HiFi News
KEF’s New & Improved LSX II Wireless HiFi Speakers
Even wireless speakers need some wires, and in the case of KEF’s new (and improved) LSX II Wireless HiFi Speakers, you can get away with just a pair of power cords.
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HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: LSA VT-70 Integrated Tube Amplifier
The LSA VT-70 Integrated Tube Amplifier is a genuine HiFi Bargain.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: LSA VT-70 Integrated Tube Amplifier
How? That was the word and question that nagged at me all the while the LSA VT-70 amp was lighting up the Barn. How can you get so much for so little?
HiFi News
DarkoAudio Podcast #37: Munich High-End 2022 Review & More
It’s a regular thing.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Bluesound POWERNODE
You put your Ethernet in / You put your speaker cables out / You plug it in / That’s what it’s all about!
HiFi News
High End Munich 2022 As Recorded By totaldac
Were you, like me, unable to attend the Munich show this year? Would you still like to get a taste? Whet your beak in the sounds and rooms of High End?
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Kinki Studio EX-M1 Integrated Amplifier
You can’t argue with the numbers. Or so the saying goes.
HiFi News
dCS Goes Direct Sales with the Headphone-Focused Lina System
UK’s dCS, makers of some of the finest digital gear I’ve had the pleasure to hear, have shifted sales model gears with their new Lina System, aimed squarely at the headphone Buy It Now crowd.
HiFi News
The iFi GO bar USB DAC/headphone amp: Portable Yet Powerful
If you want power in your pocket, if you need power in your pocket, iFi’s new GO bar portable USB DAC/headphone amp may be your lucky charm. Pictured is iFi’s 10th Anniversary Limited Edition GO bar that brings along the bling.
HiFi News
Munich High End 2022: News of the New
The press releases are pouring in for new product releases making their debut at Munich High End 2022. Here are a few highlights.
HiFi Thoughts
Certainly Uncertain: When Measurement Results Don’t Match Part Four | The GoldenSound Key
“Why you can’t trust audio measurements” is the title of GoldenSound’s latest video and it handily illustrates, in exquisite detail, how and why measurement results don’t match and why they cannot be trusted out of hand. Is it my birthday? Christmas in May?
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: ModWright KWH 225i Hybrid Integrated Amplifier
I’ve long admired the work of Dan Wright, President of ModWright Industries, but always from afar away from the Barn at hifi shows, most recently at Capital Audiofest 2021. The time was long overdue to get up close and personal with some ModWright.
HiFi News
High End Munich 2022: Faraway, So Close!
High End Munich 2022, the show of hifi shows, opens Thursday. I’ll be in the woods of western NJ, tending to the bear, the bees, and the Barn.
HiFi News
KEF Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary With the All-in-One (And Done) LS60 Floorstanding Wireless Speakers
The KEF LS50 may be the easiest active speaker to recommend.
HiFi News
Ten Years After: Living With the ADAM A3X A Decade On And The New ADAM A Series
As a reviewer of hifi gear, I have an unquenchable thirst for the new. If I didn’t, this would be a terrible job but as it stands, I thank my fortunate stars most days because I look forward to getting into the Barn and getting […]