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In Barn for Review: Auralic ARIES G1.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter
Packets in, digital audio out.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: EAR Phono Classic MM/MC Phono Preamplifier
When it comes to hifi (and movies), I love a classic and the EAR Phono Classic is aptly named.
Capital Audiofest 2022
Let the show begin! Capital Audiofest 2022
It’s nearly here (and I’ll be there): Capital Audiofest, the 2022 edition.
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.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: November 4, 2022
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Mal Waldron | Searching in Grenoble : The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
We have San Francisco-based Tompkins Square to thank for bringing us this previously unreleased live solo set from Mal Waldron.
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.”
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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.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 28, 2022
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Mabe Fratti | Se Ve Desde Aquí
We’ve talked about Guatemalan-born, Mexico City-based cellist, vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mabe Fratti before, notably her collaboration with Mexico City-based sound artist Concepción Huerta on 2021’s stunning Estática.
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.