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Audio Discourse
Brief Postcard from Portland: A New Word For The Audiophile...
Very brief stuff, here. A new word for my audiophile lexicon. X/Z/Alpha bemuseick. Selah. Dr. David
Nothing Does Nothing
Roger Skoff writes about the impossible dream Back in the 1950s and early ’60s, when I and our hobby were both very young, the whole subject of hi-fi...
Frank Doris’s Tips for Attending Audio Shows
I’ve written a lot of show reports, to the point where I was starting to repeat myself in some of the advice I was giving. So, I thought I’d write...
Most Audiophiles Upgrade in the Wrong Order Why the System —...
Most This article is part of an ongoing series examining electromagnetic field theory and its application to high-fidelity audio reproduction. The...
A New Solution to Understanding What Your Digital Audio System...
A couple weeks ago we reposted Ferenc Koscsó's article introducing a minimalist, bit-perfect music player, written in C, with a single purpose: to...
A New Solution to Understanding What Your Digital Audio System...
Our friend Ferenc Koscsó has been breaking down barriers yet again. Audiophile, recording engineer, and founder of My Reel Club in Budapest, Ferenc...
Hardware Reviews
Audience aR6-T4 Power Conditioner
What price, perfection? Put another way, at what point do diminishing returns themselves diminish? In my view, when an audio system is sufficiently...
Ed Kobesky on Dynavector
My house was built in 1970, and the AC power was pretty ratty. Flickering lights I can handle; visible arcing, not so much. As a plucky new homeowner,...
Monitor Audio Gold 300 6G Speakers
One aspect of my late teen years that I will always cherish, was the time I had the privilege of playing keyboards for a rock band. Not only did it...
Audeze MM520 Headphones with SLAM
Initially designed for the record producer and those in the mastering specialty, the MM520 has been upgraded flawlessly to truly include the...
True Life Audio Supreme Series: the SSA-350 hybrid monoblocks...
At the 2023 Munich Highend show, the True Life Audio and the Lorenzo Audio Labs teamed up together to produce a fabulous sounding room. I later...
The Wells Audio Commander Preamp
I first met Jeff Wells over 15 years ago when he was the national sales manager for Spectron. He in turn introduced me to Class D amplification via the...
Music Reviews
Peter and the Dude
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Viola Davis, narrator; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Grammophon 4868159 (EP, WAV download...
Recent Finds No. 75 Catching up with some excellent HDTT
Bob Witrak continues to mine the archives for classic recordings to reissue – often in sound that is better than I ever imagined these recordings...
Recent Finds No. 74 Excellent New Recordings with Six in Pure...
Our inimitable editor-in-chief, Dr. David, charged me with focusing on DSD256 and DXD recordings. I mostly follow that brief. And today, I have an...
Mr. Records: Evelyn Freeman, "Didn't It Rain"
If you enjoy pop vocal records from the sixties, you might be familiar with the name Ernie Freeman (1922-1981). Freeman wrote the arrangements for...
A New Solution to Understanding What Your Digital Audio System...
A New Solution to Understanding What Your Digital Audio System Is Doing With the Data Stream - Part 3 A few weeks ago we reposted Ferenc Koscsó's...
Continuing Excellence from Bert van der Wolf's High Street
Bert van der Wolf's lifelong dream of creating a dedicated recording venue with superb natural acoustics and attached mastering studio finally became a...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E267: High End Vienna 2020 - The Austria Center Vienna
Today, we take a walkthrough tour of the Austria Center Vienna, the fabulous new home of the High End Society’s annual international audio show, High.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Soulution 717 Amplifier
The Soulution brand was established in 2005 and is owned by Spemot AG, a company based in Dulliken that has specialized for 56 years in the production...
Show Reports
T.H.E. Show SoCal 2026
Unlike last year when I rushed through the show in about four hours, this year I made sure I attended for two full days. On Friday I expected the...
T.H.E SHOW LA, My Very Favorite Systems
Well organized and rather compact compared to sprawling shows in other cities, I really enjoyed auditioning the systems and meeting my friends in the...
AES European Conference - Copenhagen 2026
Not far from Copenhagen! Note that I attended only a small fraction of the events out there, and I mostly attended the events that I thought would be...
AXPONA 2026: Bring the Equipment and They Shall Come
Last year's big story was AXPONA 15th anniversary! This year's "Headline News" is hands down AXPONA's earth shattering attendance! A remarkable...
