The Pagan Star symbol, also known as the Pentagram or Pentacle, is a widely recognized symbol that has been used by various Pagan cultures throughout history. It consists of a five-pointed star enclosed in a circle. Each of the five points represents one of the five elements: earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. In Paganism, the Pentagram is often seen as a protective symbol, representing the balance and harmony between the elements. It is also associated with the divine feminine and is sometimes used to represent the goddess. The circle surrounding the star is seen as a representation of the eternal and infinite nature of the universe.
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An audio reviewer's mandate is to seek out the new, the innovative, the cutting-edge, and to write about it, preferably while it's still new and innovative and cutting-edge. As a scribe for Positive Feedback, I've certainly done my share of chasing the newest and most revolutionary products for evaluation. But, in assembling my reference system for reviewing purposes, and, just as importantly, for musical pleasure, I have gravitated to a few manufacturers whose products I've consistently admired and owned: Simaudio for electronics, Marantz and Esoteric for digital, and Focal for loudspeakers. When it comes to cabling, I've been a long-term proponent of Audience products, having utilized various Audience powerChords in my system for the past two decades.
Like many audiophiles, I've dabbled with interconnect and speaker-cable offerings from numerous manufacturers, but I recall fondly the years I spent with Audience's Au24 and Au24e products. When John McDonald, owner and chief designer of Audience AV, and I reconnected recently, it seemed fated that I give a listen to Audience's newest cable line, the Studio ONE.
Audience AV is an adherent of trickle-down technology, and the advances made in support of the flagship Front Row cables have been incorporated into the Studio ONE offerings. Replacing the venerable Au24SE cable line, the Studio ONE products start with the Au24SE foundational principles and build upon them with improved materials, including higher-quality oxygen-free copper (OFC) and an improved XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) dielectric material. Audience has also endowed the Studio ONE cables with higher-quality connectors, and subjects each Studio ONE cable to its proprietary Extreme High-Voltage Process (EHVP), which applies high voltage to the conductors in specific combinations to align the crystalline structure of the various metals, so as to enable more efficient signal transfer. In addition to employing the EHVP process, Audience uses a cable cooker to further burn in each cable for a minimum of 96 hours prior to shipment.
The Studio ONE interconnect is engineered like its pricier Au24SX stablemate and is similarly a low-mass design, eschewing heavy jacketing materials and overbuilt connectors. The Studio ONE is offered in both unbalanced (RCA) and balanced (XLR) versions. The Studio ONE speaker cable is even more low-mass in construction than the interconnect, and for those of us audiophiles who have become accustomed to cables as thick as stairwell banisters, the relative diminutive diameter of the Studio ONE speaker cable can be initially disconcerting. John McDonald states that this design is deliberate; per McDonald, the lack of mass and profligate material contributes to a reduction of eddy currents and energy storage. As with all of its cable products, Audience provides a lifetime warranty on the Studio ONE line.
The Audience Studio ONE cables arrived well-packed and, like all Audience product offerings, included samples of Deoxit for cleaning cable connectors. Given the Studio ONE cables' slim size and flexibility, installation was uneventful.
During the course of the review period, my system comprised the Esoteric Grandioso K1 and Marantz SA-10 SACD players, Simaudio MOON 600i v2 integrated amplifier, Focal Sopra 1 loudspeakers, Nordost Heimdall 2 interconnects, Nordost Heimdall 2 speaker cables, Audience aR2p-T4 power conditioner, Audience Au24 SE-i powerChords, and Audience Hidden Treasure AC outlet. All components were placed on a SolidSteel 6.2 Audio Table, with Symposium Acoustics Rollerblock Jr HDSE footers. Acoustic treatments were by GIK Acoustics.
Users should be aware that, despite having been subjected to Audience's EHVP process and subsequent burn-in via cable cooker, the Studio ONE cables nevertheless benefitted from additional run-in. Out of the box, the Studio ONE cables sounded pinched and closed-in tonally, with a discernible lack of spatial dimensionality and dynamism. After 100 hours of routine playing, the Studio ONEs relaxed and opened up.
When the Studio ONE cables had fully settled in, the immediate aural impression was one of flow. Musical information arrived at my ears of a piece, spatially and temporally. There was a sense of continuousness to the presentation, with a refined focus. With the Studio ONE cables in my system, experiencing Donald Fagen's The Nightfly on SACD (Warner Bros WPCR-14170) proved to be a revelation. On "Ruby Baby," Fagen's voice hung in space between my speakers, and the piano solo spread cohesively across the soundstage in perfect counterpoint to the propulsive bass line driving the song forward. The audience voices and handclaps at the song's denouement were crisply articulated, but consummately proportionate in their placement relative to the other instruments present in the mix.
Tonally, the Studio ONEs were essentially neutral, with just a hint of upper-bass and lower-midrange bloom. This subtle warmth lent itself well to vocals, imbuing them with a richness and full-bodied density. That sublime sense of continuousness extended to the Studio ONE's handling of dynamic contrasts. Perhaps owing to the cables' low noise floor and black background, micro-dynamic contrasts were remarkably expressive, which served to ameliorate dense and choked mixes, such as the multi-tracked Everybody Loves a Happy Ending Tears for Fears release (New Door Records 0003042-02). Playing "Closest Thing to Heaven," I discerned greater separation between Roland Orzabal's vocal and the layers of accompanying guitar and keyboards. Accompanying this heightened resolution was a coherency in the overall presentation that belied the crafted-in-studio artifice, resulting in a more natural, relaxing listen.
Spatially, the Studio ONE cables presented an open, non-congested soundstage, one in which images were dimensional and fleshed out. The Studio ONEs placed images further back in the soundstage, resulting in an exceptional portrayal of depth. Images were focused, but not etched, flowing into one another seamlessly. Harry Chapin's "Woman Child" from his second album, Sniper and Other Love Songs (Wounded Bird Records WOU 5042), is, for Chapin, an uncharacteristically dark song, a character study that deals with a young girl and abortion. The Studio ONEs presented this song in all its bleakness, and the soundstage portrayal placed Chapin well back behind the speaker plane, enhancing the sense of resigned detachment to Chapin's treatment of the lyrics.
How about shortcomings? The Audience Studio ONE cables were magic when it came to reproduction of the all-too-critical midrange. The Studio ONE cables' portrayal of bass frequencies was likewise superb, but in comparison to premium (and higher-priced) cables from other manufacturers, did not always possess the utmost in hard-hitting forcefulness. Conversely, treble frequencies, while grainless and extended, lacked the last vestiges of air. But, these minor quibbles are, to a large degree, missing the point. The Audience cables are voiced, not for accentuation of leading-edge pyrotechnics, but for tonal purity, cohesion, and musical engagement, and it's in these areas that the Studio ONEs reign supreme.
With the introduction of its Studio ONE line of cables, Audience once again reaffirms its rightful place in the upper echelon of cable manufacturers. Dynamically expressive and possessed of class-leading insight, the Studio ONE cables strike a clever balance, blending resolution and detail retrieval with superior coherency and midrange articulation. The Audience Studio ONEs represent exceptional cables at an exceptional price—what more could an audiophile want?
Studio ONE Interconnect and Speaker Cables
Retail: $1900 - Interconnect (1 Meter XLR); $1800 - Speaker Cable (2.5 Meter)
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Sennheiser, al CES 2024 anche gli auricolari che comunicano con l’app Salute di Apple
I nuovi auricolari MOMENTUM True Wireless 4, le cuffie ACCENTUM Plus e gli auricolari True Wireless MOMENTUM Sport fanno il loro debutto al Consumer Electronics Show (CES) di Las Vegas.
MOMENTUM True Wireless 4
Dotato di più di una dozzina di miglioramenti e di un suono più che realistico, MOMENTUM True Wireless 4 è indicato come l’auricolare più potente di Sennheiser. Promette “suono impareggiabile” per gli amanti dell’audio connesso con connettività basata sulla piattaforma Qualcomm S5 Sound Gen 2 e sulla tecnologia Snapdragon Sound per una qualità del suono senza perdite aptX e una latenza bassissima.
Gli auricolari Bluetooth 5.4 offrono anche il supporto Auracast e un design dell’antenna rinnovato per una continuità del segnale anche in viaggio. Il produttore riferisce di Adaptive ANC migliorato, sintonizzazione evoluta e sistema di batterie potenziato. Le cuffie MOMENTUM di quarta generazione vantano 7,5 ore di ascolto continuo di ispirazione audiofila, una custodia di ricarica Qi e la ricarica rapida tramite USB-C.
Le MOMENTUM True Wireless 4 saranno disponibili in tre varianti di colore: nero rame, argento metallizzato e grafite e saranno disponibili per il pre-ordine il 15 febbraio al prezzo di 299,99 euro
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ACCENTUM Plus
Le nuove Sennheiser ACCENTUM Plus promettono “un’esperienza di ascolto in cuffia di qualità superiore” a un prezzo inferiore. Queste cuffie Bluetooth 5.2 vantano durata della batteria (50 ore di autonomia per carica) e connettività versatile: supportano tutti i codec più diffusi, compreso aptX Adaptive
Il padiglione auricolare touch-enabled, utilizzato anche nella serie di punta MOMENTUM, consente il controllo delle funzioni senza dover cercare pulsanti o immergersi nei menu.
Per gli utenti più esigenti, di rilievo la connettività multipoint, la riduzione del vento e la tonalità laterale regolabile. L’Adaptive ANC ottimizza il target per adattarsi alle variazioni del rumore ambientale intorno a chi lo indossa, riducendo le distrazioni. Per i momenti in cui l’ascolto wireless non è consentito, è incluso un cavo audio per collegarsi ai sistemi di intrattenimento in volo o ad altre uscite per cuffie; il tutto può essere riposto nella custodia da viaggio inclusa.
Le cuffie Sennheiser ACCENTUM Plus saranno disponibile nei colori bianco e nero e in vendita dal 20 febbraio al prezzo di 229,99 euro.
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MOMENTUM Sport
L’audio pulsante di Sennheiser viene potenziato con un feedback biometrico in tempo reale nelle nuove MOMENTUM Sport di Sennheiser, un nuovo auricolare true wireless ottimizzato per il fitness che integra un sensore di frequenza cardiaca fotopletismografico (PPG) e un sensore di temperatura corporea, ciascuno in grado di fornire dati critici alle applicazioni e ai dispositivi di fitness più diffusi.
I dati sulla frequenza cardiaca rilevati dalle nuove MOMENTUM Sport, si collegano e si integrano con molti dispositivi e app sportive popolari, come Salute di Apple Watch, Garmin Watch/Connect, Strava, Peloton e altri. Per la prima volta in un prodotto non Polar, gli utenti possono avere accesso completo alle capacità di biosensing e di analisi dei dati d’élite di Polar, compresa la temperatura corporea, che offre approfondimenti in tempo reale durante l’allenamento e un’analisi più dettagliata offline tramite l’ecosistema di app Polar Flow.
Per ridurre al minimo il rumore dei passi, della respirazione e di altre distrazioni trasmesse dal corpo, gli auricolari vantano un canale di attenuazione acustica e di un design semi-aperto per “la naturale consapevolezza dell’ambiente”. La modalità di trasparenza regolabile, la modalità anti-vento e la modalità di cancellazione adattiva del rumore consentono a chi li indossa di adattarsi ai cambiamenti dell’ambiente circostante. Il sistema acustico è dotato di un trasduttore che promette “la migliore qualità del suono in un auricolare sportivo Sennheiser”. Da evidenziare la resistenza al sudore e all’acqua IP55, il telaio a prova d’urto e gli auricolari anti-intasamento, elementi che permettono di resistere ai rigori di qualsiasi allenamento. La custodia per il trasporto, altrettanto resistente, con grado di protezione IP54 e abilitata alla tecnologia Qi, consente di ricaricare fino a tre auricolari supplementari, estendendo il tempo di riproduzione da 6 ore a 24 ore totali. La funzione di ricarica rapida offre fino a 45 minuti di riproduzione dopo soli 10 minuti di ricarica USB-C.
MOMENTUM Sport sarà disponibile dal 9 aprile ad un prezzo di listino di 329,99 euro, offerta in tre varianti di colore: Polar Black, Burned Olive e Metallic Graphite.
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The circle surrounding the star is seen as a representation of the eternal and infinite nature of the universe. The Pentagram has been used in various rituals and ceremonies within Pagan traditions. It is often drawn or worn as a talisman to invoke spiritual protection and to connect with the divine.
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Some Pagans also use it as a symbol of their faith and as a way to identify themselves to others within the Pagan community. In addition to its use in Paganism, the Pentagram has also been adopted by other belief systems and cultures throughout history. It has been used by various religions, such as Wicca and Witchcraft, as well as by individuals practicing magic and the occult. It has also been used in various esoteric and mystical traditions. Unfortunately, due to its association with occult and alternative belief systems, the Pentagram has been misunderstood and misrepresented by some. It is often wrongly associated with evil or satanic practices, despite its long history of use within Pagan and other spiritual traditions. Overall, the Pagan Star symbol, or Pentagram, holds deep significance for those who follow Pagan belief systems. It represents the interconnectedness of the elements, the divine feminine, and the eternal nature of the universe. It is a symbol of protection, spirituality, and identity for many Pagans around the world..
Reviews for "The Magic and Magick of Pagan Star Symbols"
1. John - 1 star
I found the book "Pagan sta symbol" to be incredibly disappointing. The plot was weak and the characters were poorly developed. It felt like the author was trying to be too mystical and mysterious without actually providing any substance. The writing style was also confusing and hard to follow, making it a struggle to even finish the book. Overall, I wouldn't recommend "Pagan sta symbol" to anyone looking for an engaging and well-written novel.
2. Emily - 2 stars
"Pagan sta symbol" had an interesting premise, but it failed to deliver. The story had potential but fell flat in execution. The pacing was slow and it felt like nothing of significance happened for the majority of the book. The characters were also unrelatable and lacked depth, making it difficult to care about their fates. The writing style was verbose and overly descriptive, which bogged down the story. Unfortunately, "Pagan sta symbol" didn't live up to my expectations and I wouldn't suggest wasting your time on it.
3. Sarah - 1 star
I couldn't get through "Pagan sta symbol" because I found it incredibly boring and uninteresting. The plot felt disjointed and lacked cohesiveness. I also found the characters to be poorly developed and unlikeable. The author seemed more focused on including unnecessary details and descriptions rather than creating a compelling narrative. The lack of a clear direction or purpose made it hard for me to engage with the story. I wouldn't recommend "Pagan sta symbol" to anyone looking for an immersive and captivating read.