Taking photos of the gear that’s here for review, in Barn, ranks among my favorite things. Getting a good likeness is an important piece of information and, ideally, a feast for the eyes.
I know there are people who believe that appearance should play little to no role in selecting hifi gear, just as I’m aware of people who enjoy a bit of self-flagellation now and again (I’d like to see that Venn diagram). At the risk of adding insult to their injury, hifi is about the pursuit of enjoyment. Suggesting it’s something much more serious, serious enough to spend a significant chunk of one’s life online raging against the injustices (in hifi!), gets us back to that mortification of the flesh (in the name of ‘science’) business, a business I want no part of.
Now for the sugar—here’s the Year, 2023, of Reviews in Pictures. Enjoy!
A Sonnet stack | Review
Mola Mola Kula Integrated Amplifier | Review
Auralic ARIES G1.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter| Review
Audia Flight FLS 10 Integrated Amplifier | Review
Sonner Audio Legato Duo Floorstanding Loudspeakers | Review
ModWright Analog Bridge | Review
Schiit Mani 2 MM/MC Phono Preamp | Review
MoFi StudioPhono Phono Stage| Review
Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Stage | Review
Hegel V10 Phono Preamp | Review
Lejonklou Slipsik 8 MM Phono Stage | Review
EAR Phono Classic MM/MC Phono Preamplifier | Review
Manley Labs Chinook Special Edition MkII Phono Preamplifier | Review
Parasound JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier | Review
TM Phono Stage Survey: The Big Roundup | Review
A Parasound Stack | Review
totaldac d1-unity DAC | Review
Fezz Audio Alfa Lupi Integrated Amplifier | Review
Perlisten S5t Tower Speakers | Review
BAT VK-80i Integrated Amplifier | Review
Cocktail Audio X45Pro Streamer/DAC/CD Player/Ripper/Server/Tuner/Preamp | Review
Enleum AMP-23R Integrated Amplifier | Review
Dynaudio Contour 60i Floorstanding Loudspeakers | Review
DeVore Fidelity O/96 Loudspeakers | Review
Unison Research Simply 845 Integrated Amplifier | Review
A Cambridge Edge Stack | Review
Vivid Audio Kaya K45 Loudspeakers| Review
Weiss DAC204 Digital to Analog Converter | Review
A (sexy) Desktop System – DeVore Fidelity micr/O, Enleum AMP-23R, Weiss DAC204 | Review
Thrax Enyo Signature Integrated Amplifier | Review
Living Voice Auditorium R25A Loudspeakers | Review
Technics SL-G700M2 Network/SACD Player | Review
Octave V 16 Single Ended Integrated/Headphone Amplifier | Review
Zu Audio Definition 6 Loudspeakers | Review
Aurorasound HFSA-01 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier | Review
YG Acoustics Summit Loudspeakers | Review
Java Hi-Fi Single Shot Integrated Amplifier | Review
A Stack of Ayre 8s | Review
Aurorasound HFSA-01 Review Followup: EQ Curves & 78s | Review
Jay’s Audio CDT3-MK3 CD Transport | Review
Audia Flight FL Three S Integrated Amplifier | Review
Grimm Audio MU1 Music Player | Review
Rockport Atria II Loudspeakers | Review
Wattson Emerson ANALOG Streaming DAC | Review
Soulution 330 Integrated Amplifier | Review
Ideon EOS DAC | Review
Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier | Review