Reference equipment as used by AV News contributors
AV News makes use of equipment that is occasionally supplied to us on long term loan/review. Additionally our contributors make use of their own kit for reference purposes. As per our contributors judgement equipment may be swapped in and out as deemed necessary during a critical review.
| Sources | Sony CD X300 bitstream, Marantz 3100 media player, Nuprime Dac10h, Nuprime WR 100, BlueSound Node, Cambridge 752 BD Blu Ray, Apple TV 4k |
| Pre and power amplification | Thule Spirit 100 line amp, Yamaha RVX915 A/V Receiver, Valve Audio Genesis Pre amp, Nuprime IDA16 |
| Speakers | Martin Logan Electro Motion ESL, Sonor Audio derived AVSA Kit Ones (original), Xavian Mia, Sonor Claro 6.2, Yamaha YAS 408 Sound bar, Sonos Arc Sound bar, Boston M250 |
| Visual | Samsung TXV 50″, Samsung QE55Q8C curved |
| Cabling and interconnects | Van den Hul Carbon interconnects, Transparent silver speaker cabling, Transparent silver interconnects, Straight wire Virtuoso R balanced and single ended cables, Audioquest Columbia RCA, Neutralis speaker and interconnects, custom made speaker cables, Van den Hul cables ( various), custom power cables |
| Furniture and accessories |
Sound Structures custom triple sliding A/V rack, 19″ Sound Structures reference stand, Sound Structures reference bookshelf speaker stands, Clearline Sound system filter, Merlin bass traps, UTunes tt isolation, Vibrapod isolation pods ( various) |
| Reference tracks |
Numerous and growing! https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/1ce2f783-bd1c-453f-8496-15d1d17aa1f6 https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/b8560d44-54d6-45db-b9fb-4843c1aa0a30
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