I’ve just finished my review on the massive and beautiful Fern and Roby equipment rack for the upcoming Winter Issue of The Occasional, and just hours after I submitted the article for layout I received […]
I toyed with the idea of resting and relaxing until after the first of the year, but then there’s this, Ronny Whyte‘s latest album, and it’s the perfect New Year’s Eve album. Ronny Whyte is […]
NORTH POLE (PTA) — It’s been another amazing year for us here at Part-Time Audiophile, and this holiday season has arrived all too quickly once again. Since December 25th is all about giving, and sharing […]
In my Emilio Solla review a few days ago I suggested that I was wrapping up 2019, the de facto Year of the Tango, with yet another Latin jazz release. I don’t know if that […]
It’s good to be king, or so they say. For me, that’s precisely the vibe that exudes from the Bricasti M12 Platinum Edition Source Controller. With a name like that, this august device seems more than […]
As we say goodbye to 2019, you can say hello to the Best of 2019 from The Occasional Podcast, our holiday wrap up show! In the final episode of the year, we dole out a […]
I’d almost forgotten about my shared history with Social Distortion. Mike Ness and his crew hailed from Fullerton CA, where I was born and where I went to college. Social D was one of those […]
RALEIGH, NC (PTA) — This is a tale that takes place in the daily life of Part-Time Audiophile. A tale which differs little from the usual show reporting in the sense that I being the […]
TAMPA, FL (PTA) — The Florida Audio Expo makes a return for its awaited sequel, and we find no better way to awaken the new decade. The Florida Audio Expo strikes back with a tour […]
I knew that Cape Disappointment, the new LP from Aaron Semer, was in my review pile for at least a few weeks. I was surprised when I retrieved it from said pile only to find […]
I came up with the idea of Christmas Short Takes, or “short takes” in general, when I realized I had a lot of shorter recordings (EPs, 7″ singles, wtc.) sitting in the pile, waiting to […]
Remember at the beginning of the year when I predicted that 2019’s biggest jazz trend would be tango? I’d have to go back and count how many actual tango recordings I reviewed over the […]
Adventures in … Consolidation? Simplicity. If I have to summarize what I believe we ought to be talking about with “lifestyle audio products”, that’s what I have in mind. Not all-in-one compromises, not tiny speakers […]
Inside the debut album from J. Graves, I found a postcard. “Marc,” it said, “as shown on the cover, this record is my heart and everything inside of me. Thank you for listening–I’m just getting […]
by Paul Ashby In 2011, Stars of the Lid founder Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie collaborated with Dustin O’Halloran for a project called A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Its debut album was released on the Kranky […]
BINGHAMTON, NY (PTA) — From the world of McIntosh, Christmas comes a little early in the form of 900-watts of McIntosh power. If world peace was on your wish list this year, the news from […]
Carolyn Lee Jones is a jazz singer, a performer who uses her rich and sultry voice to cover tunes from the Great American Songbook. I know, that doesn’t sound incredibly unique–we audiophiles already have plenty […]
I received Soulsha‘s new CD, Carry It On, on the same day that I received Rachid Taha’s Je Suis Africain on LP. I know it’s difficult to mix up a CD with an LP–I was […]
My introduction to singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan came a few years ago, when Light In the Attic records released his long-lost album UFO. Jim Sullivan has one of the great rock and roll stories out there–he […]
HOLLISTON, MA (PTA) — We’re excited to report the roll-out of the new Tonearm Cable+ into Nordost’s Blue Heaven, Heimdall 2, Frey 2, and Tyr 2 ranges. This redesign was first seen with the launch […]
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