Announcements

Maxima Amator, the New Addition to Sonus faber’s Heritage Collection

November 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Sonus faber sent out an announcement last week that has been stirring up conversations behind the press curtain all weekend. Everyone on the staff here at PTA specifically is [...]

List Of Black Friday Deals For Audiophiles

November 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s been a long November, but the good news is that online shopping has really matured to a new place this year. Black Friday is no longer an early-morning-riser [...]

Linear Tube Audio Announces Upgrades to Flagship MicroZOTL Preamplifier

November 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

Linear Tube Audio (LTA) announces upgrades to their flagship MicroZOTL Preamplifier. Though the base model price stays the same, the upgrades do offer greater sonics and [...]

Weiss DAC501 Now Available in North America

November 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

Reminiscing about the audio show circuit is something I do more often than I expected. Of course it’s the people of the industry I miss most, but there’s also a [...]

DS Audio Introduces the Grand Master System: A Flagship Optical Cartridge and Phono Stage/Equalizer

October 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

OAKLAND, CA — If the national media is going to be labelled as fake news, then let us at least be known as the fake news you can trust. Because you can trust me when I say [...]

Focal and Naim Offer Premium Music Systems at Special Bundle Prices

October 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

RALEIGH, NC — We’ve had a bit of a summer love affair brewing at PTA, and Focal/Naim have been at the center of it. Currently our man in so-cal Grover Neville, is [...]

McIntosh Announces MX100 A/V Processor and MI347 7-Channel Amplifier

October 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

BINGHAMTON, NY — “I can’t believe it’s not butter.” I say things like that from time to time, thinking I’m half-way funny. But when I first [...]

HiFi Rose brings Reference RS150 and RS201EE A/V Streaming Media Players to U.S. Market

October 13, 2020 // 1 Comment

SEOUL, KOREA —HiFi Rose, an audio company that brings audiophile-grade performance to products designed to complement consumers’ lifestyles, joins the US market with two [...]

McIntosh Announces MA12000 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier

October 9, 2020 // 1 Comment

BINGHAMTON, NY (PTA) — Our own Marc Phillips shot me an email yesterday morning with a heads up on the new ‘behemoth sized‘ integrated amplifier launching from [...]

iFi introduces Micro iDSD Signature

October 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND (PTA) — I’ve been a fan of iFi Audio electronics for some time now. iFi always has a great presence at audio shows, and their booths do more than [...]