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.
Digital 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.
Digital 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.
Amplifier 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.