HiFi News
KEF Luxes Things Up With the New Ross Lovegrove-designed LS LUXE Wireless Speakers
How many hifi products put the name of their industrial designer out front in a press release?
HiFi
Recommended Systems
Recommended Systems: An Introduction
I’ve been thinking about recommending recommended systems forever.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo Preamplifier & Grandioso S1X Power Amplifier
The Summer of Stacks continues with the oh-so-elegant Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo Line Stage Preamplifier & Grandioso S1X Stereo Power Amplifier.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Aesthetix Calypso Eclipse Tube Linestage & Atlas Eclipse Power Amplifier
Continuing our working theme—the summer of stacks!—enter the Aesthetix Calypso/Atlas pre/power combo both dressed up in the upgraded Eclipse version.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Aragon Tungsten Preamplifier / Iridium Monoblock Stack
Reviving a classic brand comes with perceived pluses and minuses.
HiFi News
Audio Advice Live Coming August 7-9 to Raleigh, NC
Some day I hope to get myself to Audio Advice Live in Raleigh, North Carolina because I’ve heard it’s fun.
HiFi Thoughts
TM Instagramisms: Fun HiFi Facts, Foibles, Surprises, and a Joke
When the feeling moves me, I post brief hifi-related messages to the TM Instagram page in the form of stories.
Digital Reviews
Review: Imersiv UTB Universal Transformer Interface
The Imersiv UTB Universal Transformer Interface is an add-on device meant to accompany the company’s wonderful D-1 DAC for people who want to connect it to their hifi via unbalanced RCA interconnects. People like me.
HiFi News
The Grimm Audio MU1 & MU2 Are Now JPLAY Certified
Choice is good.
HiFi News
Dynaudio to Shut Down North American Operations
In a shocking development, Dynaudio has announced their decision to “cease operations of its commercial activities in North America and permanently shut down its U.S. subsidiary in the fall of 2026.”
HiFi News
HiFi News: AXISS Audio Files Federal Lawsuit
What with the daily news being what it is these days I generally avoid the negative when it comes to hifi.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Aurorasound HFSA-02 Integrated Tube Amplifier
These days I get most excited about exceptional performance which is exactly what I heard when I sat down and listened to the Aurorasound HFSA-02.
HiFi Thoughts
How Big Is the High-End Hifi Market?
I bet we’ve all seen people guessing this number along with forecasts of doom and gloom for the industry at large. Are they right?
HiFi Reviews
Review: Dynaudio Confidence 60 Loudspeakers
Imagine a big speaker that doesn’t behave like a big speaker.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Peak Consult Sinfonia Loudspeakers
Denmark’s Peak Consult is owned by Lennart Asbjørn and Wilfried Ehrenholz who was an owner and co-founder of Dynaudio.