Revox Joy S119 Network Receiver Review
Revox Joy S119 Network Receiver Introduction I have been an audio buff for over 40 years now and since those earliest of days when high quality audio reached my conscious being, the Swiss name Revox...
View ArticlePass Labs Xs Preamp Review
Pass Labs Xs Preamp The last transistor active preamp I owned was Nelson Pass’ Threshold SL 10. It was a pure class A design that used cascade gain stages that with matched FETs driving a PNP, whose...
View ArticleMOON by Simaudio introduces the MOON Nēo 230HAD DSD Headphone Amplifier / DAC
MOON by Simaudio proudly introduces the MOON Nēo 230HAD Headphone Amplifier / Digital-to-Analog Converter, the newest addition to our MOON Nēo Series. Based heavily on the reference 430HA headphone amp...
View ArticleSpiral Groove Announces Upgrade Package for Its SG1.1 Turntable
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, July 21, 2015 - Spiral Groove today announced the availability of its upgrade package for its flagship Spiral Groove SG1.1 turntable, which will bring the turntable up to Version...
View ArticleMargules Audio U280-SC 25th Anniversary Stereo Tube Amplifier
Margules Audio U280-SC Who is Margules Audio? Julian Margules of Margules Audio has been delivering audio for over 40 years and is well known in Mexico and other parts of the world. Still, I had...
View ArticleGenesis Advanced Technologies Launches Latest Line-Source Loudspeaker, the...
Seattle, WA – Nothing has much has changed in theoretical acoustics since ‘The Theory of Sound’ by mathematician and physicist Lord John William Strutt, Baron Rayleigh was published in 1877. There are...
View ArticlePsvane WE 1:1 Replica 300B Review
Psvane WE 1:1 Replica 300B If you are anything like me in your approach to parting with money and, like me, you run amplification that uses 300B tubes, then from time to time you’ll be grinding your...
View ArticleMargules Audio SF220.15 20th Anniversary Stereo Tube Preamplifier
Margules Audio SF220.15 20th Anniversary Stereo Tube Preamplifier Design and Description After reviewing the Margules U280-SC 25th Anniversary Stereo Tube Amplifier in my reference system, I added...
View ArticleSimaudio Moon Evolution 750D CD Player/DAC Review
Publisher’s note: This Review was published in January, 2012 originally. The Moon is a cold, sterile place. Well, at least the side facing away from the sun is cold; the side facing the sun bakes in...
View ArticleKENWOOD Extends the Musical Experience Outside the Vehicle with New Headphones
Three sets feature neodymium drivers; are only available at specialist retail outlets LONG BEACH, CALIF. – August 5, 2015 (MEDIAWIRE) – KENWOOD USA invited key retailers to view a new product category...
View ArticleAMG Teatro Moving-Coil Phono Cartridge Review
AMG Teatro cartridge For the past three years in my reference system, I’ve been using the AMG Viella V12 turntable and their wonderful AMG 12J2 tonearm. This table and arm combo along with the HRS...
View ArticleStereophile reporting on 2015 California Audio Show
Jason Victor Serinus of Stereophile reporting on the 2015 California Audio Show: http://www.stereophile.com/content/california-audio-show-starts-friday-1 The post Stereophile reporting on 2015...
View ArticleAcoustic Frontiers to Demonstrate Audible Benefits of Torus Power® Isolation...
TORONTO, ON, CANADA – (August 12, 2015) – Torus Power, a subsidiary of Plitron Manufacturing and maker of uncompromising isolation transformer–based power products, announced today that its RM Series...
View ArticleNordost QRT system Review
Introduction Reviews sometimes assume a life of their own. This review or at least the idea for this review began when a friend (Sherri) brought a number of Nordost QKOIL models (QV2/QK1) to my home...
View ArticleNordost introduces the QLINE Ground Wire
Nordost is proud to introduce the newest addition to the QRT range of power products: the QLINE Ground Wire. Nordost’s QLINE is the most effective method to achieve a solid secondary ground for your...
View Article2015 California Audio Show, Part 1
Morning hours at the CAS6 Registrar This was the sixth California Audio Show and during that time the world of Audio Shows has changed. To begin with, there are a lot more of them, and the California...
View Article2015 California Audio Show, Part 2
The rooms of the first floor and one on the second floor fall into this category. They are much bigger than any room you would find in a normal house. Then, there were five other rooms on the second...
View ArticleTEO Audio Liquid Cables Review
TEO Audio Splash Rc RCA Let’s face it; there are a lot of things in life that don’t seem fair. Certain advantages are to be gained by those with the means to obtain the finer things in life. Some rail...
View ArticleBowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond 3rd Edition
Introducing the reimagined Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond – the new jewel in the crown of audiophile loudspeakers The 800 Series Diamond didn’t get better by chance, it got better by change...
View Article2015 California Audio Show, Part 4
Morning greeted me with a sunny warm morning in Sonoma County. As I got ready for my day at the Westin Hotel by SFO (that is San Francisco Airport for those who don’t know), I look forward to a day of...
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