All posts by Bob Rapoport
More Hi Res Audio Content Than Anyone Imagined
Audiophiles are upgrading their systems now with better content instead of hardware tweaks, Hi Res…
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Essence Digital Audio Amplifiers For Hi Res Playback
Of all the components in an audiophile system, the amplifiers draw the most electricity and…
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Essence Reveals The History of Stereophonic Sound
If you want to call yourself an audiophile, it seems to me you should know…
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How to Merge Your Digital Music Life With Analog Components
When it comes to how we store our music these days, there’s no doubt that…
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Essence™ HDACC Gets “Top Pick” Sound & Vision Rating
It’s fair to say that among the current trends in audio and video, headphone listening…
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HDACC Review Part II by John Darko
Back in Feb, John Darko of DigitalAudioReview.net wrote Part I of his review on the…
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DAR Reviews The Essence™ HDACC–Part I
Blu-ray audio with the Essence HDACC (Part 1 – 48kHz) John H. Darko 10.02.2014 Features…
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Audiophiles Share Their Thoughts About Blu-ray Concerts They’ve Enjoyed The Ultimate Mahler Cycle June 20, 2011…
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DRM; Orwellian or Ingenious?
Today I want to talk about Digital Rights Management, better known as DRM. Most of…
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Rolling Stones Live On Blu-ray
Now in their 70’s and apparently ageless, Mick and the Boys have never been better,…
ViewHDACC / Evolve Getting Started Tips
Important: Setting up the HDACC or Evolve for use is easy, but the Blu-ray players have…
ViewEssence™ Dynamic Range Chart 1887-2013
What is dynamic range? It’s the measurement in decibels between the softest and loudest…
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DAC Comparison Chart
” Audiophiles will find the addition of HDMI transformative”……..Mark Fleischmann, Sound & Vision July 2014…
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Free Spectrum Analysis
Spek – Acoustic Spectrum Analyser Spek (IPA: /spɛk/, ‘bacon’ in Dutch) helps to analyze your…
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Imagine No Compression, Its Easy If You Try
Universal Music Group announced today that John Lennon’s ‘Imagine” is coming out on their Pure…
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Blu-ray 24/96K Concerts & Catalog Classics; Now Over 1000 Titles by the World’s Most Popular Artists
Blu-ray is the “tangible” native hi res audio (24/96K) media storage format for native hi res audio…
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Blu-ray Pure Audio Classics Now Shipping
In 2012 I wrote a blog post for Residential Systems calling Blu-ray “The Holy Grail…
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The Ultimate DAC Includes HDMI
If you own a classic analog stereo preamp or receiver, you have a problem. Without an HDMI input, you can’t play the highest…
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Concerts On Blu-ray Online Store
One question that pops up again and again is where to buy music concerts on…
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Use Your Balance Control To Move The Sweet Spot
In my last post about the sweet spot, I explained how critical it is for…
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“To my way of thinking, the Final 1000i (New Essence 1900) “ represents a milestone…
ViewEssence HDACC / HDACC II-4K Reviews
Award-Winning Review for Essence HDACC II-4K by John Gatski from EAN, June 2018 “ For $599,…
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The History Of Audiophile Sound
The long evolution of storage media began in 1876 with Edison’s wax cylinder, then came…
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The easiest way to explain why electrostats sound better than conventional speakers can be seen in the…
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Thanks for visiting Bob Rapoport’s Essence For Hi Res Audio website. We manufacture and sell…
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