March - April 2025
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Audio Discourse
A HiFi Tail Chaser
Roger Skoff writes about your system and the state of our hobby I was talking recently with a friend of mine (also a HiFi Crazy, also in the Industry)...
Impressions: Long Reflections on the T+A 3100 HV Stack
Ye Olde Editor enjoying a cigar and Single Malt at Tiberias, Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel, 2022. (Photograph by John Robinson; image...
Master Tapes, Shmaster Tapes
Watch out. This is going to be a bit of a rant. I begin to cringe every time I read/hear from audiophiles: Was it made from the master tape? Or..., It...
Spending Money
Roger Skoff at the LAOC Audio Society Gala, 2024 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Roger Skoff writes about the cost of building a...
The Grateful Dead, (Momentarily) Considered as a "Christian"...
An Affirmation of the Concept of Grace I can already envision the angry Comments: Herr Doktor Marks: We hereby award you the Prize for the Most...
Hardware Reviews
Parasound Halo JC1+ Mono Amplifiers
As an owner of the Parasound JC5 stereo amplifier, I was intrigued to review the mighty JC1+ mono amplifiers in my system. As many of you know, the JC5...
Waters on the Hardware: Dejitter It's Remarkable Switch X
Dean Waters enjoying a fine drink at Munich 2024 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) As lovers of clean, pure, wonderful audio, we...
Karan Acoustics Master Collection POWERa Stereo Amplifier
The Karan Acoustics Master Collection POWERa Stereo amplifier is Milan Karan's new masterpiece stereo amplifier. The Master Collection is Karan's...
Coherence Systems Sorcer Apprentice and Vivid
I was passionate about music in my youth. I lived for Rock & Roll. I had a good voice and, like many young men in that era, I started learning...
Serve Vinyl on Your Best China with the Korf HS-A02 Ceramic...
I first heard about their ceramic headshell last year when I was updating my turntable setup with a vintage Micro Seiki BL-91 turntable and a...
Audiomods Series Six LM Tonearm
In the late 1980s, I was fortunate enough to obtain the dream job of many an audiophile. I worked part-time at an audio store while attending a local...
Interviews
Jamie Howarth of Plangent Processes: Making Recordings Sound...
This article is the third and final part of Copper Magazine's interview with Jamie Howarth by Copper Editor and good audiobud Frank Doris. We...
Hisao Natsume and Sakuraphon - An Interview and Record Label
Is music recorded on shellac discs lost to us, unless we have the right turntable? Mr. Hisao Natsume, founder of Sakuraphon, has an answer to...
Music Reviews
Eydie Gormé
In today's world, Eydie Gormé (1928-2013) is most famous for being part of a successful singing duo with her husband, Steve Lawrence (1935-2024). As a...
A Rare Musical Experience with Pianist David Fung
David Fung, Evening Conversations. Yarlung Records 2006 2025 (Pure DSD256) HERE Edit Master Sourced I found myself talking recently on the phone with...
Joni Mitchell's Classic "Court and Spark" now on a Pair of...
Last year Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab began releasing six of Joni Mitchell's most iconic albums, making them all available not only as hybrid SACDs, but...
Recent Finds No. 34 New Releases from HDTT
Bob Witrak has been busy these past months with additions to the HDTT catalog. The biggest news is that the International Phonograph Jazz recordings...
Rare, Limited Edition, and Cool Colored Vinyl LPs from Rhino for...
Record Store Day typically always takes place on the third Saturday of April in any given year, but for 2025, that date fell on what is a bank holiday...
Craft Recordings Offers Seven Exclusive and Collectible LPs for...
Craft Recordings again offers an interesting mix of collectible, limited-edition, rare, and long out-of-print LPs for Record Store Day 2025 (RSD)...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
Kharma Exquisite-Midi loudspeakers - Scaling Mt. Everest
This article by Marshall Nack originally ran in Issue 28, 2006, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E217: Are You Ready For The Southwest Audio Fest?
If you saw my coverage of last March’s inaugural Southwest Audio Fest, held at the beautiful Hilton Anatol in Dallas, you’ll recall that this.... . . Read More »
E216: Florida's International Audio Expo 2025 and the Crazy Good...
While I have been trying to go to this show for several years now, thwarted repeatedly by bad weather conditions canceling my flights and making it.... . . Read More »
E215: World Premiere: The Børresen Acoustics M2 Loudspeaker
Many of you will recall that I had the opportunity to be the first to listen to, and report on, the $280,000-a-pair Børresen M3 loudspeakers here at.... . . Read More »
E214: The Audience forte V8 Power Conditioner
If you’ve been following my “Second Space” series of episodes, which are explorations of considerably more affordable products than those that I.... . . Read More »
E213: The KRONOS Discovery Phonostage - A New Benchmark
Today will feature the last episode covering my four-day visit to GTT Audio in Long Valley, NJ, two weeks ago, and will focus on one of the most.... . . Read More »
E212: The Audionet Mach and Schrödinger Experience
In this week’s episode, Bill Parish and I discuss the introduction of the latest products to join the Audionet Scientist Series of electronics, the.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Dark, Darker, Great - Or About the Sound in 2025
For years, "leftovers" of what biographers have called the Loudness War has dragged on. The drive by radio stations, and by extension publishers, to...
Show Reports
The 2025 Florida International Audio Show
Lee Scoggins at the 2017 LA Audiophile Show. Los Angeles, CA, 2017 (portrait and image processing by David W. Robinson) It's hard not to love the Tampa...
Maurice Jeffries and the New Apartment Lounge Visit Florida...
New Beginnings, New Challenges This year's FIAE show (February 21-23, 2025) relocated to a new venue and sported a rather different touch and feel from...
Florida International Audio Expo 2025, My Favorite Rooms, Part 2
Here are more really great audio systems that I felt really had it going on at the Florida International Audio Expo 2025. There were an abundance of...
Florida International Audio Expo 2025, My Favorite Rooms, Part 1
The 2025 Florida International Audio Expo (FLAX) was new and improved this year, and the show took place at a new location, the Sheraton Tampa Brandon...
