In Barn for Review

Together, the Silent Angel Bonn NX Network Switch & Genesis GX Word Clock weigh a hair over 30 lbs. I mention this because there’s more to digital audio than meets the eye.

My oh my. Monaural all the way, baby.

The first Ortofon SPU dates from 1959 and the first Technics SL-1200 direct drive turntables rolled off the production line hitting the market in 1972. HiFi history.

The Gold Note PH-10 phono stage has got some curves, EQ curves, baby.

The Bel Canto e.One Pre5/REF501S pre/power combo packs 6 line level inputs and 250 Watts  of output power into two boxes about the size of big book combined.

Gilbert Briggs began making speaker drivers in 1932 in Ilkley, Yorkshire near the river “Wharfe” and set up shop in nearby Bradford soon thereafter to sell ’em.

Do we ever really review a phono cartridge? Or is more that the case that they interview us?

Inside the smart looking Soulution 330 lives a dedicated preamplifier, a dedicated power amplifier, and the review sample came fully loaded with the optional DAC and MC Phono Stage. Just add Rockports.

The Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier is available in 6 colors with optional DAC and Phono modules, which is how the review sample is outfitted and dressed in Gold, offering 50Watts of output power from 2 pair of JJ 6550WE vacuum tubes.

Back in December of 2021 I took a road trip to Goodwin’s High End with the express purpose of listening to a few pair of loudspeakers from Rockport Technologies. I was told by a bunch of industry friends, whose ears I trust, the Rockports may […]

I reviewed the Ideon Audio Ayazi mk2 DAC along with their 3R Master Time Black Star external clock last year and concluded, in part, “There’s no better surprise in hifi than being startled by an unexpected level of musical engagement.”

I love a top-loading CD transport because of the obvious reference to their much loved forebearer, the turntable. I also love a CD transport whose only job is to spin, read, and translate pits and lands to bits, the food of DACs.

I spied with my little eye the diminutive Wattson Emerson ANALOG streaming DAC on David Cope’s Old Forge Audio Instagram page and thought, “Mmm. Interesting.”

The Grimm Audio MU1 can function as a Roon Core and Roon Ready endpoint, sending out digital audio via S/PDIF or AES/EBU to your DAC-O-choice. Seeing as I prefer to run with AES, that’s how I plan to use the MU1 during its Barn stay.

I was mightily impressed with the Audia Flight FLS 10 I reviewed back in February, which is the Italian company’s flagship integrated, so I’ve been dying to know, not literally mind you—how does the FL Three S compare, seeing as it’s Audia Flight’s least expensive […]