The Music Hall Stealth direct-drive turntable, which includes the Ortofon 2M Blue MM cartridge and carries a price tag of just $1,695, won the PTA Best Value Award for 2023 just a couple of months […]
Welcome to 2024’s Best Cartridges, Tonearms and Headshells section from the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide. We’re not saying that these are the “best” cartridges, tonearms and headshells or that these choices somehow overrule anyone else’s […]
Welcome to 2024’s best phono preamplifiers and SUTs from the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide. We’re not saying that these are the “best” phono preamplifiers and SUTs or that these choices somehow overrule anyone else’s favorites. […]
Do you believe in fate, or that everything happens for a reason? That’s how I felt when I first decided to review ArgentPur cables. First, Ernest Meunier of ArgentPur contacted PTA and asked if we […]
Many years ago I had a discussion with the late Warren Jarrett, a Southern California dealer and distributor who happened to represent Audio Note UK at the time. I mentioned to him that I always […]
The Musical Fidelity M8s PRE preamplifier is one of the biggest and heaviest preamplifiers I’ve had the pleasure of using–which seems unusual since the price is only $4,999. When I maneuvered the box into my […]
I needed a workhorse turntable. It took me over two years to decide on one, but I finally settled on the Pear Audio Blue Kid Howard turntable, complete with the Pear Audio Blue Cornet 2 […]
Welcome to the Best Phono Cartridges, Tonearms, and Headshells section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2023. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our […]
What are my neighbors thinking about me right now, with me playing Lyn Stanley‘s Novel Noel over and over in September? I thought that guy didn’t like the holidays, man he never puts up decorations. […]
Welcome to the Best Phono Cartridges, Tonearms, and Headshells section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents […]
Deciding the Product of the Year Award for 2021 Last year was the first year we awarded a PTA Product of the Year. Last year’s winner–the Vimberg Amea loudspeakers from Germany—was chosen by me, Marc […]
Editors Choice Awards: Winners for 2021 Here are the winners of our Editors Choice Awards for 2021. This year we overhauled our award system to differentiate between recommendations from individual reviewers, known as the Reviewers […]
The Best of Buyers Guide [Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide. This year we’ve added more entries to the Buyers Guide, which means we had to review more products than last year. […]
Welcome to the Best Phono Cartridges, Tonearms, and Headshells section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents […]
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 […]
To understand why Part-Time Audiophile is taking another crack at reviewing the Hana Umami Red, especially just a few weeks after our own Mohammed Samji reviewed it in conjunction with his Technics SL-1210GAE feature, you […]
Last year I reviewed the Audio Hungary (website) Qualiton APX-200 power amp (review linked here), which was 100 watts per channel of pure vacuum tube goodness. It was, and still is, a tremendous sounding power […]
The Best Tonearms [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best tonearms that we, the PTA team, have heard.] Tonearms Sorane TA-1L ($1,875 USD) From the Japanese […]
The AVM Ovation 6.2 Master Edition integrated amplifier just kind of snuck in here, made its impression, and left in just a few weeks. My time with it was so short, so fleeting. I didn’t […]
The first time I listened to the ZYX Ultimate Airy X cartridge it instantly reminded me of Scot Hull’s wife, Julia. I know that sounds strange, and even Scot’s probably thinking “WTF, Marc?” right about […]
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