Articles by Richard Mak

About Richard Mak (29 Articles)

Richard Mak is the Analog Editor and Vinyl Guru for Part-Time Audiophile. He is also the creator of AnalogMagik, the premier audiophile solution for all cartridge alignment needs. Check out Rick's complete system here.

A Weekend with Stéphane Hautcoeur, CEO of EON Art, Canada

July 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

“Try this cheese”, said Stéphane Hautcoeur, CEO of EON Art, Canada. “It is called Epoisses. It is a soft cheese and it tastes even better with age. It is made in [...]

Vitus Audio Factory Visit | Man About Town

October 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

A trip to the Vitus Audio Factory Denmark, a country with a landmass 1/25th the size of Ontario Canada and a population of only 5.6 Million, occupies one of the most [...]

Merrill Audio Christine, Merrill Audio Element 118 | REVIEW

August 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

In this review, Rick takes a good look at the Merrill Audio Christine preamplifier and the Merrill Audio Element 118 monoblock amplifiers. Back of the Class? Ever since their [...]

Thales Simplicity II Tonearm Review

December 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

On March 27th, 1983, the New York Times published an article titled “Sound; Tonearms: Is Linear Better?”. The article read like a technical paper, more sophisticated than [...]

ZYX UNIverse Optimum 1Ω MC Cartridge | Review

August 25, 2018 // 4 Comments

Astonishment, personified US $16,995.00. There, I’ve said it, in bold. That’s nearly seventeen thousand dollars for a phono cartridge. I still remember the first [...]

TAVES 2017 Show Report – Part Two: Triangle Art, Angel City Audio, TEO Audio

December 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

The second of two reports from the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show by Richard Mak Angel City Audio Angel City Audio’s room was one of the best sounding room at TAVES [...]

TAVES 2017 Show Report – Toronto Congress Center

November 18, 2017 // 4 Comments

Reports from the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show by Richard Mak PART – I The Toronto Audio & Video Entertainment Show (TAVES), which originally began at [...]

Review: Audio Research Reference Phono 3

August 6, 2017 // 5 Comments

By Richard Mak Closer to the master tape In the world of high end audio two of the most revered names in the industry are McIntosh and Audio Research. McIntosh, founded in [...]

Review: McIntosh MP1100 Phono Preamplifier, digging into your vinyl grooves

July 30, 2017 // 11 Comments

When the McIntosh MP1100 phono preamplifier arrived at my doorstep, I was as excited as when I saw the first McIntosh product at 12 years old. I admit, I am a McIntosh fan [...]

TAVES 2016: Closing thoughts

December 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

By Richard H. Mak At 5 pm on Sunday, I stayed behind to help DVL Audio as well as Audio by Mark Jones with packing up their equipment, and it was at that moment I realized [...]