So you think you’ve seen it all, the biggest, the wildest amplifiers ever made? Think again ’cause Andrea Pivetta will built a 1.5 ton, $1.6mil power amplifier for your system. Yes, you got the […]
SVS has a new series of subwoofers — the 4000. Derived in part from their flagship Ultra line, the new 4000 series (which includes a sealed version, a ported version, and a space-saving cylinder version) features […]
That ubiquitous spinner known, and loved by many digital-audio junkies (as well as AV-gear heads, and audiophiles alike) – the Oppo UDP-205 – has announced a partnership with music mastering, and hi-fi industry juggernaut MQA […]
Wanna get seriously impressed by a small speaker? Wanna see how big of a sound a speaker the size of a book can throw? Visit a Boenicke room and get ready to throw your floor-standers […]
Blumenhofer’s formula of square shaped horn speakers has drawn many eyes and ears, they perform anywhere from good to excellent depending on partnering gear. In Warsaw they were showing in a rather big room at […]
I was complaining about several “me too” rooms and products on the Polish show, Closer Acoustics is definitely not a knock off. The room had single driver field coil speakers playing music through a 12″ […]
Welcome to something new we’re going to try here on PTA thanks to our friend Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. I’m going to be curating a new list every month featuring different categories […]
I enjoyed listening to the demo from the company’s technical director Armin Krauss, he went on talking about the ancient theater of Epidaurus and how it manages to amplify sound for 14.000 seated spectators with […]
System synergy — components mating so well that the result exceeds the sum of their parts — is one of the most elusive goals in audio. You know it when you hear it. You just […]
This is a monthly series of album reviews I will be doing for DVL Audio here in Canada. I’ll be heading out to a local record store in Vancouver, digging through the bins, and coming up with […]
Everyone, or so it seems, digs the Zu Audio room. Why? Well, it may have to do with the fact that it’s the least audiophile-like room at any high-end show. It’s always a refreshing mix […]
One too many shows and tons of me too products were washed away in a glimpse of an eye, just by entering the 8MM Audiolab room at the Sobieski hotel. Finally I had a […]
Vancouver-area dealer Edward Ku of Element Acoustics is hosting a special one-day seminar this Saturday (tomorrow, Nov. 24th) for those audiophiles interested in digital, or computer audio and how to best approach purchasing, and setting […]
This Thanksgiving Season we have lots to be thankful for over here at Part-Time Audiophile. We wanted to take a moment to say thank-you; to all our readers, supporters, advertisers, and the many great audio […]
PS Audio is delivering something much better than turkey for audiophiles this Thanksgiving. The Boulder, Co. company is dropping prices on their flagship preamplifier, (BHK Signature Preamplifier ) and flagship power amplifiers (BHK Signature 250 Stereo and 300 Monoblock) […]
Local Washington DC company Linear Tube Audio (LTA) had a big presence at the show this year. It seemed like every time I turned around, something of theirs was staring me down. Most notable was […]
Another brand I was deeply curious about, Danish Audio Design aka DAD. They have been showing some rather impressive amps on social media, weighting somewhere in between the heavy and the ridiculous and costing as […]
Sponsors for the Capital Audiofest Sunday Giveaways: VPI Industries MarkAudio-SOTA PS Audio Luminous Audio Tenacious Sound Martin Logan Linear Tube Audio Teac US SoundLabs Rutherford Audio
I have been dreaming of this for a few years now, to finally listen to DeVORE Fidelity speakers here in Europe. My dream was even structured, I wanted to properly listen to these designs, meaning […]
Nagra has been on a great streak lately (as in the last 40 years or so) and after introducing the HD Power amplifiers it was time to throw in the game a top of the […]
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