Pianist Christian Sands came out of the gate with his proverbial wheels screeching. A prodigy who cut his first record at the age of 12, he flashed impressive chops both as a sideman in Christian McBride’s Inside Straight Trio an on his previous… - 20 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 8:29am -
Avantgarde Acoustic Loudspeakers I have not been a fan of horn loudspeakers over the years, although I recognize they could have exceptional life and dynamics. Too many colorations and too many problems integrating the horn with the woofer and subw… - 1 day ago, 22 Oct 20, 5:49pm -
The following is a press release from Harman and Mark Levinson. NORTHRIDGE | California, October 2020 — Coupling audiophile-grade physical media formats with high-resolution streaming, a standalone DAC, and expansive control features, the new Mar… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 7:21am -
There is something new and wonderful brewing in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. No, it has nothing to do with the historical Fleetwood Metal Body Works or the Cadillac Fleetwood. It’s the Fleetwood Sound Company, a division of Oswalds Mill Audio (OMA),… - 3 days ago, 21 Oct 20, 2:53pm -
PICKERING, CANADA, October 20, 2020 – Lenbrook International, developer of the BluOS premium hi-res wireless distributed audio and music management platform, today announced that the integration of Neil Young Archives (NYA), the high-resolution,… - 4 days ago, 20 Oct 20, 1:47pm -
"As long as you're happy."That's the line long uttered by the most dreaded members of my family, and their friends, whenever they tried to pry into my personal affairs. Often the last word, "happy," was uttered with a downward cadence and accompan… - 18 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 10:16am -
Ever since I stopped using my Audio Research SP10 preamplifier in the early 1990s—its eight phono-stage tubes used to get too noisy too quickly—I tried a variety of standalone phono preamplifiers. Seeing the most service through the 1990s a… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 9:52am -
Last month, I received so few vinyl reissues that I had to invite a guest writer—jazz critic and political commentator Fred Kaplan—to fill in. Fred had managed to grab an early copy of the excellent Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue of Bil… - 3 days ago, 21 Oct 20, 9:26am -
It was a "Wow!" audio moment I'll never forget. It happened just after Ladies Who Lunch, our regular Friday afternoon lunch-n-chat for audio poobahs at the Grand Sichuan restaurant in Chelsea. It was dark at 4 o'clock, and the first snow of winter lo… - 4 days ago, 20 Oct 20, 12:20pm -
LIVE: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 12:00PM ETJoin us when T+A discusses their strategy, history and future, along with an in-depth look at their HA 200 headphone amp, HV Series technology, and Solitaire P headphones.UPDATE: This webinar is now ava… - 4 days ago, 19 Oct 20, 5:23pm -
"As long as you're happy."That's the line long uttered by the most dreaded members of my family, and their friends, whenever they tried to pry into my personal affairs. Often the last word, "happy," was uttered with a downward cadence and accompan… - 18 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 10:16am -
Ever since I stopped using my Audio Research SP10 preamplifier in the early 1990s—its eight phono-stage tubes used to get too noisy too quickly—I tried a variety of standalone phono preamplifiers. Seeing the most service through the 1990s a… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 9:52am -
Last month, I received so few vinyl reissues that I had to invite a guest writer—jazz critic and political commentator Fred Kaplan—to fill in. Fred had managed to grab an early copy of the excellent Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue of Bil… - 3 days ago, 21 Oct 20, 9:26am -
It was a "Wow!" audio moment I'll never forget. It happened just after Ladies Who Lunch, our regular Friday afternoon lunch-n-chat for audio poobahs at the Grand Sichuan restaurant in Chelsea. It was dark at 4 o'clock, and the first snow of winter lo… - 4 days ago, 20 Oct 20, 12:20pm -
LIVE: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 12:00PM ETJoin us when T+A discusses their strategy, history and future, along with an in-depth look at their HA 200 headphone amp, HV Series technology, and Solitaire P headphones.UPDATE: This webinar is now ava… - 4 days ago, 19 Oct 20, 5:23pm -
Welcome to the twelfth installment of our Meet the Audiophile Style Community series. All previous installments can be found here, in the series index. Please send me a message, email, or telegram if you'd like to participate. The res… - 21 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 7:19am -
Last week I ventured out of Minneapolis for the first time in 2020. It felt strange to pack my bags, to jump on a plane, and to exit LAX into sunshine and palm trees, while snow was falling at home. Even more strange was seeing my good friends for… - 4 days ago, 20 Oct 20, 11:42am -
Just over one year ago Amazon launched its Amazon Music HD streaming service. Many people uninterested in the success of small businesses and good customer service cheered the new offering from the 1.7 Trillion dollar company. At the time Amazon's… - 12 days ago, 12 Oct 20, 10:34am -
The announcement of this amp couldn't have came at a better time. I'm right in the middle of reviewing three Integrated amps and completely in the integrated zone. The MA12000 is the most powerful integrated McIntosh has ever released, at 350 watt… - 15 days ago, 9 Oct 20, 7:06am -
Welcome to the eleventh installment of our Meet the Audiophile Style Community series. All previous installments can be found here, in the series index. Please send me a message, email, or telegram if you'd like to participate. The res… - 16 days ago, 8 Oct 20, 9:21am -
Welcome!Are you keeping the loudspeakers? Always recommend starting system building with loudspeakers for multiple reasons. Then the power amp can simply be seen as the device to get the best out of the loudspeakers. If service and reliability… - 37 mins ago, 24 Oct 20, 4:06am -
Welcome!Suggest auditioning before purchase. While O.B. and horns can both be efficient, which can be a good thing, the presentations and how they position in the room are radically different. IMO a true 93 dB/w/m efficiency loudspeaker is the id… - 49 mins ago, 24 Oct 20, 3:54am -
I know a good number of you are using OBs, with the Eminence 15" drivers, driven by their own dedicated amps. Can I take a consensus on what amps you have found to be successful. I am thinking about:1. SLAM2. LOW END EXTENSION 3. SUFFICIENT VOLUME ..… - 1 hour ago, 24 Oct 20, 3:20am -
The system. FYICarver C11(2) Carver TFM-45tube buffer to play around withDenon dnp-800eteac cdp650Parks Puffin (I also have owned a Budgie)Technics SL1200Mkii. Custom box I made, dampened platter, upgraded cables, KAB dampened arm, KAB external... - 2 hours ago, 24 Oct 20, 3:03am -
The imaging to me is less important than the sound stage. As I said to achieve correct imaging I have to move the LRS in and away from their stowed position (see picture for stowed) But to this comment that is only about 1/3rd of the time I liste… - 2 hours ago, 24 Oct 20, 2:47am -
Life is good. I’ve got my head under the hood of my car, changing radiator hoses, and I’m streaming my favorite tunes (in this case about 4 hours of XTC, spanning the entire catalog) on my old Marantz 2220B receiver on top of my tool box. I’m i… - 8 days ago, 16 Oct 20, 11:35am -
Who knew that almost 20 years ago that this cool little tube amplifier would change my life? My first assignment for The Absolute Sound was supposed to be a NAD integrated amplifier. But the day I got my copy of Stereophile in the mail with the Pro… - 11 days ago, 13 Oct 20, 12:21am -
Japanese cartridge manufacturer DS Audio has just raised the bar significantly on their optical phono cartridge platform. We’ve reviewed a couple of their cartridges in the past, along with their own proprietary equalizer (necessary for use with an… - 12 days ago, 12 Oct 20, 9:55am -
Today, McIntosh announces their mighty MA12000 integrated amplifier. The MSRP is $14,000, and if you’ve got a shelf capable of holding it, this looks to be a fantastic product. Blazing a trail started with the MA252, and MA352, the MA12000 offers a… - 15 days ago, 9 Oct 20, 10:36am -
We’ve just received the new A11 Tribute from Rotel, aptly named as this project was initially designed with the late, legendary audio designer Ken Ishiwata. One of the most influential designers in audio’s history, Ishiwata was equally famous for… - 16 days ago, 8 Oct 20, 10:50am -
BINGHAMPTON, NY — “I can’t believe it’s not butter.” I say things like that from time to time, thinking I’m half-way funny. But when I first experienced a full-bore McIntosh home theater demonstration, I truly said it to our host that eve… - 5 hours ago, 24 Oct 20, 12:00am -
Which Thorens turntable is your favorite? The idler-driven TD-124, a sixty-year-old design that can compete with today’s finest? The TD-125 for its superb mechanical design and its extraordinary reliability? The TD-160 for bringing this exqui… - 1 day ago, 23 Oct 20, 2:00am -
Even if you are a seasoned veteran of analog listening and learned everything you need to know about the subject back in the 60s, this week’s episode of The Occasional Podcast has something for you. Joined by Jonathan Derda of MoFi, Episode 8 of Se… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 11:02am -
After a week of decidedly avant-garde recordings that glance off the side walls of contemporary jazz, Nicholas Brust and his latest album, Frozen in Time, are a needed respite. Referred to as a “premiere saxophonist of his generation,” Brust has… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 6:00am -
Samuel Leipold and his album Viscosity reminds me of the first few times I tried to play guitar. My best friend had learned how to play when he was young, piano too. Every time I’d go to his house I’d pick up one of his guitars and make various s… - 3 days ago, 21 Oct 20, 2:00am -
This spectacular, $22,900 audiophile work of art came to me as a stop gap between distributor and dealer. Victoria is not exactly midpoint between Kelowna BC and Portland OR, but I was very grateful to distributor David Beetles of Hammertone Audio… - 8 days ago, 16 Oct 20, 6:00am -
I will readily admit that in many ways I am a digiphobe. Sure, I have shelves of CDs, SACDs, and about two terabytes of lossless music on hard drives, but nothing drives my passion for audio like my rows and rows of vinyl records. So, when I was p… - 8 days ago, 16 Oct 20, 5:30am -
I first heard an Innuos product and the considerable buzz about this fairly new Portuguese company—formed in 2016 in the sunny Algarve—at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Audio Show. The Innuos unit I heard at length was the Statement Music Server, the… - 29 days ago, 25 Sep 20, 6:00am -
I’ve always had in mind a basic turntable setup for the beginner audiophile; the usual suspects: speakers, phono-stage and amplifier. They remain the building blocks for starting and developing better audio quality. To these components, I’ll a… - 29 days ago, 25 Sep 20, 5:59am -
I’ve had a lot of success using isolation devices under high end components (platforms, pucks, feet, etc). My early platform days were with a Townshend Seismic Sink (metal casing with air bladder) under a series of Rega turntables, a brief flirt… - 40 days ago, 14 Sep 20, 6:00am -
McIntosh has just announced their MX100 A/V Processor and MI347 seven-channel amplifier ($5000 each). Both the MX100 and MI347 represent a streamlined approach to McIntosh's home theater product offerings. The MX100 A/V Processor is designed for tod… - 21 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 7:25am -
Scheduled for November 13th release, Derek & The Dominos Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs celebrates the 50th Anniversary edition of this album. Available as a four LP vinyl box set via UMe / Polydor, the 1970 double album has been given the Half… - 1 day ago, 23 Oct 20, 2:50am -
Lightyear Entertainment's commemorative double vinyl of beloved artist Grover Washington, Jr marks 20 years since the passing of the immensely popular artist who was largely responsible for creating a bridge between jazz and R&B. He was a contempora… - 1 day ago, 23 Oct 20, 2:49am -
The journey continues with The HiFi Summit Q4 from today through October 26th, as 2020 has been a true test for many of us personally and professionally. Companies who have adapted to our new reality are seeing unprecedented growth. While we would l… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 8:13am -
The 300B is a bit of a holy grail when it comes to tubes. Ask any fan of the tube and they will likely gush about the 300B's ability to shine a warm spotlight on the midrange, deliver huge bass impact and project a massive soundscape. So when I hear… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 4:25am -
Further information: A cable I've used for some time and the quality is so obvious that every time I A-B it with the very best copper cables, even non audiophiles can instantly notice the improvements it brings. It's probably one of the be… - 5 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 11:38pm -
Further information: Class AB amplifier, 100W into 8 ohms, Remote control, Can be used as pre-amp, 1 x Balanced input & 3 unbalanced inputs. Swedish built by John Bladelius who famously worked with Nelson Pass bef… - 6 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 10:56pm -
Further information: One of the best quality production cables of it's type. It's made with Audioquest's version of pure OCC copper. This retailer has it for $240 (one of the better prices out there already). https://avaustralia.com.au/aud… - 6 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 10:38pm -
Further information: Superbly custom terminated in Australia using copper plated 3-pin Aust type power plug and Swedish made Supra Lorad Mk2 screened power cable. An effective mains power cable upgrade for high current power amps, integrat… - 6 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 10:22pm -
Further information: I believe these were $300+ cables in the early 2000s. They work perfectly. Surplus to my needs. Photos: PLEASE READ If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post sep… - 6 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 10:19pm -
There is one thing that all high end audio components require to function as a system, and that is signal and power cables. No getting around it. Of course, there is no market segment more controversial than audiophile cabling. This is partially due… - 22 Mar 17, 1:45pm -
Multi-function powered speakers are all the rage in 2017, and no other company has been more at the forefront than Read more... (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-loudspeakers/bookshelf-monitor-loudspeakers/audioengine-hd3-powered-speakers-dac-review… - 6 Feb 17, 8:02pm -
A lot of excellent HiFi products are designed and produced in Australia, and none more than Conductor DAC/Preamp and Timekeeper power amp combo (home-theater-power-amplifiers/stereo-amplifiers/the-burson-conductor-timekeeper-review.html) sometime ago… - 24 Jan 17, 9:10am -
Sony has detailed the latest additions to its EXTRA BASS Wireless Speaker Series. The new models include the SRS-XB40, SRS-XB30, SRS-XB20, and SRS-XB10.Read more... (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/speaker-systems-news/sony-details-new-extr… - 24 Jan 17, 9:02am -
Hulu and Magnolia Pictures have announced a new output licensing agreement. As part of the deal, Hulu will receive the pay one window streaming rights to films released by the distributor.Read more... (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/indust… - 24 Jan 17, 8:58am -
Ballads is considered by many as an essential addition to any John Coltrane collection. First released on the Impulse label in mono and then later in stereo, it has continued to cause both consternation and praise by both critics and fans. This new 3… - 15 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 2:03pm -
McIntosh Announces MX100 A/V Processor and MI347 7-Channel Amplifier Streamlined, Rack Mountable McIntosh Home Theater Performance delivers an Edge-Of-Your-Seat Audio Experience Binghamton, NY – October 23, 2020 – McIntosh, the global leader in p… - 15 hours ago, 23 Oct 20, 1:54pm -
Toronto ON - exaSound Audio Design, manufacturer of innovative, exceptional fidelity audio products, announces the new e62 and the new 8-channel e68 digital–to–analog converters. The exaSound’s e62 stereo DAC and the e68 multichannel DAC brin… - 1 day ago, 22 Oct 20, 5:43pm -
The Raidho TD 4.2 Loudspeakers, with a Stillpoints Aperture first-reflection-point panel and stand, and a two-high stack of Ryan Tinsel Rack-It LP storage units. Black and white oil painting by Dan Zimmerman. (Photograph and image processing by David… - 2 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 11:07am -
It is hard to imagine any human inhabitant of planet Earth whose life has not been negatively impacted by the current Covid-19 pandemic. However, amidst this dark cloud there are a few silver linings. One of them is the way it has impacted the listen… - 3 days ago, 21 Oct 20, 10:19am -
Recording with the best DSLR Shotgun Mics on your digital camera will make your videos sound professional. After all, one of the most important aspects of a video is the sound. You can deal with grainy images, but crackles and pops will turn everyone… - 28 May 20, 10:45pm -
Using the best lavalier mic will make you sound better on stage, on a recording, and even on your video. Good lav mics don’t have to sound tinny with zero wind protection. You just have to get the right one. 🙂 Nice lavalier microphones are easy… - 28 May 20, 6:58pm -
Using the best rapping microphone to record your raps or perform live will not only make you sound better, it will also be a lot easier to use. Too many people think that any mic can be used for rapping. It’s not true. In order to get the perfect m… - 28 May 20, 6:18pm -
Using the best live vocal microphone for your band’s concert will not only make you sound better, it will also be much easier too use than a cheap mic. Too many people try to perform with junky microphones and lose fans because of it. Don’t be t… - 28 May 20, 2:59pm -
Recording with the best omnidirectional microphone is easy and can give you major tonal advantages without excess gain. Many people think omni directional mics aren’t great for recording or live sound and that’s just not true. Omni mics do produc… - 17 Feb 20, 6:31pm -
