
EMT HSD 006 MC Cartridge: An Appreciation
EMT, the company, is about as classic a hifi company as classic gets.
EMT, the company, is about as classic a hifi company as classic gets.
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.
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. […]
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.
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.
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.
Sometimes it takes time for the stars to align.
One thing I know for sure—I need more records. Lots more records.
Other voices, other rooms.
Sometimes up is up.
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.
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.”
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.
Take one look at the Aurorasound VIDA Prima, take another look at the Leben CS600X I call my own, and you have the beginning of a story.
There are any number of reasons to be interested in and/or buy a piece of hifi gear. One of the beautiful things about hifi is every reason is a good reason, or if you prefer, no reason is a bad reason. That’s simply the way […]
I can remember when being a kid with a pocketful of change offered a world of adventures.
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