HiFi Reviews
Twittering Machines 2020 Product of the Year
Sometimes what you’re looking for is right in front of you.
HiFi
Digital Reviews
Lindemann Musicbook Source: The Book of Books
Lindemann Audio’s acclaimed Musicbook Series has just released its next generation. The Musicbook Source aims to swiftly top the bestseller lists and become the “book of books” for discerning hi-fi fans.
HiFi News
The High End Munich 2021 Moves From May To September
I appreciate caution mixed with optimism.
HiFi Thoughts
Poll: MQA: Love It or Leave It?
Just mention MQA and some people react as if you’ve kicked their dog.
Flashback-Fi
Audio Note DAC 4 Signature: A Heavyweight Champ
Compared to the recently reviewed CAL Alpha DAC, the Audio Note DAC 4 Signature is a spring chicken.
HiFi News
Poll Results: Lossless Streaming
Sometimes Polls can yield surprising results or feed back pretty much what you expected. Other times the results can be misinterpreted and in that exceptionally rare case results can be completely ignored. Cough.
HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: Roon + Streaming
Imagine your long lost great Uncle Bud passed away and bequeathed unto you his 2-million album music library.
Digital Reviews
The CAL Labs Alpha: A Tube DAC For The Ages?
Have you ever wondered — What does a 25-year-old DAC sound like? Well, I’m here to tell ‘ya.
Digital Reviews
totaldac d1-tube DAC in Retrograde: The Tube Upgrade
Sometimes old is new again. I received this email from totaldac’s Vincent Brient on September 24:
HiFi News
The Finest Audio Show Zurich 2021 Cancelled Due To Corona Pandemic
When I first read the news announcing the dates for the Finest Audio Show Zurich scheduled for January 9 – 10 of 2021, I thought, really?
HiFi News
Poll: Which lossless streaming service do you use?
As the number of lossless streaming options grow, which one, or perhaps more accurately which ones, do you use? Please take a moment and respond to our Poll.
HiFi Thoughts
HiFi Pedigree or Have A Heart About HiFi
Is a piece of HiFi just a piece of HiFi? Can we reduce the value of a given thing down to those items listed in the accompanying spec sheet?
Amplifier Reviews
A Few (more) Weeks With Junior: Wavelength Audio Junior EL84 Integrated Amplifier
A few (more) weeks with Junior.
Flashback-Fi
In Barn For Flashback-Fi: Audio Note DAC 4 Signature
The Audio Note DAC 4 Signature, c.2002, is a non-oversampling, digital filterless DAC using premium parts, more silver than a Liberace concert, a tube rectified choke filtered power supply, and a pair of E182CC / 7119 dual triodes in the Class A output stage. It […]
HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary Bookshelf Speakers 50% Off
I’ve heard plenty of Wharfdale speakers, certainly enough to know their warm and rich house sound.