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July's Essence Newsletter brings together a little summer reading for audiophiles who still believe better sound starts with better content, better signal paths, and systems worth keeping.
I begin with my new Top 10 Blu-ray Concert Reviews on AVNIRVANA, highlighting some of the most enjoyable live concert releases I've covered over the past year, including Pink Floyd, Hall & Oates, Joe Bonamassa, The Rolling Stones, U2, Led Zeppelin, INXS, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, and YES.
This month’s featured Blu-ray review is YES Live at the Apollo 2016, a powerful reunion of Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman celebrating the YES legacy across the seventies, eighties, and nineties.
The July editorial, “Why HDMI Is the Best Practice,” takes a deeper look at how protected digital delivery made modern 4K video, Blu-ray, SACD, UHD Blu-ray, and Hi Res Audio possible in the home, and why HDMI remains the Direct Path for getting the best sound and picture from today’s content.
Also featured is the Essence HDACC II-4K HDMI DAC for 2-channel systems, the Evolve II-4K HDMI Multichannel DAC for legacy 1080p AVRs that still work great but lack HDMI 4K connectivity, plus beautiful system-building options from ATI amplification and Amphion Argon1 loudspeakers.
Click on the newsletter header below. Happy 4th of July, celebrating our 250th anniversary!
I begin with my new Top 10 Blu-ray Concert Reviews on AVNIRVANA, highlighting some of the most enjoyable live concert releases I've covered over the past year, including Pink Floyd, Hall & Oates, Joe Bonamassa, The Rolling Stones, U2, Led Zeppelin, INXS, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, and YES.
This month’s featured Blu-ray review is YES Live at the Apollo 2016, a powerful reunion of Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman celebrating the YES legacy across the seventies, eighties, and nineties.
The July editorial, “Why HDMI Is the Best Practice,” takes a deeper look at how protected digital delivery made modern 4K video, Blu-ray, SACD, UHD Blu-ray, and Hi Res Audio possible in the home, and why HDMI remains the Direct Path for getting the best sound and picture from today’s content.
Also featured is the Essence HDACC II-4K HDMI DAC for 2-channel systems, the Evolve II-4K HDMI Multichannel DAC for legacy 1080p AVRs that still work great but lack HDMI 4K connectivity, plus beautiful system-building options from ATI amplification and Amphion Argon1 loudspeakers.
Click on the newsletter header below. Happy 4th of July, celebrating our 250th anniversary!




