January - February 2023
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Audio Discourse
Confessions of a Setup Man, Part 15: Avoiding Burnout
Frank Doris is a good audio friend, and the Editor of PS Audio's Copper magazine. From time to time he shares articles from Copper with Positive...
Mixing in Pure DSD - No PCM Allowed
For years I've been told that it is not possible to mix in DSD—that this is one of the major limitations of recording in DSD. Well, I'm now learning...
Impressions: More of My 2022 Brutus Awards, Part the Second
Time for some real fun! I, like many others who work in high-end audio publishing, spend a lot of time at my desktop. Just because I'm working, though,...
It's a Mystery
Roger Skoff writes about an all-too-common Audiophile problem From its very beginning, our hobby has been one of tinkering and do-it-yourself-ism. Much...
Hand Book of a Hidden Man, Part 7: I Go To School
What Happened Before Before the emotional drama I'm about to relate took place, something happened to set the stage. It was a typical sunny day in San...
Confessions of a Setup Man Part 12: Failed Experiments
Re-published from Copper magazine, Issue 133, and used by permission of PS Audio. Many audiophiles are tinkerers. We're constantly striving to squeeze...
Hardware Reviews
Unique Innovation Technology Co. (UIT) Perfect Music Booster...
Image courtesy of UIT Unique Innovation Technology Co. (UITaudio.com) is a California company under the guidance of Mitch Ko, an extremely talented...
Record Doctor VI
If any audio product should be standard issue, the lowly record cleaner certainly qualifies for that status. If you play records, they need cleaning....
The AGD Productions Gran Vivace Monoblock Amplifier
Classy Operation A class-D amplifier, or switching amplifier, all too often mistakenly referred to as a "digital" amplifier, differs from the much more...
Sonus faber Sonetto III Loudspeakers
It has been a little over one year since the write-up about the Sonus faber Lumina V (HERE). A keen-eared reader made a comment regarding the Lumina V:...
Secrets of the Armónico Ethernet Cable from Fono Acustica
The last of the Fono Acustica cables had been sent back about six months ago. Already, their sonic profile was receding. It's difficult to retrieve...
Musician Audio Knight 1 Loudspeakers
An electric bass sets the rhythm and is instantly recognizable as the snap of a snare drum and the splash of a single cymbal resonates in the...
Interviews
The Editors Series No. 35 - Andrija Curkovic of Hi-Fi Media
The Editors is a series of interviews with audio magazine editors from all over the world—both printed and online magazines, and portals. It started...
Music Reviews
A Brilliant Recording by Katelyn Bouska on Yarlung Records in...
This is a brilliant new release by pianist Katelyn Bouska, recorded and mastered in Pure DSD256 by Bob Attiyeh of Yarlung Records. But what makes this...
Mingus' Ah Um - A Terrific New Pure DSD256 Reissue from HDTT
When HDTT issues a Redux edition of an album I’ve liked, I always pay attention. I’ve yet to be disappointed with the improvements Bob Witrak has...
Notes on Recent Finds, No. 5 (More Jazz from HDTT)
Bob Witrak continues his quest for access to some great sounding tapes. Here are a few more jazz finds that knock my socks off. In addition to some...
Big Country Hits
I own a lot of albums, and my use of the word "albums" means LPs and CDs. Most of them bring me tons of pleasure, but I also keep a few albums for...
More from Hunnia Records - Carmina Burana, Mozart,...
I wrote about my enthusiasm for what Hunnia Records has been doing in this earlier article covering a dozen or so of their releases over the past few...
Cuarteto Quiroga - Beautiful Musicianship and Intriguing...
Over the past four years, I've found myself regularly returning to recordings by the Spanish string quartet, Cuarteto Quiroga. Their performances are...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
David Berning - The Zero-Hysteresis ZH270 Amplifier
This article by Gary Beard originally ran in Issue 5, February/March 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E127: Reference System – Updated
As it has been over three years since the original tour of my system dropped at the end of May 2020, Episode 3: The Reference System, let’s take an.... . . Read More »
E126: Ideon's Absolute Stream
Greece’s Ideon gear is some of the finest available today. Their Absolute Stream is the subject of today’s episode. Dig in and see why I’m so.... . . Read More »
E125: The Von Schweikert Audio CenterStage2 Footers
Today, I relate the installation of the Von Schweikert Audio CenterStage2 LS footers, designed by Joe Laverncik, of Critical Mass Systems. I cannot.... . . Read More »
E124: High End Munich and the MOC
I made my first trip to High-End Munich in four years to attend the 2023 event. Tune in to get a taste of what this destination event is like, and take.... . . Read More »
E123: The Magico M9 Experience
I cannot thank Alon Wolf adequately for his gracious hosting my visit to Magico central in Heyward. My time in the San Francisco area resulted in not.... . . Read More »
E122: TLA's Supreme Series Electronics
Last October, Bill Parish had me in to his location in Long Valley to let me get a sneak listen to the True Life Audio Supreme Series of electronics.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Sikora KV9 Max Zirconium Series 9" Tonearm
One of the few Polish audio brands that conquered global markets, highly acclaimed among both users and reviewers around the world, J. Sikora, after...
Women's Listening
Part 1: About the Brain From the Editor In her first column for High Fidelity, Malwina Prus-Zielinska talks about how our brain works and what sounds...
Show Reports
Florida Audio Expo 2023 - Part 2
Classic Audio Loudspeakers with Atma-Sphere in the Cypress ballroom John Wolff's Classic Audio Loudspeakers has been exhibiting in the cavernous...
Florida Audio Expo 2023 - Part 1
2023 marked my third consecutive trip to the Florida Audio Expo (or FLAX as it seems to have been shortened to), and the experience was hands down the...
TAD Labs at the Florida Audio Expo, Featuring Jim Anderson and...
The TAD Reference One Experience lets US audiophiles hear TAD's lineup together for the first time. TAD Labs (TAD stands for Technical Audio Devices)...
Capital Audiofest 2022 - It is Alive!
Audiofest! Things are opening and people are going out to events finally, and one of those events is the Capital Audiofest. If you're not familiar with...
