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iFi NEO iDSD launches
The following is a press release from iFi. An all-new design, state-of-the-art specifications and a sound that soars – iFi’s NEO iDSD hi-res DAC/headphone amp is every music lover’s perfect housemate...
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Linn Krane tonearm for Majik LP12 gets shipping date
The following is a press release from Linn. Announced in September, the new Krane tonearm for Linn Majik LP12 has been given a shipping date of 23rd November. From this date, all new Majik LP12...
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Sound Lab Majestic 645 electrostatic panel loudspeakers Review
Sound Lab Majestic 645 left panel, in my listening room and slightly toed-in. A few months before the July 2019 California Audio Show, an attendee submitted a question in response to my rallying cry...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-11-9
And then there were … Liner Notes *And this week was indeed something: Daniel Barenboim’s latest complete recording of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas & Diabelli Variations is a tour-de-force. As soon...
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Acoustic Research The AR Turntable (Commentary)
My esteemed colleague David Blumenstein at Dagogo found it interesting that I have been using my Acoustic Research “The AR turntable” combined with a Sumiko Premier MMT tonearm for longer than the 36...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-11-16
And then there were … Liner Notes This week so many BANGERS in both NARP sections, so do take notice and be prepared to take some excursions of both the heart and mind. To say that classical music as...
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Wells Audio Cipher Tube DAC Review
Occasionally I look on YouTube to see what Ken Block of Hoonigan fame is doing. I harbor a fantasy of driving such vehicles, without the degree of risk, of course! The latest video showed him...
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Hong Kong: A License to Thrill, Part 1 – From Hong Kong with Love.
Every Day an Audio Show “Hey Richard, will you be attending the California Audio Show in California this summer?” “Sure. Are you going?” I reply. “Yes. I have saved up for the air and hotel and am...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-11-23
And then there were … Liner Notes A slow week, picking up at the end, just.So I’m going to load up with bullet points, the ones that got me thinking and re-listening, particularly the ones in...
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Wolf Audio Systems Announces Luna R High Fidelity Audio Servers
The following is a press release from Wolf Audio Systems. JACKSONVILLE, FL, November 24, 2020 — Wolf Audio Systems, a company dedicated to providing the ultimate in digital music source components...
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Rogers LS 3/5a Classic mini-monitors Review
The product category of mini-monitors is arguably the most visible among all too many audiophiles, at times generating equal portions of excitement and disappointment. We can stack equipment to save...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-11-30
And then there were … Liner Notes Short & Suite this week. Not seeing the need to wax on and … New Releases Alexandra Conunova– Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni Australian Art Orchestra – Sometimes...
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Stage III Proteus power cable Review
Introduction This review is unique in any number of ways. Normally, a reviewer contacts a manufacturer or distributor to request a review sample, which is then either returned to the manufacturer or...
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Stranger Times Indeed: From Stranger Records to Stranger High Fidelity
Cameron Jenkins Audiophiles maintain a not-so hushed reverence for recording engineers, producers, and independent record label owners. Deep down they harbor a desire to lay claim to being one, if not...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-12-7
And then there were … Liner Notes From the start I knew this was going to be a banner week with releases from: Cats In Space’s Atlantis Girls In Airports’ Dive Mica Paris’s Gospel Silje Nergaard’s...
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MOON products now feature Apple Airplay 2
The following is a press release from Simaudio. MOON is delighted to announce that its performance audio streaming products* are even more connected as they now feature Apple AirPlay 2. The new...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-12-14
And then there were … Liner Notes Christian Löffler’s – Parallels – Shellac Reworks of Beethoven is the answer. The question: Where is the intersection of EDM and Classical Music? This past weekend...
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Historically Significant Phono Cartridges, Part 4: Sumiko
For some time I have been wanting to take a look back at Sumiko as a topic in my series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) on phono cartridges. I go way back with Sumiko, to 1976 and its early days with founder...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-12-21
And then there were … Liner Notes This close to Christmas, there’s just no way I was not going to have a festive holiday album on the list. It was SLIM pickings this week, but Jamie Cullum’s The...
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New Album Releases Project 2020-12-28
And then there were … Liner Notes Christmas week leading into New Year is not the most fertile ground for new album releases and re-issues/re-masters for that matter. To put the latter into...
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