Did you ever wish for a speaker with the immediacy of a single driver, the physicality of a multi-way, and the low end wallop of a powered sub? The Zu Definition 6 comes strikingly close to delivering just that.
Branding, for those who believe association through consumerism denotes taste, can be a powerful motivating factor when it comes to buying things we don’t really need. Like perfume.
The Grimm Audio MU1 can function as a Roon Core and Roon Ready endpoint, sending out digital audio via S/PDIF or AES/EBU to your DAC-O-choice. Seeing as I prefer to run with AES, that’s how I plan to use the MU1 during its Barn stay.
I was mightily impressed with the Audia Flight FLS 10 I reviewed back in February, which is the Italian company’s flagship integrated, so I’ve been dying to know, not literally mind you—how does the FL Three S compare, seeing as it’s Audia Flight’s least expensive […]
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.
Bordering on too beautiful, Julie Byrne’s The Greater Wings, released on Ghostly International last month, is instead perfectly balanced on the edge.
Pricing for the new B&W 600 Series S3 ranges from $900 to $2500. Per pair.
The Octave V 16 is, as its name says, a single-ended design running a pair of KT120s (or KT150, KT88, or 8550) in triode mode for about 8 Watts of output power per channel, i.e. more than enough power for a few pair of speakers […]
Bryston is another company that automatically brings to mind consumer friendly price to performance rations, and I was very impressed with their robust, in build and sound quality, B135 Cubed Integrated Amplifier.
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.
The older we get, the more difficult it becomes not to compare new things to things we already know. I view this as a kind of curse. A disease.
I’m warming up to CDs. There, I said it. And part of the reason for this newfound fondness is the Technics SL-G700M2.
Schiit Audio news is among the most popular kind of news. That’s just a fact, you can figure out why.
I’ve been impressed with the complete Gryphon systems I’ve heard at shows, every single time. They always seem to marry great looks with impressive sound, two of my favorite things.
I recently had the rather unique pleasure of listening to a stereo LP of the Barbara Carroll Trio released in 1954 by the Livingston Electronic Corporation, a full four years before the major labels got to stereo.
I read this statement often enough that it bears some scrutiny—Aural memory is short. Is it?
Anyone paying attention will have seen this day coming: Tidal Max is here.
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.
Covers can be tricky. My perfect balance between original and redo finds no set formula but one commonality among the covers I love is listening to the new brings the old along with it, like the presence of a dear departed friend.
Some of my favorite hifis are the kind of hifis that are as easy to slip into as a well worn pair of 501s.
The hifi underground has been especially vocal of late, this time pointing me to New Zealand’s Java Hi-Fi and their GaN FET-based amplifiers.
EQ curves, that is.
I was first made aware of the WiiM streamers by my pal Darko (The Wiim Mini is the streamer you’ve been waiting for) last year who has been all over Linkplay Technology’s super affordable streamers.
Not a week goes by where I don’t find myself thinking about the Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Stage (part of the glamorous life of the hifi reviewer).
South Korea’s HiFi Rose burst! onto the hifi scene with their RS150b Reference Network Streamer back in 2001 which I reviewed and had this to say, If you looked at the HiFi Rose RS150b and thought — I need that — you may want to […]
Ana Roxanne (see Because of A Flower) and DJ Python’s (Brian Piñeyr) collaboration saw its roots take hold in NYC in 2020 during lockdown as they drove around the outskirts of NYC, listening to Telegram by Björk, HTRK, Portishead, all manner of melancholy acoustic indie […]
No matter how deep I tried digging into the sound of the Thrax Enyo Signature Integrated Amplifier, music kept smacking me in the face foiling any attempts to listen past the tunes.
DENAFRIPS has hit a number of DACs and DDCs out of the park with a few landing on my Favorite Digital List so I’m excited to hear they’ve turned their attention and tech to a streamer.
The Weiss DAC204 is a little brick of D to A goodness.
Just when I thought we’d seen it all when it comes to dongle DACs, Woo Audio pulls a rabbit out of the hat with their TUBE mini Balanced Headphone Amplifier / DAC. Yes, a portable pocket-sized Headphone Amp/DAC avec vacuum tubes.
Medicom Toy’s beloved BE@RBRICK collectible figures have got a new voice thanks to Ukrainian acoustic engineering company RINARO ISODYNAMICS.
Around these parts, Norway’s Hegel Music Systems is known for classic designs that offer appealing price to performance stats. The new H600 integrated amplifier sits at the top of their lineup of integrated amplifiers in performance, power, and price.
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