Recording the Masters FOX C-60: The New Audio Cassette Standard
by Carlos Guzman Technics RS M63. That was the first cassette deck recorder I bought with my own money. On monthly installments, I paid $21.50 for 24 months with my funeral [...]
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Audio Cassette Revival: For Real?
by Carlos Guzman With the new tape revival around the world, more and more audiophiles are getting into the exclusive, and sometimes expensive, hobby of open reel playback. [...]
Chasing, and Finding, the Dragon in Venice
by Darryl Lindberg Every year-and-a-half or so, Catherine and I retreat to Venice for about a month both to enjoy a significant change of scenery and to recharge our [...]
The Reluctant Sommelier: On Summer Water and Other Things
by Nina Sventitsky The week of April 23rd began with aromas of ripe strawberries, hues of onionskin, pale salmon, and deep ruby, all captured in bottles of chilled zesty [...]
Review: Brian Eno “Music For Installations” 9 LP box set
by Paul Ashby After the piece had been running for about a week, I decided to do a bit of customer research and I went to the park with a translator and asked the old guys [...]
Encountering Dar Williams
by Angel Haggar It is Spring 2015. I’m in my ninth year of being knee-deep in babies and diapers. It’s the life I always wanted. Well, I cry more than I thought I would, [...]
Editor and Creative Director Rafe Arnott to depart Part-Time Audiophile
For Immediate Release Frederick, Maryland. May 16th, 2018. Today, we are sad to announce the departure of Rafe Arnott, our esteemed Editor and Creative Director for The [...]
The Far Corners: The Infinitad Tonearm Project from Mota Audio
By Modest I. Predlozheniye No one speaks of Uruguay, which is a shame. It is such a delightful little country, my dear readers, and it is well worth your tourist dollars if [...]
Munich High End 2018: VIMBERG & TIDAL
New at Munich is VIMBERG, springing from the minds, hands and creative work of Jörn Janczak of TIDAL. My understanding is that this line of loudspeakers will very much have [...]
The Far Corners: Ova Audio SCE Loudspeaker Treatments
By Modest I. Predlozheniye “Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan’s egg.” –Hans Christian Andersen “Often a hen who has [...]