September - October 2024
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Audio Discourse
The Audio Note (UK) M6 RIAA Phono Preamplifier - Next Level...
Greetings, friends, I hope you are doing well. The M6 RIAA phono preamplifier is the latest in the Audio Note (UK) series of articles here at...
Audiophile Economics (Part 1)
Roger Skoff, a portrait, Orange County, CA, 2023 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Roger Skoff writes about why things cost what...
Impressions: A Postcard From New Jersey about GTT Audio
Ye Olde Editor the seeker: A moment in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Israel, 2022 (photograph by John Robinson). Well, actually from Long Valley, NJ, the...
Waters on the Hardware: A Life-Changing Visit to GTT Audio
Dean Waters with Cigar: a study. 2023 Pacific Audio Fest, Seatac, WA (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Throughout our lives we...
Tichenor on Tape: Restoration Copies
Harold Tichenor continues his series of articles on reel-to-reel tape in this article on restoration copies. Dr. David W. Robinson, Editor-in-Chief...
Art and Audio
Roger Skoff doesn't write about sour grapes In a previous article, I wrote about how one manufacturer of exceptionally fine High-End audio electronics...
Hardware Reviews
World Premier Review: Audeze CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones
Audeze strikes again with its new CRBN 2 reference electrostatic headphones! Weighing in at 480 grams versus 300 grams for the original CRBN, with...
Waters on the Hardware: The Mola Mola Makua Preamplifier
"Dean Waters: Portrait with Cigar." PAF 2023, SeaTac, WA The Mola Mola Makua Preamp, front-top oblique view In June of this year, I had a wonderful...
The Gem Dandy PolyTable Signature Showcases Vinyl with Vim and...
My eyes welled with tears staring at a glorious reproduction of Edgar Degas' painting, The Orchestra at the Opera, in a massive book in the reference...
Ultrasonic Record Cleaners from HumminGuru
HumminGuru? Just another Tik-Tok #influencer, you'd think? No, it turns out HumminGuru is a Hong Kong-based firm focused on accessories for vinyl...
The New Apartment Lounge - There and Back Again: Wrapping My...
New Kids on the Block Back in late fall 2021, as most of the nation impatiently wiped layer upon accumulated layer of sleep from COVID-19 weary eyes,...
GoldenEar T66 Loudspeaker
This is not 1999 anymore. Flash forward 25 years and most loudspeakers from any reputable manufacturer are far more than a few speaker drivers in a...
Interviews
High-End Audio Luminary Michael Fremer Produces His First Record...
Reprinted with permission from Copper magazine. Michael Fremer needs little introduction to Copperreaders. He's been a stalwart of the high-end audio...
Music Reviews
Rhino Announces Cool Limited Edition LP Releases in the...
Rhino Entertainment has launched their Roctober and Now Playing Fall 2024 LP series, which combined feature 48 limited edition LP releases, with many...
Five New Release and Reissue LPs from Craft Recordings
Craft Recordings has a diverse slate of new release and reissue albums that they're offering heading into the last part of 2024, and I have a generous...
Counterparts' The Difference Between Hell and Home
A little over 10 years ago, Canadian melodic hardcore band, Counterparts, released their groundbreaking album The Difference Between Hell and Home. An...
Afterimage Faces to Hide
I am not a music reviewer. Never done that before as I never saw that as something I could do with respect to being faithful to the artist and their...
Sunset Boulevard Records and Rhino Reissue Folk/Rock Influencer...
Rhino Entertainment, in cooperation with Sunset Boulevard Records is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of Bob Neuwirth's self-titled...
Roger Eno, the skies:rarities
Roger Eno, the skies:rarities. 2024. Desutche Grammaphon. Available HERE As I am shifting away from 24 years of equipment reviews and focusing more...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
Getting Top Performance From Your Digital Media: Shine Ola...
This article by Jeff Day originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 45 September/October 2009, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E197: The Ideon Absolute Epsilon Meta (2024) DAC
If you follow the channel, you will likely be familiar with my take on the superb Ideon Absolute digital suite of gear from Greece which dropped here.... . . Read More »
E196: First Listen-Siltech's Master Crown Cables
During the third week in June, 2024, I was invited to attend a limited press event in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The event was sponsored by Monarch Systems,.... . . Read More »
E195: Edwin Rynveld and Siltech's Master Crown Cables
With Episode 181, “Siltech's Master Crown Cable,” from June 30th of 2024, I shared my experiences from the Master Crown cable introductory press.... . . Read More »
E194: An Evolving Listening Space
It’s amazing how much things can change in just one short year…especially if you are driven. In Episode 138: A New Listening Room - From Scratch,.... . . Read More »
E193: Laurence Dickie and the Vivid Moya M1
I am absolutely thrilled to bring you this conversation I had in Long Valley, NJ, on September 12, with loudspeaker design legend, Laurence Dickie..... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Final ZE8000 In-Ear Headphones
MUNICH → TOKYO → KRAKOW This is the story of how wireless, in-ear headphones belonging to the top-of-the-line "8000" series, model ZE8000, turned...
Acoustic Revive Ethernet Cable and LAN Filter
Acoustic Revive is a Japanese company founded in 1997 and led by Mr. Ken Ishiguro. It specializes in audio signal cables, anti-vibration products, but...
Totaldac D1-Unity DAC
Totaldac is a French audio manufacturer, founded in 2010 by Vincent Brient. Its headquarters are located near Mont Saint-Michel, a rocky island in the...
Show Reports
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
I admit to being skeptical. In 2023 when Gary Gill and Lou Hinkley announced their plan to hold a new HiFi show called Southwest Audio Fest in Dallas...
New from the audio analyst© - Virtual High End Munich - It's a...
Following my first three episodes from this year's event, these wrap-up event episodes bring you my final three sets of coverage, each addressing three...
