HIGH END Munich 2019
High End Munich 2019: The Return of the Garrard 301
Back in may of 2018, British hifi company SME purchased the Garrard Audio brand. This strikes me being totally. . .cool.
Month: May 2019
HiFi Reviews
A Bio-Dynamic Adventure: AudioQuest NightOwl, Fostex TH610, ZMF Eikon
Two channel systems with loudspeakers, or “stereos” as my childhood friends and I called them, and headphones have always run together, side by side—my earliest memories of listening to playback include both. I recall sitting on one end of our couch in the living room […]
Portraits in HiFi
Portraits in HiFi: J.C. Morrison
J.C. Morrison, Silbatone Acoustics.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Sonore Signature Rendu SE systemOptique
Sonore has not rested on their laurels given the announcement of their latest products based around the new systemOptique. Sonore has described systemOptique as “a fiber optic Ethernet interconnection scheme that utilizes a new series of Sonore products with optical transceiver capabilities.” John Swensen has […]
HiFi Thoughts
Home Is Where The Heart Is: Or, Reviewers Are People Too
Have you ever read any hifi forums or the comments section on a hifi review site? I have and let me tell you, it ain’t always pretty.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: March 3, 2019
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream.com columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Otoboke Beaver
Otoboke Beaver describe themselves as: “Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band.” ‘Nuff said. Sniff!
HiFi Reviews
Review: Dynaudio Focus 30 XD
“I hope they sound as good as they look” I heard myself thinking as I unboxed the Dynaudio Focus 30 XD. Their sleek, high sheen, high contrast grey oak high gloss finish gave them an air of 2001 monolith-otherness while standing inside the Barn. By […]