Analog Reviews
Review: Technics SL-1500CS Direct Drive Turntable
Variations on a classic. When it comes to reviewing a Technics turntable, that’s exactly what we’re talking about—a variation on a classic design that dates back some 40 years.
Analog Reviews
Analog Reviews
In Barn for Good: Aurorasound AFE-12 MC Step Up Transformer
Sometimes I mix business with pleasure.
Analog Reviews
EMT HSD 006 MC Cartridge: An Appreciation
EMT, the company, is about as classic a hifi company as classic gets.
Analog Reviews
Review: Listening to 78s with Technics, Ortofon, Aurorasound, and Gold Note
Why listen to 78s? I imagine that question has crossed more than a few minds and I’m here to give my answer and in the process talk about some gear that helps get the best from these musical treasures.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier
Tung-Sol introduced the world to the 6550 beam tetrode vacuum tube in 1954, with early production coming out of their Bloomfield, NJ plant. I grew up about 8 miles away and that plant, the Electron Tube Division, remained in operation until I was a teen. […]
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.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Aurorasound HFSA-01 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier
There are times when I forget I’m reviewing, something that happened more than the norm during my time with the lovely Aurorasound HFSA-01.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Thrax Enyo Signature Integrated Amplifier
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.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: A Parasound Stack | JC 5 Stereo Amplifier, JC 2 BP Preamp, JC 3+ Phono Stage
Sometimes it takes time for the stars to align.
Analog Reviews
TM Phono Stage Survey: The Big Roundup
One thing I know for sure—I need more records. Lots more records.
Analog Reviews
Review: Parasound JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier
Other voices, other rooms.
Analog Reviews
Review: Manley Labs Chinook Special Edition MkII Phono Preamplifier
Sometimes up is up.
Analog Reviews
Review: EAR Phono Classic MM/MC Phono Preamplifier
Back in high school I bought my first motorcycle, the agreement with my father being nothing over 350 cc so with the help of a mechanic friend, he found and I bought a lovely minty fresh green 1972 Honda CB350.
Analog Reviews
Review: Lejonklou Slipsik 8 MM Phono Stage
Fredrik Lejonklou is the man behind the company that bears his name and he’s got interesting ideas about hifi design, beginning with his stated goal: “I don’t really care whether it sounds ‘correct’ – I care about how it feels.”
Analog Reviews
Review: Hegel V10 Phono Preamp
When I think of Hegel Music Systems, I think quality, nicely balanced sound, and great value. The Hegel V10 Phono Preamp resembles these remarks in the best possible ways.