Far Corners
The Audio Psychic of Lily Dale | The Far Corners
I haven’t been home in a while, dear readers, and for obvious reasons. I have also been keeping a very low profile during my travels because it is not a good time to have a […]
Month: October 2022
Loudspeakers
Qln Signature Monitors | REVIEW
Spoiler alert: this isn’t going to be as much of a dry, objective review of the Qln Signature loudspeakers as a feverish chronicle of an all-too-brief romance. If that seems too biased for a high-end […]
Toronto Audiofest 2022
Dave McNair’s Wrap-Up | Toronto Audiofest 2022
Toronto Audiofest 2022 For a long time, my day-to-day work in music production was all I needed to escape the constant turmoil of current events worldwide. Lately, those events are more than just concerning, they’re […]
accessories
AIVS Enzymatic Record Cleaning Concentrate for Ultrasonic RCMs | REVIEW
Love clean records? Interested in my search for the perfect cleaning solution? Read on about the AIVS Enzymatic Record Cleaning Concentrate, formulated for ultrasonic record cleaning machines. Let’s get serious, who doesn’t love a pristinely […]
The Vinyl Anachronist
DALI Music | The Vinyl Anachronist
In my recent article on the debut of the DALI KORE loudspeaker, the Danish company’s new ultra high-end flagship, I neglected to talk about one part of the factory tour–the DALI Music presentation. It was […]
Occasional Podcast
What Ever Happened To Crazy Eddie? | The Occasional Podcast Halloween Special
On this week’s episode of The Occasional Podcast we don our Halloween costume as a true crime show. We explore the insane history of Crazy Eddie’s HiFi stores on the east coast, and all the […]
Headphones
Audeze LCD-5 Headphones | REVIEW
The Resident Summit-Fi Gatekeeper I’m the high-end gatekeeper that you keep hearing about in budget audiophile communities. So let’s get this out of the way from the get-go. I’m only interested in the absolute upper […]
Loudspeakers
Credo EV 350 Reference Monitors | REVIEW
When I listen to premium two-way bookshelf monitors such as the Credo EV 350 Reference monitors, I often wonder how I could objectively rate them based on a combination of size (the internal volume of […]
The Vinyl Anachronist
Tuvayhun from 2L Recordings | The Vinyl Anachronist
I’ve talked about chameleon recordings before, ones that sound completely different on the second or third listen, and how I sometimes wonder if someone sneaks into my house at night and swaps all my new […]
Loudspeakers
JBL 4349 Studio Monitors | REVIEW
When is a studio monitor not a studio monitor? When it’s a JBL 4349 Studio Monitor, of course! That label threw me too, but JBL released the Studio Monitor series for consumers, not pro audio. […]
Loudspeakers
FinkTeam KIM Loudspeakers | REVIEW
The FinkTeam KIM from Germany reminds me that I have this weird intuition about speakers, that I can take a single glance—even a photograph—and determine it’s a design I need to hear. It’s a feeling […]
The Vinyl Anachronist
Mørketidssanger from Ingvild Koksvik | The Vinyl Anachronist
It’s been six years since Norwegian singer and songwriter Ingvild Koksvik released her last album, Og sangen kom fra havet, and I was beginning to worry that we would never get another album from her. I’ve […]
Occasional Podcast
Speaker Cabinets – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know with Andrew Jones of MoFi Electronics
There are a lot of key elements that go into the perfect speaker. While much attention is usually given to the drivers, materials and size, a huge element of the total sound is influenced by […]
Loudspeakers
USHER SD-500 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
Usher Audio SD-500 The story of the Usher Audio SD-500 (website) has three beginnings. The first being in the pages of several print magazines, online blogs, and forums where I first encountered the Usher Audio […]
Announcements
FOCAL Bathys Bluetooth Headphones | NEWS
The new FOCAL Bathys advances the acclaimed FOCAL headphone lineup into wireless territory, and we suspect so with a winning recipe that’s destined to change the way we look at both Bluetooth and ANC (active […]
The Vinyl Anachronist
Andromeda’s Mystery | The Vinyl Anachronist
While it’s true that I’m trying to take a break from contemporary jazz these days–I really needed to poke my head out and see what else is going on–there’s still contending with that wild card, […]
Components
VAC Master Preamplifier | REVIEW
Some hi-fi components take a while to reveal their strengths. Some gear makes me fall in love immediately. For me, the VAC Master Preamplifier (website) fell in the latter category. Over time as preamplifiers of […]