In Barn for Review

Vintage classic, baby.

It seems to be the month for lovely black aluminum clad hifi!

A Naim stack!

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.

It was simply a matter of time.

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!

The main, big, difference between the recently reviewed and revered Grimm MU1 and the MU2 is the latter also has a DAC built in.

The Western Electric 300B is the movie star, the rock star, the supermodel of vacuum tubes.

There’s no mistaking a Vivid Audio speaker. Even, I would suggest, with one’s eyes closed and ears open.

I’ve been waiting, patiently, to get some Barn time with a Merason DAC, having enjoyed some of the systems containing one at a number of hifi shows, so color me pleased to be sitting in front of a new Merason DAC1 Mk II.

The T66 is the first speaker in GoldenEar’s new T Series that offer refinements over GoldenEar’s much loved Triton Series of loudspeakers.

The Vivia Solista is a single-ended Class A integrated amplifier that relies on 845 triodes to produce its 22 Watts of output power.

Have you ever wondered what moving up the Auralic line, say from the G1.1 to the G2.2, might bring? I have.

If you read my CAF 2023 Standout Products post, now you know I wasn’t kidding.

High efficiency speakers have a few tricks up their sleeves, one being the ability to drive ’em with just a few Watts.