HiFi Reviews

If you’ve been here before, you may have noticed my affinity for Audioquest (AQ) headphones. Their sound made sense to me from the start. I’ve likely posted thousands of words about them. I know, enough already. Well, it seems we’re not quite done yet, as […]

The last several years have seen Shunyata Research enter a particularly creative period with the release of the Hydra Denali Series and the higher performance Hydra Triton v3 power distributor. Caelin Gabriel, founder and President of Shunyata Research, has released his new version of the […]

Two channel systems with loudspeakers, or “stereos” as my childhood friends and I called them, and headphones have always run together, side by side—my earliest memories of listening to playback include both. I recall sitting on one end of our couch in the living room […]

Sonore has not rested on their laurels given the announcement of their latest products based around the new systemOptique. Sonore has described systemOptique as “a fiber optic Ethernet interconnection scheme that utilizes a new series of Sonore products with optical transceiver capabilities.” John Swensen has […]

Hello again, Darling.

The other day, AudioQuest’s Shane Buettner and Stephen Mejias came to the Barn to hang out and listen to music. To my surprise, Stephen was carrying the PowerQuest 3, the company’s new “Non-Sacrificial Surge Protector / Ultra-Linear Filter” power strip ($299).

Stunning. I’ve written a lot of words about hifi this past decade+, give or take, but I don’t recall using the word “stunning” very often when it comes to hardware. I’m glad I saved it.

Aurorasound Inc. was founded in 2010 in Yokohama, Japan. Shinobu Karaki is President and oversees all technical design. He spent nearly three decades working for Texas Instruments, Japan, Digital Audio Division. In addition, Karaki-san is a musician, guitar teacher and audiophile. The company maintains a […]

Yes, everything. Power, network, network player, DAC, cables, system, room. Everything.