Wouldn’t you know it? I have two turntables up and rarin’ to go: the LSA T3 turntable and unipivot tonearm with a Soundsmith The Voice cartridge, and the Gem Dandy Polytable Signature with Sorane TA1-L […]
Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura’s Pentas (website) is a companion piece to Prickly Pear Cactus, the Ikue Mori album I reviewed a few weeks ago. Both CDs arrived the same day in the same package […]
I enter the world of grounding, as it pertains to high-end audio, with some trepidation. When the Nordost QKORE products (website) first arrived at my doorstep—the QKORE1, QKORE 3 and QKORE6 Ground Units and quite […]
Let’s talk about the Passion Of St. Bernard. No, not the dog. No, not Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), the Benedictine monk–although he was no doubt passionate about his stuff. I’m talking about the founder, and […]
Merry Christmas NORTH POLE (PTA) — It’s been roller-coaster year of mixed feelings and emotions for us here at Part-Time Audiophile, and this holiday season like any other has arrived all too quickly. Since December […]
I reviewed a couple of Christmas jazz releases last week, something to play right before the holidays to get into the right mood. Well, consider Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott‘s an actual present to […]
It’s not often that I bring up Tool in my jazz reviews, but saxophonist Rich Halley’s The Shape of Things constantly reminds me of those lyrics from the song “Schism”–“I know the pieces fit, cuz […]
This might be a case of everything old being new again, but I waited so long to review Then: Jazz Standards Vol.1 from the Henry Robinett Quartet (website) that Then Again: Jazz Standards Vol. 2 […]
Does a 260-pound loudspeaker that packs an 8- and 10-inch driver need any re-enforcement in the lower octaves? Add in a delicious amplifier that can generate 500 watts at 4 ohms with ease and you […]
The story begins with my coverage of the Sonner Audio (website) Legato Unum at hi-fi shows, and what I found accompanying the brand. Touring the hi-fi show circus circuit I often found myself face-to-face with […]
Sonner Audio of Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA has been having a very successful year. Sonner has grown their dealer network here in the USA, along with winning several industry awards from the American hi-fi press. […]
The vinyls. Remember those? Seems like I haven’t received a lot of vinyl to review in the last couple of months. I had a reader comment not too long ago that I should limit the […]
As I mentioned in yesterday’s 3D Jazz Trio review, I only received two Christmas jazz releases for 2020. Fortunately, both were strong enough to review. The other holiday title came from Austrian singer Simone Kopmajer […]
COLOGNE, GERMANY (PTA) — The comparison made between these two brands has existed among the high-end audio press for some time now. Potentially it was myself who first published the linking of these two brands […]
SEATTLE (PTA) — Destined to become the west coast’s premier audio show, the Pacific Audio Fest announced today the opening of vendor and attendee registration. For vendors, an early bird exhibit room rate is available […]
Once again it’s that time of year when I look down at the review pile and notice, to my great consternation, that there are several jazz holiday releases mixed in there and I should probably […]
Product of The Year 2020 Publisher’s Note: Someone told me that hanging a Product of the Year 2020 ribbon would be odd. Maybe this year was not the year to do “congratulations”, and any award, […]
I don’t listen to headphones like the Focal Stellia (website). Okay, let me back up—I listen to headphones all the time, just not for pleasure, but rather to check my work in the studio and […]
Focal Utopia. “World’s Best Headphone.” This was the proclamation made by the man who gave me my first job doing headphone reviews, my mentor and predecessor at Innerfidelity, Tyll Hertsens. As a young teenager I […]
The Best of The Buyers Guide 2021 [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers Guide into sections, […]
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