May - June 2024
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Audio Discourse
New from the audio analyst©, Part 3 – Virtual High End Munich...
While AXPONA represents the largest hi-fi show in the US, High End Munich, held each May at Munich's monstrous Order Center, is the largest, most...
New from the audio analyst©, Part 2 - What’s Causing the Stir...
David W. Robinson and Greg Weaver: Audio buds from way-back! Long Valley, NJ, 2023. (photograph by Bill Parish) I make no excuses for being able to...
New from the audio analyst©, Part 1: Virtual AXPONA 2024
New from the audio analyst© for re-publication in Positive Feedback – Virtual AXPONA 2024 If you've never been to an audio show, especially one as...
Audio Note (UK) Tomei 211 SET Integrated Amplifier and M3 RIAA...
I've been pondering how best to write up this article about my listening experiences with the Audio Note (UK) Tomei 211 single-ended-triode (SET)...
Market Research
For a change, Roger Skoff wants to ask your opinion instead of just telling you his… I'm old, and quite possibly out of it, so what I see going on in...
Critical Thinking in Audio (or the lack thereof)
The world is full of false information. At the same time, we are frequently to be blamed for not doing our due diligence to verify information. As...
Hardware Reviews
Titanium? Taking Turntabling Into the Space Age with the...
Bicycle photo courtesy of Bossibicycles.com and SR-71 Blackbird photo by USAF Judson Brohmer and Wikimedia Commons Replacing my turntable's stock...
Follow-up: Vera-Fi Audio's Swiss Digital Fuse Box, Now with the...
As I stated in my original review, the primary function of Vera-Fi Audio's Swiss Digital Fuse Box (SDFB) is to remove and replace the weakest link that...
Waters on the Hardware: The Alberto Guerra Design (AGD) Duet...
Dean Waters: portrait with a cigar. SeaTac, WA, Pacific Audio Fest, 2023 For the last few months, I've been listening to and delighting in a pair of...
Vera-Fi Audio's Swiss Digital Fuse Box: Providing a Path to...
Over my life as an audiophile, I've had three individual instances where I was absolutely certain beyond doubt that the consequences of my actions...
Keces Ebravo Streamer Transport
Like a god of destruction and rebirth, the internet streamer obliterates the accumulated dross of the audiophile world with one hand, while bestowing...
Akiko Audio Speaker Improver
Audiophile tweaks; you can either love them or hate them, but if you are a passionate audiophile, they are difficult to ignore. Sure, they can be...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 39
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 231. André Hodeir, American Jazzmen Play André Hodeir's Essais. Savoy Records –...
Music Reviews
Ellington Indigos, Now on Limited Edition HQ 180, 45 rpm LPs in...
Impex Records is well known for their extraordinary reissues of albums that are perhaps underappreciated, but nonetheless quintessential. Their latest...
Elton John, "Friends" a Highly Upgraded Reissue
Elton John and Bernie Taupin, "Friends" 50th Anniversary Edition. The Original Soundtrack Recording. Paramount 3555744. Pinky Vinyl Edition. Sourced...
David Bowie: Rock 'N' Roll Star! from Rhino Entertainment
David Bowie: Rock 'N' Roll Star! is a new box set from Rhino Entertainment that chronicles the iconic star's journey from the formulative beginnings of...
John Lee Hooker's Rare LP Burning Hell Launches Craft Recordings...
Craft Recordings is partnering again with Acoustic Sounds for a reboot of the classic Bluesville Series. The LPs will be pressed by Acoustic Sounds'...
Recent Finds No. 23 More from HDTT
High Definition Tape Transfers continues on its roll of great releases. Just recently I wrote about HDTT's superb reissue of Art Pepper Meets the...
Rhino's New Quadio Bundle on High Resolution Blu-ray Audio
Rhino Entertainment has just released the latest four titles in their excellent Quadio Series, which features BluRay audio with a high resolution...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
Adventures at the Far End of Reality
This article by Roger S. Gordon originally ran in Issue 8, August/September 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E182: True Life Audio's Supreme Series: SSP-1 & SSA-350
I admit to having been hard-smitten from my very first exposure to the Supreme Series of electronics from Greece’s True Life Audio, the SSP-1 dual.... . . Read More »
E181: Siltech's Master Crown Cable
Siltech, the Dutch company that manufactures high-end audio cables, electronics, and loudspeakers, known for its focus on advanced materials, design,.... . . Read More »
E180: High End Munich 2024: Aries Cerat, True Life Audio, &...
Today, we will make virtual visits to three more rooms from High End Munich 2024, starting with the large, corner room suite occupied by Cyprus’s.... . . Read More »
E179: High End Munich 2024: VAC/VSA, Ideon/JMF, and YG...
Today, we will make virtual visits to three more rooms from High End Munich 2024, starting with the room partnered by the Valve Amplification Company.... . . Read More »
E178: High End Munich 2024: Kronos Audio, Magico, & MoFi...
Today, we will make virtual visits to three more rooms from High End Munich 2024, including several featuring particularly important world premier.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Carbide Audio Carbide Base Anti-Vibration Feet
Carbide Audio is based in the city of Llano located east of Austin, in the mountainous part of Texas. Founded in 2019 by Jeffrey Jenkins, this...
Show Reports
THE Show 2024: Aperion Audio Comes in on a High Note
This would be the first time I've seen Aperion Audio at a show, and they were first on my list to visit. I wanted to meet the Millennial team behind...
THE Show Orange County 2024 : MC Audiotech and Shimmer...
I found Mark Conti of MC Audiotech and Robert Sears of Shimmer Audiophile setting up their gear in a large conference room at T.H.E. Show on a...
AXPONA 2024: ampsandsound Brought the Funk, the Bump and Stuck...
Justin Weber of ampsandsound takes a break. 300B amps aren't known for their ability to party hard. More often than not you hear about their sweetness,...
Magnificent But a TAD Expensive? Maybe, Maybe Not as AXPONA...
SCHAUMBURG, IL—Twenty-six years ago, aspiring studio tech and entrepreneur, David Malekpour, launched his Pro Audio Design, Inc. (initially under the...
Impressions: AXPONA 2024, Part the First…Show Overview...
Ye Olde Editor, AXPONA 2024 (photograph by Bill Parish; image processing by David W. Robinson) Another year, another trip around the Sun, another...
AXPONA 2024: Swan Song Audio's Technorama
Some of the most fun to be had at AXPONA was discovering fresh new ideas and technology. Never have I ever encountered a complete 3D printed horn...
