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    by Bob Rapoport on August 15, 2014

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    by Bob Rapoport on August 4, 2014

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    Now in their 70’s and apparently ageless, Mick and the Boys have never been better,…

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    by Bob Rapoport on November 22, 2013

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    by Bob Rapoport on October 11, 2013

    In 2012 I wrote a blog post for Residential Systems calling Blu-ray “The Holy Grail…

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Thanks for visiting Bob Rapoport’s Essence For Hi Res Audio website. We manufacture and sell our own award-winning Essence HDMI DACs and we’re the US dealer for Acoustic Energy Speaker Systems from the UK, FIBBR Ultra Pro HDMI v2.0 Fiber Optic Cables from China, PLiXiR Balanced Power Conditioners from Singapore, the KORG DS-DAC-10R Hi Res Audio DAC for archiving vinyl albums from Japan, and now after a 34 year detour power amps by ATI (formerly SAE).

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