Dave McNair and myself were itching to get back out on the road. The absence of audio shows had us growing restless with work-from-home life, and the impending end-of-days for longstanding events like Rocky Mountain […]
Just a few days ago we received an email from a grateful reader that brought up an important subject: the high-end audio dealer. I’ve seen these emails dozens of times before, where the reader tells […]
Capitalizing on producer/director Peter Jackson’s upcoming six-hour extravaganza, The Beatles: Get Back, Apple Records issues yet another grand Beatles’ vinyl project, based on the Fab Four’s penultimate recording as a band. Following the release of […]
I remember the first time I heard Somesh Mathur like it happened yesterday. It was one of my quarterly visits to Scot Hull, back in 2018, a familiar six-hour drive from Rochester NY to Frederick […]
The long-awaited Vinnie Rossi BRAMA Collection (website) has finally arrived. Two years in the making, an ultra-sleek, ultra-high-end class of product. The new BRAMA Collection is comprised of a trio of smartly designed components: Preamp, […]
Axel Grell has helped produce some of personal audio’s most iconic headphones. Working for Sennheiser, his resume includes such greatest hits as the HD 600/650, iconic HD800 and the cost-no-object Orpheus headphone system (gen 2). […]
On walking into Lucy’s Meat Market Studio (website) for the first time, you could be forgiven for underestimating the studio—in fact the space seems almost designed to have that effect. Keyboards line the walls, Celestes, […]
The Naim Uniti Nova all-in-one (website) throws down a gauntlet in the world of hi-fi. Eschewing the sacred cow standard of separates, it instead aims to do everything: stream, convert, control volume and amplify. While […]
Before Covid changed the world, my wife Mary and I were lucky to visit the bustling JL Audio Factory in Miramar, Florida, where dedicated technicians updated my two JL Audio Fathom F-112 subwoofers with the […]
The story of the McGary Audio SA-1E power amplifier starts with a somewhat chance meeting. Knowing of my obsession with all things vinyl, Mark Sossa of Well Pleased AV informed me that I should meet […]
Shortly after my review of the ModWright PH 9.0 phonostage (linked here), Dan Wright reached out to inform me of a new upgraded model (ModWright PH 9.0X) and asked if I’d like to listen to […]
Vinyl pressings are a complicated thing to create. It is a much more intricate process compared the simplicity of the digital copy that has come to dominate the market (although digital resolution and streaming have […]
I’ve had the Bowers & Wilkins 603 S2 Anniversary Edition (website) speakers in my possession since April of this year (2021), and since day one in my affordable review system, I’ve been itching with ideas […]
Qln Prestige Five: They’ve Done It Again As I listened to the latest offering from the Swedish speaker manufacturer—the Qln Prestige Five, or P5 for short—I struggled a bit thinking about how to describe their […]
They’ve been here for a long time, this Pass Labs XP-22 preamplifier and matching XP-27 phono stage combo. Months, maybe even a year. They’ve watched other amps and preamps and integrated amps and phono stages […]
The Acora Acoustics SRS-G speaker stands, which are made from solid blocks of granite and retail for $5,000 per pair, are designed for two groups of people. The first group consists of owners of the […]
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