Art&Culture
Twittering Machines 2023 Holiday Gift Guide
I love a gift guide, especially one filled with delights that allow us to appreciate the communal creative souls within us all. I hope you find some wonder herein. Cheers.
Year: 2023
HiFi News
The New WiiM Amp: All-In-One Fun for Under 300 Clams
WiiM, makers of the popular, thanks in part to Darko.Audio, and affordable WiiM Mini and Pro streamers just launched their first streaming amp that packs a boatload of functionality in a very nicely priced package.
HiFi News
The New MasterDeck Turntable from MoFi Electronics Has Arrived
MoFi Electronics has a history of hiring masters of their craft and they brought in industry veteran turntable designer Alan Perkins of Spiral Groove fame to push the limits of their new MasterDeck Turntable.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Thöress EHT Integrated Amplifier
If you read my CAF 2023 Standout Products post, now you know I wasn’t kidding.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Volti Audio Rival Special Edition Loudspeakers
High efficiency speakers have a few tricks up their sleeves, one being the ability to drive ’em with just a few Watts.
HiFi Thoughts
A HiFi Show Induced Rant
If nothing else, hifi shows are filled with cliches.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: November 17, 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: Lucy Railton | Corner Dancer
Mystery seems in short supply these days and to my mind for no good reason.
Capital Audiofest 2023
CAF 2023: Standout Rooms
Here are a few of my favorite rooms from CAF 2023, rooms that stood out because they made me connect to the music being made even in the less than good, forget about ideal, conditions of a hifi show.
Capital Audiofest 2023
CAF 2023: In Pictures
You’re wonderful to see, You oughta be in pictures, Oh, what a hit you would be.
Capital Audiofest 2023
CAF 2023: Standout Products
I knew a guy, a reviewer, who walked into a room at a hifi shop, sat in front a system he’d never heard before and within moments turned to me and said, “Great phono stage.”
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: November 10, 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: Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation
Exit Simulation is the full-length debut of Niecy Blues and it arrives fully formed, wrapped in gossamer clouds of mystery.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Wattson Emerson ANALOG Streaming DAC
Sometimes simple is all you need.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Silent Angel Bonn NX Network Switch & Genesis GX Word Clock
Together, the Silent Angel Bonn NX Network Switch & Genesis GX Word Clock weigh a hair over 30 lbs. I mention this because there’s more to digital audio than meets the eye.
Capital Audiofest 2023
Some of What’s New(s) at Capital Audiofest 2023
Emails with news of the new for CAF 2023, which begins this Friday!, are floating into my Inbox like autumn leaves filling our gutters.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: November 3, 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: Tara Clerkin Trio | On The Turning Ground
Each record from Bristol, UK-based Tara Clerkin Trio is a polished gem.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Aurorasound EQ-100 Variable Equalization Monaural Phono Amplifier
My oh my. Monaural all the way, baby.
HiFi News
Meet the New Schiitt Yggdrasil More is Better (MIB) DAC
From Schiit: “the new Yggdrasil More is Better (MIB) is the highest-performing, best-measuring multibit DAC in history.”
HiFi Reviews
Review: Rockport Atria II Loudspeakers
What is your ultimate goal when listening to music on the hifi? It’s OK, there isn’t just one. Mine is twofold—to be completely captivated by the music being made, and to be hungry for more.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Technics SL-1210GR and Ortofon SPU Mono CG 65 Di MkII
The first Ortofon SPU dates from 1959 and the first Technics SL-1200 direct drive turntables rolled off the production line hitting the market in 1972. HiFi history.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Gold Note PH-10 Phono Stage
The Gold Note PH-10 phono stage has got some curves, EQ curves, baby.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 27, 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: Pelt | Técheöd
Let’s get lost / Let them send out alarms.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Grimm Audio MU1 Music Player
I spent about 7 years reviewing just digital gear as Editor of AudioStream. Streamers, servers, DACs, software, and cables filled my days, nights, and nightmares with the ever elusive goal of making digital music sound like just music, minus the digital part.
HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: Aurorasound HFSA-01 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier
I bet you saw this coming.
HiFi News
Treehaus Audiolab To Unveil Their New Flagship Field-Coil Loudspeakers at CAF 2023
Capital Audiofest 2023 attendees will get to experience the new/updated Treehaus Audiolab “Phantom of Luxury” Field-Coil Loudspeakers up close and personal.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: A Bel Canto e.One Stack | Pre5 Preamplifier / REF501S Stereo Amplifier
The Bel Canto e.One Pre5/REF501S pre/power combo packs 6 line level inputs and 250 Watts of output power into two boxes about the size of big book combined.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Wharfedale Dovedale Standmount Speakers
Gilbert Briggs began making speaker drivers in 1932 in Ilkley, Yorkshire near the river “Wharfe” and set up shop in nearby Bradford soon thereafter to sell ’em.