP-101

Even the longest journey has to begin with the first step. For Sony, one of these steps was to release the CDP-101 player, which launched the adventures of the Compact Disc format. So this is genesis - the first audiophile CD player. The device was released in 1982 and followed by the first compact album - reissued "52nd Street" by Billy Joel. Sony was ahead of their partner in creating the CD format because Philips unveiled its first player a month later (it was the CD-100). This player was based on a CX-20017 16-bit D/A converter made by Sony (like most of the electronics used for the construction of this machine) and the KSS-100A laser module. These days the CDP-101 was one of the most advanced devices for general commercial use with 34 chips onboard.

Klipsch Heresy III 70th Anniversary Edition

We live in strange times when people often throw away old stuff to buy something new, not always better. Everything gets replaced faster and faster, sometimes just for the sake of making small changes in our lives. Not surprisingly, some people are not taking part in this process anymore. Instead, they started looking for true quality in products that have been manufactured long ago. The only trouble is, these things are not easy to find.

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