Headphones
Head-Fi Obsessions?
“The journal came to me, as such things do, by happenstance. It was tucked inside a crate of affects my grandfather had left in storage, forgotten in the decade since his death. The handwritten pages […]
Month: April 2013
Loudspeakers
First Listen: Tekton Designs Pendragon SEAS
Eric Alexander sent me a pair of Tekton Designs Pendragon loudspeakers with the new SEAS driver layout. Heh heh, heh heh. These are 95dB, 4 ohm, and a bit smaller than their “big” brother Pendragon […]
Headphones
Audio-Head meets the iCAN and iDAC from iFi Audio
The “h” is silent By Brian @ Audio-Head iFi Audio is a relatively new company that produces digital audio components with the budding audiophile in mind. The iFi brand is a subdivision of Abbingdon Music […]
Loudspeakers
Quick Listen: DeVore Fidelity O/96
I don’t have permission to write about any of this yet, so I’m going to keep it brief and high-level until (or if) that get’s cleared, but–I can’t wait. I borrowed a pair of DeVore […]
Headphones
Mercer’s Winning Combo: Astell & Kern, ALO and Audeze
By Michael Mercer Armed with Astell&Kern’s AK100 Hi Rez player, an ALO Audio International headphone amp and a pair of Audeze LCD3’s…. I never thought portable could sound this good. Nor did I ever imagine I would […]
Music
New Music: Splashh on Soundcloud
I don’t do music reviews often (or well), but I will occasionally admit that I do, in fact, actually like music. And I like this music kinda a lot: Found on SoundCloud (courtesy of Your Music Is Awful) — Splashh. […]
NYAS13
New York Audio Show 2013: Part 1
Part 1 of the New York Audio Show coverage is now online over at The Absolute Sound. Hit the graphic for the link! I’ll have some more coming soon, with lots of pictures!
Headphones
Audio-Head meets the Burson Audio Conductor
I have heard Burson Audio‘s offerings at many shows and head-fi meets, but I’ve never had one in the lab. So you probably can imagine my interest when the opportunity arose to have a good-old-fashioned […]
Show Report
Stereophile goes video
I actually had a good time with the Stereophile chaps this weekend (shh!). Had a tasty lunch with Michael Lavorgna and Stephen Mejias on Friday, and pretty much chased Ariel Bitran around all weekend. Okay, “chased” is […]
NYAS13
New York Audio Show starts tomorrow
Heading to NYC tomorrow for the New York Audio Show. It’s going to be a quite a show. It’s also going to be somewhat fractured, which is odd. For the second year in a row, a […]
Audio-Life
Loving and Hating In Audio’s High-End
I seem to be on something of a philosophical tear lately, and no, I’m not apologizing. I actually have been working on other stuff (like a review of a very expensive DAC and another on a […]
Audio-Life
How To Spend Your Money, Revised: Revisiting The Stack Ranking
Two years ago, I laid out my reasoning behind upgrades, that is, where to spend and why. Given the latest threads on pricing and audiophile psychology, I figured it might be time to revisit and […]
Components
Publishers Desk
Buying Audio Gear: Zen and The Reach
I’d like submit that there two ways to look at buying anything expensive. The first, which is by far the most reasonable is the “modest” approach. The other, well, isn’t. For lack of a better […]