HiFi News
Roon Restores Offline Functionality
If you have no idea what that headline means, never mind. If you do, it’s all you need to know.
Month: February 2024
HiFi News
HIGH END Munich 2024: Just 70 Days Away!
Just like the Jackson Five sang on the opening track from their Third Album released in 1970—I’ll be there.
HiFi News
New Schiit: The Aegir 2 the First Halo™ + Continuity™ Speaker Power Amp
Schiit asks, “Why? Why do this at all?” A fair question of any revision with the fair assumption being—because it’s better.
HiFi Thoughts
5 Signs You Own A Bad HiFi
I try to remain positive.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Silent Angel Bonn NX Network Switch & Genesis GX Word Clock
The two most important factors in HiFi performance are system effects and environment.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Treehaus Audiolab ‘Phantom of Luxury’ Field Coil Loudspeakers
I imagine some people may find it difficult to get beyond the striking appearance of the Treehaus Audiolab ‘Phantom of Luxury’ Field Coil Loudspeakers long enough to listen.
Art&Culture
Listening Room Art: Classic Photographs of Musicians (and more)
For audiophiles, hifis are special things. More special than a lamp or a toaster, even though they’re important too, hifis bring endless joy in the form of music.
HiFi News
Fyne Audio Announces Their New SuperTrax Supertweeter
Tweeters are pretty super in their own right, but a supertweeter is meant to go where no tweeter has gone before.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: February 23, 2024
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: Cowboy Sadness | Selected Jambient Works Vol. 1
They had me at Cowboy Sadness.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Merason DAC1 Mk II
DACs are like dinner party guests: you don’t want loud and obnoxious but you also don’t want overly polite and boring.
HiFi News
Hegel Readies the Full-Featured H190v Streaming Integrated Amp
Streaming? Check. DAC? Check. Moving Magnet Phono input? Check. Analog inputs? Check. Headphone Out? Check. + 150W of class AB power (into 8 Ohms) = full-featured.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: February 16, 2024
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: Habitat Ensemble | Habitat Ensemble
While most music is communal, more or less, some is even more so, being the work of a commune.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Thöress EHT MKII Integrated Amplifier
Hybrids are half-loved by some because ideologies can outweigh outcomes. In the case of integrated amplifiers, the outcome I’m most interested in is how power can turn an electrical signal into waves of emotive sound energy as music.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: totaldac d1-triunity DAC
It was simply a matter of time.
HiFi Thoughts
The Discreet Charm of the Old Made New: A Cautionary Tale
The re-do. The reissue, the remaster, the hi-res, the immersive, the Better.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: February 9, 2024
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: Kali Malone | All Life Long
There are some artists, Kali Malone is one, whose new work I devour, digest, and devour again as if my health depended on it.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Auralic ARIES G2.2 Wireless Streaming Transporter
The big question for me regarding the Auralic ARIES G2.2 was a simple one—is it better than the Auralic ARIES G1.1 and if so, how.
HiFi News
The Weiss Helios Reference DAC Now Shipping in US & Canada
The Weiss Helios DAC is the company’s state-of-the-art converter and is now available in the US and Canada thanks to distributor Bluebird Music.
HiFi News
Ferrum Upgrades Their Entry Level ERCO Headphone Amp/DAC to Gen 2 Status
Poland-based Ferrum has been getting some good buzz for their head-fi focused products and they’ve just given their ERCO Headphone Amp/DAC a major facelift.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Audionet HUMBOLDT Integrated Amplifier
There was a brief period of time, post college and post months-long-Europe trip, where I tipped the scales at about 134 lbs. which is how much the Audionet Humboldt Integrated Amplifier weighs. Woof!
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: February 2, 2024
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: Astrid Sonne | Great Doubt
I enjoy a good skeletal and surprising sounding album, like Tirzah’s Trip9love, which is one reason I’ve been digging into Danish composer Astrid Sonne’s Great Doubt.
Sweepstakes
AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt Portable USB DAC Sweepstakes!
A Sweepstakes! Register to win an AudioQuest Cobalt portable USB DAC, a longtime TM Favorite and certified HiFi Bargain!
HiFi News
MoFi Electronics + Mytek Audio’s Michal Jurewicz = MoFi’s New StudioDAC
MoFi Electronics has a history of teaming up with world-class engineers when designing things like speakers (Andrew Jones), turntables (Alan Perkins), and electronics (Peter Madnick). For the new StudioDAC, MoFi brought in Mytek’s Michal Jurewicz to collaborate.
HiFi News
Goldring Releases the Special Edition Ethos Moving Coil Cartridge
Goldring’s history dates all the way back 1906 (!) when brothers Heinrich and Julius Scharf began manufacturing parts for the budding gramophone industry.