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Has it ever crossed your mind that the reason you like your system more than your friend's or the store's is not because yours is better, even if you think it is, but because you're used to the sound of yours and not of theirs? Welcome to product ha… - 4 days ago, 23 Sep 22, 10:17am -
I like to think that my musical tastes are pretty eclectic: jazz, pop, blues, Americana, metal, world music, ambient, prog rock, more. Operatic music and classical singing, though? Thanks, I'll pass.There are exceptions. I find tear-tugging beauty… - 5 days ago, 22 Sep 22, 9:32am -
The text, from Gary Bruestle, a speaker-positioning wizard at Definitive Audio in Seattle, left my mouth watering: "Have you heard the Apex version of a Rossini or Vivaldi yet? It's stunningly good. Addictive, even. ... I usually have a hard time rel… - 6 days ago, 21 Sep 22, 10:26am -
If I hear it, is it real?If your ears see,And your eyes hear,Not a doubt you'll cherish—How naturally the rain dripsFrom the eyes!—Bujutsu SoshoThe more audio gear I review, the more fascinated I become by the fact that as I listen t… - 6 days ago, 20 Sep 22, 2:51pm -
Every product listed here has been reviewed in Stereophile. Everything on the list, regardless of rating, is genuinely recommendable.Within each category, products are listed by class; within each class, they're in alphabetical order, followed by t… - 11 days ago, 15 Sep 22, 1:02pm -
Has it ever crossed your mind that the reason you like your system more than your friend's or the store's is not because yours is better, even if you think it is, but because you're used to the sound of yours and not of theirs? Welcome to product ha… - 4 days ago, 23 Sep 22, 10:17am -
I like to think that my musical tastes are pretty eclectic: jazz, pop, blues, Americana, metal, world music, ambient, prog rock, more. Operatic music and classical singing, though? Thanks, I'll pass.There are exceptions. I find tear-tugging beauty… - 5 days ago, 22 Sep 22, 9:32am -
The text, from Gary Bruestle, a speaker-positioning wizard at Definitive Audio in Seattle, left my mouth watering: "Have you heard the Apex version of a Rossini or Vivaldi yet? It's stunningly good. Addictive, even. ... I usually have a hard time rel… - 6 days ago, 21 Sep 22, 10:26am -
If I hear it, is it real?If your ears see,And your eyes hear,Not a doubt you'll cherish—How naturally the rain dripsFrom the eyes!—Bujutsu SoshoThe more audio gear I review, the more fascinated I become by the fact that as I listen t… - 6 days ago, 20 Sep 22, 2:51pm -
Every product listed here has been reviewed in Stereophile. Everything on the list, regardless of rating, is genuinely recommendable.Within each category, products are listed by class; within each class, they're in alphabetical order, followed by t… - 11 days ago, 15 Sep 22, 1:02pm -
THE VALUE PROPOSITION IN AUDIO: IT’S NOT YOUR FATHER’S CLASS D!The latest and greatest in microelectronics for audio – value is up and cost is down INTRODUCTION The new wave… - 5 days ago, 22 Sep 22, 8:15am -
Hey Guys - I was recently a guest on @kirkmc and @DougAdams The Next Track podcast, where we talked immersive music. I love being on Kirk's and Doug's show, these guys are such pros. They even edit out all of our nonsense chatting that nobody… - 7 days ago, 20 Sep 22, 6:57am -
I purchased the Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2 in 2019 after months of extensive research and auditioning more loudspeakers than I can remember. Everything about Alexia, from the size, shape, and sound to the service and support from a… - 12 days ago, 15 Sep 22, 3:00am -
Digital Room Correction (DRC) calibration expert Mitch Barnett's company Accurate Sound has officially launched the multichannel version of Hang Loose Convolver. This is a big deal. It's the only convolver on the planet with some of… - 12 days ago, 14 Sep 22, 5:52pm -
The past weekend my wife and I flew to New York City to see Lake Street Dive at Radio City Music Hall and Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden. I don't think I've had a better concert weekend in my life! There's a bit of a backst… - 14 days ago, 13 Sep 22, 9:56am -
You might laugh at me for beginning my review of the new LSA headphone amplifier with my Pikachu headphones, but it’s somewhat of a torture test. More often than not, crappy budget headphones have a crazy impedance curve. (Which makes them sound ev… - 5 days ago, 21 Sep 22, 1:42pm -
Hello and welcome to our new section – Distilled. We are not abandoning our standard reviews, but for those of you that would like a little more than the canned press releases everyone else is posting, but not sure if you want to make the time inve… - 9 days ago, 18 Sep 22, 8:40am -
Constantly striving for sonic excellence, Focal has just announced a new, improved version of their top-of-the-line Utopia headphones. Now referred to as the 2022 Edition, the new phones are an evolution of sonic and aesthetic performance. Here’s w… - 11 days ago, 16 Sep 22, 9:29am -
Lansche Audio is pleased to announce High End by Oz, based in Norwalk, Connecticut, as its official distributor for North America. High End by Oz LLC. is a high-end audio distributor covering North America with some of the finest high-end audio produ… - 20 days ago, 7 Sep 22, 11:09am -
I’ve been living with a pair of Totem’s Kin Play monitor speakers for almost two years now. Needless to say I love em. However, a recent dog related accident, had one of them toppling off the (what I thought was unmoveable) filled, Sound Anchors… - 20 days ago, 6 Sep 22, 10:36pm -
Ever since PTA’s Grover Neville hipped me to Ampsandsound founder Justin Weber’s world of small wattage vacuum tube amplifiers, I’ve been extremely curious. When Justin offered, I jumped at the opportunity to have some seat [...] - 2 days ago, 25 Sep 22, 1:00am -
Last year I reviewed the Van den Hul The Grail phono stage, and I gave it a firm recommendation. If you’ve read that review, you’ll know that I hoped to spend some seat time with [...] - 4 days ago, 23 Sep 22, 1:00am -
I’ve been sitting on the announcement for the new Bowers & Wilkins 700 S3 loudspeakers for quite some time, thanks to the moratorium until September 21. I feel like so much has happened since then, [...] - 6 days ago, 21 Sep 22, 3:00am -
If it seems that Somesh Mathur is adopting a different message and different overall theme for each record, then his latest release Mother Maa shouldn’t come as a surprise. Somesh has come a long way [...] - 7 days ago, 20 Sep 22, 3:00am -
Honestly, it was a coincidence that DALI asked me to head to Denmark to cover the release of their new flagship speaker, the DALI KORE, right after I visited the Audio Group Denmark factory and [...] - 9 days ago, 18 Sep 22, 1:00am -
Our Karl Sigman wrote and very much enjoyed a Dutch DAC last year, the Sonnet Digital Audio Morpheus. Sonnet also has a subsidiary company, Acelec, maker of the Model One Loudspeaker here under review. Rob Fritz of Audio Art Cable, the Acelec US dist… - 18 days ago, 9 Sep 22, 5:02am -
During July and August 2022, much of the world was confronted with a heat wave of the highest order. How timely it was I re-discovered Holly Cole’s diverting, and original arrangement of “Heat Wave” (composed in 1933 by Irving Berlin), from her… - 18 days ago, 9 Sep 22, 4:45am -
At €5000, the Ansuz Acoustics Mainz8 C2 Power Distributor is a good-looking, tech-filled, expensive power conditioner. Because of the well-documented problems with dirty power, city grids, RF, etc, a competent power conditioner is an essential comp… - 18 days ago, 9 Sep 22, 4:30am -
In March of 2021, I was at a very important crossroads in the life of any audiophile, I was preparing to pick out my first (and ostensibly last) truly “high-end” turntable. I had owned two very satisfying audiophile turntables up until this poin… - 39 days ago, 19 Aug 22, 1:51am -
A couple of years ago I drove to Angie Lisi’s American Sound of Canada store in northern Toronto to have my Pro-ject Red cartridge replaced with the Shelter Model 501 III MC. The publisher of Audiophilia and close friend, Anthony Kershaw, was kind… - 39 days ago, 19 Aug 22, 1:51am -
Rogue Audio has once again upped the ante with their Pharaoh II hybrid integrated amp. I'm always a bit wary of the 'New & Improved' versions of any products that come to market. I seem to gravitate to original models (brands) of most premium produc… - 17 hours ago, 26 Sep 22, 7:46am -
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), advocates for recorded music business and the companies within the USA: Recorded music revenues in the first half of 2022 rose 9% to $7.7 billion at estimated retail value, building on the strong… - 18 hours ago, 26 Sep 22, 6:38am -
I'm chuckling as I write this. I honestly thought two days of headphones would be plenty. Ha! CanJam SoCal proved me otherwise. I arrived bright and early at the Marriott in Irvine, CA on Saturday, September 17th (day one of two) to a vibe! CanJam S… - 4 days ago, 22 Sep 22, 8:51pm -
You may have heard of Dr. Matti Otala of the Tampere University in Finland. Even if you haven't, the fine sound that the best transistor amplifiers are capable of today is a direct result of his pioneering work in the seventies on Transient Intermod… - 5 days ago, 22 Sep 22, 5:35am -
Can a pair of headphones be priced at almost $2,000 and still be considered a bargain or even a good buy? I've been wondering about that a lot of late. It depends on your perspective, I suppose. And your pocketbook. The HEDD HEDDphone might make you… - 5 days ago, 22 Sep 22, 5:34am -
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 -
Would it be damning this cartridge with faint praise to simply call it nice? I hope not, because that's precisely what the entry-level model from Mobile Fidelity Electronics is. That's not to say inoffensive, as in competent but not particularly insp… - 14 hours ago, 26 Sep 22, 10:50am -
Six years have passed since Stage III Concepts introduced their Medusa Speaker Cable, which the brand distributor claimed to be the world's first with a vacuum dielectric. This was no ordinary wire product. I gave it a Writers Choice Award in 2016. T… - 3 days ago, 24 Sep 22, 9:33am -
Gonzalo Noque's recordings continue to mesmerize and delight me. I'm sitting at the moment just stunned having listened to a preview copy in DSD128 of the coming release of J.S. Bach's Complete Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV1014-1019, with A… - 3 days ago, 24 Sep 22, 9:01am -
Concerned about vibrations in your home negatively impacting your vinyl listening experience? If you're like me, you want to extract every bit of performance out of your high fidelity music system, and eliminating unnecessary noise and vibrations is… - 3 days ago, 24 Sep 22, 8:41am -
Ye Olde Editor contemplating... Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Israel, 2022. (Photograph by John Robinson; image processing by Ye Olde himself.) We're in the final stretch! Some of the best rooms I've saved for last...and here they are. Daedalus Audio/VAC… - 3 days ago, 23 Sep 22, 2:33pm -
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 -
