Art&Culture
Nick Cave’s Things
The Bad Seed’s leader has been busy. With Covid keeping everyone homebound and away from concerts, busy has come to produce some fun stuff. Like Cave Things.
Month: January 2021
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: January 29, 2021
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream 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: Celeste | I’m Not Your Muse
Sometimes straight ahead soul is all you need.
HiFi Thoughts
Letters to the Editor
[a dramatization] Subject: A Question
HiFi News
B.audio’s DACs Get Roon Ready Streaming Built-In
Streaming DACs. Consider me a fan as I’m not a fan of trying to find a streamer that a) sounds good, b) includes all of the digital outputs I might need.
HiFi Reviews
The Clones Audio 25iRX Integrated Amplifier: One Sweet & Simple Story
Some review components announce themselves upon arrival and the Clones Audio 25iRX Integrated Amplifier did so with resounding clarity.
HiFi News
The New KEF KC62 Subwoofer: How Low Can You Go?
The KC62 Uni-Core Force-Cancelling Subwoofer houses a host of proprietary patent-pending KEF tech including the company’s new Uni-Core technology.
Art&Culture
4 The Vinyl Store Rue des Dames Scented Candle
I was talking to my friend and colleague Ingo Schultz of FIDELITY Magazine the other day, and we got into the smell of old records, old books, and used book shops.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: January 22, 2021
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream 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: CARM
Some Fridays are easier than others.
HiFi News
totaldac Streamer Update: What A Difference A RTOS Can Make
A real-time operating system (RTOS), unlike multitasking operating systems, operates in real time with low latency. When used in a streaming product, like the totaldac d1-tube DAC/Streamer, it can also offer sound improvement.
HiFi Reviews
Innuos Statement: Never Let Me Down Again
“Innuos Statement” sounds like an extremely promising name. And when put to the test, this hefty server not only proved it’s worthy of such a name, it also surprised us with some of the innovative and logical approaches taken in its design. A musical tour […]
HiFi News
The Primare NP5 Prisma Is Now Roon Ready!
Sounds so nice, I’ve got to say it twice — The Primare NP5 Prisma Is Now Roon Ready!
Art&Culture
“Stray Dog, Misawa” Action Figure!
Among photography’s classic images, Daido Moriyama’s Stray Dog, Misawa from 1971 is near the head of the pack.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: January 15, 2021
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream 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: Ashley Paul | Ray
Have you ever found yourself looking for something without knowing what it was?
HiFi News
More, Much More, From Mytek!
Brooklyn’s Mytek is on a roll for the New Year with a new website, a new factory, and a herd of new products in the works and on the way.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Parasound HINT 6 Halo Integrated Amplifier
Sometimes power is a good thing.
Music News
Missing Live Music? Bandsintown To The Rescue!
Soccer Mommy!, Phoebe Bridgers!, Adrianne Lenker!, and Waxahatchee! are just a few of the artists performing upcoming Live Stream Concerts on Bandsintown. Did I hear someone say hallelujah?
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: iBasso DC03 DAC/Headphone Amplifier
A dongle DAC extravaganza!
HiFi Thoughts
MQA: That Sounds Good. To Me.
Some audiophiles insist on redundancy when it comes to talking about preference, believing the addition of superfluous qualifiers makes things sound more. . .scientific.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Riviera Audio Laboratories LEVANTE Integrated Amplifier
It’s as if the fine folks from Italy-based Riviera Audio Laboratories were speaking to me when they wrote: An audio amplifier must reproduce a signal with the highest fidelity… for the human ear, not for instruments.
HiFi News
Mola Mola Goes All-In-One With the Kula Integrated Amplifier
Oh boy Oh boy. Imagine taking Mola Mola’s separate tech and wrapping it up in one small chassis? Meet Kula.
HiFi Thoughts
Looking Ahead From The Red Chair
A new year stretches out beyond our view yet I see a path filled with hope, music, and gear.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: January 8, 2021
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream 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: Steve Earle & The Dukes | J.T.
There are people who take grief and pain and, through the creative process, transform it into something beautiful. Imagine what the world would look like if everyone embraced such a process.
HiFi News
Hegel V10: The Phono Preamplifier
Never say never.
Flashback-Fi
Ensemble Solo B-50 “Tiger” Hybrid Integrated Amplifier: Silk and Style
Do integrated amplifiers ever go out of style?
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: A Year In New Music
Here are 120-something albums released in 2020 that made the unusually challenging year more bearable.