HiFi News
Merason Releases the New Reuss Digital to Analog Converter
I’ve only had the pleasure of listening through Merason’s DACs at hifi shows but they’re always an important piece of a very good sounding system.
Month: October 2023
HiFi News
Moonriver Audio’s New Model 505 Hybrid Phono Stage has Got Curves
Carrying on our 78rpm focus, the new Moonriver Model 505 Phono Stage offers a passive de-emphasis circuit to play back shellacs.
HiFi News
Bleu De Chauffe X Elipson Limited Edition Chroma X Turntable
French leather goods company Bleu De Chauffe reunited with French HiFi company Epsilon for a limited edition turntable that sports a peacock-toned leather topped birch ply plinth. I know you know I have a thing for birch ply…
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: EMT HSD 006 Phono Cartridge
Do we ever really review a phono cartridge? Or is more that the case that they interview us?
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 13, 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: This Is The Kit | Moonshine Freeze
We’re traveling all the way back to 2015 to visit This Is The Kit’s quiet simmering stunner Moonshine Freeze.
Digital Reviews
Review: Jay’s Audio CDT3-MK3 CD Transport
Swimming around in my sea of ever-expanding likes, the CD transport hunts with the big fish.
HiFi News
A Trifecta of New Schiit: Skoll Phono Preamp, Midgard Headphone Amp, and Hel+ Gaming DAC/Amp
It seems like just last month that Schiit hit us with two new products, because it was, and here were are looking at a trio of new Schiits—Skoll Phono Preamp, Midgard Headphone Amp, and Hel+ Gaming DAC/Amp.
Amplifier Reviews
Aurorasound HFSA-01 Review Followup: EQ Curves & 78s
Do you remember the Monkeyhaus? This was the name John DeVore of DeVore Fidelity gave his listening room/office that lives inside his factory in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 6, 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: Daniel Villarreal | Lados B
Holy funky Gateway!
Amplifier Reviews
Review: A Stack of Ayre 8s – CX-8 CD Player, KX-8 Preamplifier, VX-8 Power Amplifier
I lived with Ayre’s AX-5 Twenty integrated amplifier for a few years and I’ve reviewed a bunch of Ayre gear so I feel I have a good grip on Ayre’s house sound. I am more than happy to report that the new 8-Series products sing […]
HiFi News
Sonus faber Goes Full Featured With the Duetto Active Wireless Loudspeakers
Who doesn’t love a sexy speaker and Italy’s Sonus faber knows from sexy. Their new Duetto adds a full featured set of inputs, a 100W class AB amplifier for the silk dome tweeter and a 205W class D amplifier for the paper pulp 5.25” mid-woofer.
Music News
A Beauty(ful) Intermission
Sometimes, most times these days, it seem like constant motion, perpetual stimulus fills every waking hour with nary a moment to reflect. Always moving forward.
HiFi Thoughts
HiFi Illusions: From Both Sides (Now)
I’ve looked at hifi from both sides now / From bad and best and still somehow / It’s hifi’s illusions I recall / I really don’t know hifi at all.