By Michael Mercer Constantine Soo and his energetic, spirited team put on a fantastic show for this years California Audio Show, which included a dedicated space for personal audio called Headmasters. The amount of real […]
I suppose I ought to be in Newport right now, taking in T.H.E. Show. But … well. I’m not. Instead, I just got back from a very relaxing week-long stay in the Outer Banks of North Carolina […]
Iriver Announces the Launch of the Astell&Kern AK120Professional High-End Portable MQS Player Munich, Germany – May 9, 2013 –II Hwan Park, CEO and President of iriver, has announced the launch of the second model from the […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Voices This Heed Audio Canalot review marks the introduction of a new voice here on Part-Time Audiophile — everyone, say hello to Brian at Audio-Head. (Hello. Brian!) Brian’s been building up his site, devoted […]
Continuing my explorations into all the little corners in Things Audio, I contacted Vinnie about a demo unit that would work well with a variety of headphones, including my ludicrously difficult AKG K-701 headphones I […]
Headphones, anyone? To hear certain pundits talk, headphonia is going to be the salvation to the declining audiophile market. In fact, it’s the new gateway drug. Personally, I’m not convinced. I think there’ll always be […]
Desktops are funny things. Not a lot of space. Does that mean you can’t get quality sound? I’ve been hot and cold on headphones. I’m a big fan of the Smyth Realizer, though. And I […]
I am not a fan of the sheer amount of hyperbole that seems to roll off of the typical audiophile writer’s pen, so let me say this with complete sincerity. The Smyth Realizer will blow […]
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