Audio bar reviews12/8/2022 Although he’s particularly known for that, his electronic designs are destined to emerge at a rather slow pace because he constantly alters them, personally assembles each and still has a successful speaker house to run, which takes a lot of his time. The Swiss’ knack for targeting exotic components that net stout results even more so. In this context knowing just the right people for the job is essential. Sven relies on experts such as Louis Motek of LessLoss, Serge Schmidlin of Audio Consulting, Volker Bajorat of Clockwork Audio and many more. It’s no secrecy that all Boenicke Audio products are in one way or another infused with outsourced tech. Audio events were in fact testing grounds for them, where he could gather feedback from visitors, observe their reactions and move from there one step at a time. After getting to know Boenicke Audio’s founder a bit better I finally understood why he took his time with these projects. I imagine that many his customers were as well, so he must’ve heard questions similar to mine countless times already. Patience is a virtue, no? Still, as an owner of two his speaker sets I was curious about hardware obviously tailored for them. The man always remained unfazed and had the same answer ready. Each time we met in Warsaw or Munich, I naturally asked the Swiss designer about his plans to eventually release any of his electronic kit. Alas, they weren’t and their maker was in no hurry to turn them into commercially available goods for everyone with coin to spare. Alongside Sven’s usual suspects – speakers, cables and accessories – I often saw there his electronic designs that seemed finished fully operational efforts. More than a dozen is my conservative estimation. I can’t remember how many Boenicke Audio rooms I’ve visited over the years. Sven did that too, albeit in a particularly teasing style. Most manufacturers expand their rosters to complement what they already have once their position within the industry is secure. Today one can find there multiple products meant to support that core. Although the Swiss designer has been known primarily for speakers that still are his bread and butter, his current lineup doesn’t quite communicate that, or at least I don’t think it does. AUDIO BAR REVIEWS ARCHIVEThis nine-strong coverage puts Sven Boenicke’s company right next to LessLoss and above any other audio house introduced at this site, while its archive penned by Srajan at is as large. Enjoy! Swiss cardioīoenicke Audio’s track record here at includes four speaker reviews ( W5, W8, W11 SE and W11 SE+), three cable stories ( S3, IC3 CG and M3), one about a passive distributor box ( Power Gate) and the most recent about a signal emitter ( ComDev). This tiny power amp sells for less than most his other products and now it’s time to find out how it performs. That doesn’t make it any less frustrating when your headphones come unplugged, and you want to get back to the music but first must figure out the right volume level again.Boenicke Audio p1 is Sven Boenicke’s first commercially available electronic kit. That’s a positive safety feature and one that should be applauded and appreciated. No matter what volume you were enjoying before you unplugged your iFi Go, it’s going to play back at a safe, low volume whenever the DAC is first plugged in. I also compared the Go Bar to the recently reviewed Questyle M15 and the AudioQuest Dragonfly Cobalt dongle-style DACs. I used Focal Celestee headphones, Periodic Audio Carbon in-ear monitors, and less-than-$100 Sony MDR-7506 headphones. I tested the iFi Go Bar with an iPhone using the USB-C-to-Lightning adapter that comes with the iFi Go. Adding the detailed and labeled output information is a real plus, but iFi almost defeats the move by making it so hard to read. You’ll need at least a direct light source to read the details and quite possibly some kind of magnification. The matte finish on the standard Go Bar is incredibly nice and, to keep the sleek look, designers decided to add the printed IDs for the playback resolution in a gloss finish that’s virtually the same color and in an extremely small font.
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