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Stale Kleiberg Concertos from 2L | The Vinyl Anachronist

It seems I’ve taken the challenge to talk about music for the holidays, but perhaps it’s all about the approach. The secret, I think, is to talk about music I want to hear during the [...]
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Vandersteen Model 1Ci+

When you fire-up the reminiscing machine and think deeply about how you became and audiophile, you often think back to your first real hi-fi purchase. For me it was the Vandersteen 1C. I had owned [...]
Buyers Guide

The Best Hi-Fi Accessories | Buyers Guide 2022

Welcome to the Best Hi-Fi Accessories section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every [...]
Buyers Guide

The Best Phono Cartridges, Tonearms and Headshells | Buyers Guide 2022

Welcome to the Best Phono Cartridges, Tonearms, and Headshells section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents [...]
Buyers Guide

The Best Phono Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

Welcome to the Best Phono Preamplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product [...]

Ferrum Audio OOR and HYPSOS Headphone Amplifier | REVIEW

Should I dive back into headphones for 2022? I’m thinking about it. Most of my headphone listening these days is confined to my laptop, an AudioQuest Cobalt, a couple of relatively modest headphones and a [...]

The Best Hi-Fi Accessories | Buyers Guide 2022

November 28, 2021 1

Welcome to the Best Hi-Fi Accessories section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]

The Best Phono Cartridges, Tonearms and Headshells | Buyers Guide 2022

November 28, 2021 0

Welcome to the Best Phono Cartridges, Tonearms, and Headshells section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents […]

The Best Phono Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 28, 2021 0

Welcome to the Best Phono Preamplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

The Best Turntables | Buyers Guide 2022

November 28, 2021 1

Welcome to the Best Turntables section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

The Best Headphones and Gear | Buyers Guide 2022

November 27, 2021 0

Welcome to the Best Headphones and Gear section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]

The Best Cables and Power Management | Buyers Guide 2022

November 27, 2021 0

Welcome to the Best Cables and Power section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]

The Best Integrated Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 27, 2021 1

Welcome to the Best Integrated Amplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

The Best Digital Players | Buyers Guide 2022

November 27, 2021 0

Welcome to the Best Digital Players section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]

The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 26, 2021 0

Welcome to the Best Amplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

The Best Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 26, 2021 1

Welcome to the Best Preamplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

The Best Bookshelf Speakers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 26, 2021 1

Welcome to the Best Bookshelf Speakers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]

The Best Floorstanding Speakers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 26, 2021 1

Welcome to the Best Floorstanding Speakers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]

Stale Kleiberg Concertos from 2L | The Vinyl Anachronist

December 2, 2021 1

It seems I’ve taken the challenge to talk about music for the holidays, but perhaps it’s all about the approach. The secret, I think, is to talk about music I want to hear during the […]

Jacqueline Kerrod, 17 Days in December | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 25, 2021 1

I saw this Jacqueline Kerrod CD in the review pile and I though oh, harp improvisations! I like the harp. I have plenty of harp recordings that I use as demo tracks. I adore Joanna […]

Alexander McCabe, Body & Soul | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 24, 2021 0

I barely made it through another year of holiday jazz releases, and I have to admit I skated a little because I only talked about one release from Jeff Hamilton as if that’s the only […]

Audiophile Journal

Fern & Roby Raven III Loudspeakers | First Listen

Dave McNair and myself were itching to get back out on the road. The absence of audio shows had us growing restless with work-from-home life, and the impending end-of-days for longstanding events like Rocky Mountain [...]
Audio-Life

Colorfield Records & Pete Min | On The Road

On walking into Lucy’s Meat Market Studio (website) for the first time, you could be forgiven for underestimating the studio—in fact the space seems almost designed to have that effect. Keyboards line the walls, Celestes, [...]
Audio-Life

Acora Acoustics, The Audio Company and Sweet Melissa Records | On The Road

[Editor’s Note: While brainstorming how to best tell the story of our road trip to The Audio Company, Dave and I (Eric Franklin Shook) considered drilling down into the specific sound of each room, but instead [...]
The Ivory Tower

How Recordings Are Produced, and What It Means to Your Hi-Fi | The Ivory Tower

Reality Is Overrated When It Comes to Recordings In my never-ending mental obsession with the conceptual side of music recording and playback, I started thinking about what makes hi-fi components sound different and what that [...]
Interviews

Patricia Barber on Clique, Her New Record | INTERVIEW

Highly acclaimed jazz pianist, composer and singer Patricia Barber will be launching a new collection of jazz standards entitled Clique, on August 6th. In the meanwhile you can listen to the lead single “This Town” [...]
Nan Pincus

Homebody’s Hi-Fi Halloween: Posing My Dog as Nipper

When it became clear that I wasn’t going to be hitting the Halloween parties this year, I was still eager to participate somehow in the ritual. I decided to let a season of quiet isolation [...]
The Ivory Tower

Hi-Fi: Why Do Records Sound Better? | The Ivory Tower

Into The Groove Why do a lot of us audiophiles (and casual listener types) prefer the sound of records over the same music released digitally? Is it something about the inferiority of digital? Are vinyl [...]
Audiophile Journal

Part-Time Audiophile now featuring Contributor Columns

PTA HEADQUARTERS—We are proud to announce, the greatest addition to our Part-Time Audiophile website toolbar in over a decade—we bring to you, COLUMNS. It has been discussed amongst our staff of writers, and decided that [...]
Interviews

McIntosh Labs’ Charlie Randall with Nan Pincus | INTERVIEW

The RIAA has released their midyear report, and for the first time since the 1980s, vinyl sales have surpassed CD sales. This news comes with no surprise as vinyl sales outpaced download sales back in [...]
The Ivory Tower

Hi-Fi: How Do We Listen? | The Ivory Tower

Recently a happy convergence in my schedule allowed me to spend several days doing lots of listening to my home stereo. Like 6-to-8 hour stretches. Vinyl only. Undisturbed for the most part except by Speedy, [...]

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