What to do while listening to albums on your turntable? Pour a glass of wine? Crack a cold one? Perhaps you lean towards Japanese whiskies? Better yet, invite a friend over. But what if you’re not in […]
by John Richardson Linear Tube Audio and David Berning Let’s start this review with a little pop quiz. Question 1: Have you heard of Linear Tube Audio (the company)? No? OK, I didn’t think so. […]
There’s this story that I know. It’s about the Earth and how it floats in space on the back of a turtle. I’ve heard this story many times, in many places. Each time, some small […]
I received a note from the US importer for Living Voice UK that my beloved Avatars have received a robust reworking. Check it out: The Living Voice Avatar Loudspeaker range has recently been updated to […]
Are lifestyle, and audiophile exclusive design terms from one another? Is it a form vs. function debate? I’ve been struggling a bit with the concept lately in the strictest sense of the words, and the BeoLab […]
By Marc Phillips “It looks like you’re smoking a big sausage!” For years I’ve been fond of the 6 x 60 cigar size, long before the nickname gordo became the acknowledged nomenclature. There’s something about […]
A turntable that can rip ‘n stream your vinyl simultaneously to a Sonos system for multi-room playback under $500 USD you say? I’m listening. VNYL is a company that is taking preorders on just such […]
by John Richardson ELAC is an audio technology company that has been around quite a long time, having recently celebrated their 90th birthday. The company began in Germany back in the 1920s developing early sonar technology […]
Being an audiophile is difficult. Being an audiophile into vinyl is more difficult. Being an audiophile who is so into vinyl that you have more than one turntable is bordering on a personality disorder. Having […]
The MQA juggernaut continues to gather momentum with today’s announcement that the Universal Music Group has inked a multi-year deal with MQA to encode Universal’s massive catalog of master recordings. Those naysayers, and companies that […]
Please don’t shoot me, I’m only the record player. That’s what I imagined my turntable saying to me after spending an entire weekend going back and forth listening to five different turntable mats varying in cost from $30 […]
The queue of equipment in the house for review is growing longer, and with the help of David Chan, and Lawrence Lock from DVL Audio I managed to get my hands on the L1 preamplifier, […]
Vincent Brient of totaldac renown in France has been incredibly busy with his d-1 series of R2R ladder DACs, and streamers for the last few years, (which have received critical acclaim in the high-fidelity press. I have a […]
Vinnie Rossi (of VinnieRossi.com), and his effusive smile are a bit of a legend in hi-fi circles, especially on the show circuit. Rossi is always quick with a handshake, and never forgets a face or […]
My analog inner soul died a little bit when I saw this turntable announcement from German über-hip design/manufacturing company Ballfinger the other day. The Schallplattenspieler (love how that sounds) is claimed to be the first ‘table […]
Canadian amplification legend Classé has announced some serious upgrades to the multi-talented eight-channel surround preamplifier Sigma SSP, now in MK II guise. I’ve not heard any of Classé’s home-theatre products, but I’m a big fan […]
The McIntosh Group had set up representatives of the new Homage Tradition loudspeaker line in different listening rooms, scattered throughout the WoM Townhouse, and then invited their dealers, distributors and the local press to wander about, to see, […]
The McIntosh Group had set up representatives of the new Homage Tradition loudspeaker line in different listening rooms, scattered throughout the WoM Townhouse, and then invited their dealers, distributors and the local press to wander about, to see, […]
This CES was my first. Thing is, it just might be my last. Consensus among fellow journalists, hi-fi manufacturers, distributors, and bricks & mortar owners is that it’s no longer a good fit for home audio, […]
The McIntosh Group had set up representatives of the new Homage Tradition loudspeaker line in different listening rooms, scattered throughout the WoM Townhouse, and then invited their dealers, distributors and the local press to wander about, to see, […]
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