Album of the Week
Album of the Week: mui zyu | Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century
Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century is the first full length from Hong Kong British artist Eva Liu as mui zyu and it feels fantastically familiar.
Year: 2023
HiFi Thoughts
Further Thoughts on Why I Chose Tidal & Qobuz
In a word, Roon.
HiFi Thoughts
Why I Chose To Pay For Tidal HiFi
Tidal recently sent an email to industry members, e.g. reviewers like me, who had been enjoying a free Tidal account to let us know the free ride would end on December 12, 2023.
HiFi Thoughts
Season’s Greetings & a Note of Thanks
Here’s wishing you (all) a happy healthy Holiday season.
HiFi News
Octave Audio Releases Two New Mono Amplifiers Into the Wild: the Jubilee Mono Ultimate and the MRE 220 SE
To say I liked the Octave V 16 Single Ended Integrated Amplifier is like saying Popeye liked spinach.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: Favorites of 2023
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: Jessica Bailiff | Jessica Bailiff
I reached all the way back to Jessica Bailiff’s self-titled album from 2002 to share this week’s pick because I was looking for something sweet without being saccharine.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier
Tung-Sol introduced the world to the 6550 beam tetrode vacuum tube in 1954, with early production coming out of their Bloomfield, NJ plant. I grew up about 8 miles away and that plant, the Electron Tube Division, remained in operation until I was a teen. […]
HiFi
Twittering Machines: A Year (of Reviews) in Pictures
Taking photos of the gear that’s here for review, in Barn, ranks among my favorite things. Getting a good likeness is an important piece of information and, ideally, a feast for the eyes.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: New Age Doom | There Is No End
New Age Doom. New age, doom.
Digital Reviews
Review: Ideon EOS DAC
How much do we really know about a DAC we’ve never heard? The answer depends on who you ask.
Music News
Qobuz Sessions at SXSW: Live Music from Yazmin Lacey, Daniel Villarreal, and Shana Cleveland!
With all of the harping, or has it been carping, I’ve done about music choices in hifi, I am particularly pleased to share news of three inaugural EPs from Qobuz’s Sessions at SXSW featuring music from Yazmin Lacey, Daniel Villarreal, and Shana Cleveland!
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Vivid Audio GIYA G3 Series 2
There’s no mistaking a Vivid Audio speaker. Even, I would suggest, with one’s eyes closed and ears open.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Merason DAC1 Mk II
I’ve been waiting, patiently, to get some Barn time with a Merason DAC, having enjoyed some of the systems containing one at a number of hifi shows, so color me pleased to be sitting in front of a new Merason DAC1 Mk II.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: December 8, 2023
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.