HiFi News
Orchard Audio Releases the Starkrimson Mono Ultra Premium Amplifiers: 250 Watts of (GaN) Power
That’s 250 Watts into 8 Ohms and 500 Watts into 4. Per side.
HiFi
HiFi News
The $329 WiiM Ultra Digital Hub
That’s my photo of the Wiim Ultra Digital Hub from High End Munich 2024 and I was thinking this little beast deserved a post of its own. Why?
HiFi Thoughts
“How do we get new people into HiFi?”
If a had a nickel for every time I heard this question I’d be able to buy a (big) vacation place in Tuscany. And Tokyo.
HiFi News
Marantz Launches the $1k Model M1 Wireless Streaming Amplifier
All in one. Just add speakers. But this time it’s Marantz behind the wheel for a made in Japan twist on what’s become a common theme.
HiFi News
Denon Launches Limited Edition OJAS DL-103o MC Cartridge
Devin Turnbull’s OJAS seems to have a firm grip on cool classics.
HiFi News
Cambridge Audio’s CXN100 Network Player Gets Meters
Who doesn’t like meters?
Road Tours
An Italian HiFi Manufacturer’s Tour with Fidelity Imports: Closing Thoughts
“Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.” ~Pythagoras
Road Tours
An Italian HiFi Manufacturer’s Tour with Fidelity Imports: Audia Flight | Alare Labs
After we completed our 2nd day tour of Gold Note, we boarded two vans headed south from Tuscany to our final factory tour located in the seaside and port city of Civitavecchia, home to Audia Flight and Alare Labs.
Road Tours
An Italian HiFi Manufacturer’s Tour with Fidelity Imports: Gold Note
The next stop on our Italian HiFi Manufacturer’s Tour took us to Tuscany, the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, great wines, unreal landscapes, and Gold Note.
Road Tours
An Italian HiFi Manufacturer’s Tour with Fidelity Imports: Unison Research | Opera Loudspeakers
Our Italian journey began in Munich’s Hauptbahnhof on Sunday at 06:00 for the 6+ hour train ride to Venice’s Mestre Station, just one stop before Venice proper.
Road Tours
An Italian HiFi Manufacturer’s Tour with Fidelity Imports: Intro
The oldest settler building in North America, the Palace of Governors in Santa Fe, dates back to 1610. The oldest building in Italy, the Pantheon in Rome, dates back to about 125AD.
HIGH END Munich 2024
High End Munich 2024: Final Thoughts
I nearly feel bad for people whose only connection to hifi is gear.
HIGH END Munich 2024
High End Munich 2024: Favorite Rooms
Imagine two scenarios: A) You are listening to music at home. B) You are listening to music in a foreign room 4,000 miles from home along with 80 sweaty talkative strangers.
HIGH END Munich 2024
High End Munich 2024: The Photos
Those are the new separates from Riviera Labs—APL-1 Tube Line Preamplifier & AFS-32 Stereo Amplifier—two of the new products from High End Munich 2024 I’m most excited to get in Barn. Think Fall.
HIGH END Munich 2024
High End Munich 2024: The Post
My favorite room at High End Munich 2024 was not exactly part of High End Munich 2024.