Capital Audiofest 2022
Let the show begin! Capital Audiofest 2022
It’s nearly here (and I’ll be there): Capital Audiofest, the 2022 edition.
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In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Sonnet Digital Audio Pasithea DAC
I first heard about Sonnet Audio from my dear friend Alex Halberstadt who wrote about their Morpheus DAC for Stereophile. Careful readers will have spotted a mini theme.
Digital Reviews
Review: EMM Labs DA2 V2 Reference Stereo DAC
Digital music replay can feel like wearing someone else’s shoes—rarely do you get a perfect fit. Whether too loose, too tight or too lumpy, getting digital right can be an elusive task.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Lejonklou Slipsik 8 MM Phono Stage
Lejonklou, the hifi company, is named after its founder Fredrik Lejonklou and I know a bit about both because my dear friend Alex Halberstadt wrote about them in Stereophile.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid Tube Integrated Amplifier
My hifi underground, yours may be a different one, spoke with a unified voice about the PrimaLuna EVO 300—“You have to hear this.”
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: MoFi StudioPhono Phonostage
The late sorely missed legendary Tim De Paravicini of EAR fame had a hand in the circuit design of the MoFi StudioPhono Phonostage and it costs $349.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Ortofon 2M Black MM Phono Cartridge
The Ortofon 2M (Moving Magnet) Black cartridge sports a Shibata diamond stylus, nude, to better ride the grooves, a low viscosity, halogen free polycarbonate (PC) resin Hopelex body, and a special upgraded engine, featuring split pole pins with a silver plated copper wire.
Digital Reviews
Review: EMM Labs NS1 Streamer
On the backside of 6+ years reviewing nothing but digital hifi gear, you learn a few things. One of those things being—in digital, absence makes the ears grow fonder.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Manley Labs Chinook Special Edition MkII Phono Preamplifier
I’ve been a fan, albeit from afar, of Manley Labs for years. There’s something no-nonsense about the company, a refreshing directness and attitude that strikes me as a bit fresh, in the best sense(s) of the word.
HiFi News
Darko.Audio Podcast #41: IKEA Obegränsad, Roon 2.0 & Talking Heads in Dolby Atmos
In his accompanying post to the latest Darko.Audio Podcast I took part in, Darko refers to our approach as ‘Anyshit goes’. I like that.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Good: Denon DL-103 MC Cartridge
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In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Preamp
“Phono Equalizer Amplifier” is written on the front of the Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Preamp cause that’s what it does and is.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Bel Canto e.One C6i DAC Integrated Amplifier & e.One Stream2 Network Bridge
A stack of Bel Canto. But a stack that includes an integrated amplifier with a DAC inside and a streamer that has a DAC inside? What gives?
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Hegel V10 Phono Preamp
When Hegel’s founder Bent Holter decided to build a phono preamp, about 30-years after the company was founded, he started from the ground up.
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