Roon expands to include Chromecast
Roon Labs expands to cover Google Chromecast devices. Pretty decent headline, there. I’ve been mucking about with Google Home (and smart speakers from some other [...]
Announcements
McIntosh Announces MC462 Quad Balanced Power Amplifier
McIntosh Labs MC452 gets a major upgrade — say hello to the MC462. Bigger, badder, bolder — 450 watt stereo amplifier. From the press release from McIntosh Labs: [...]
Roon announces appointment of Dipin Sehdev to VP Marketing
Some very good industry news this morning from Roon Labs! Congrats to our good friend Dipin and the rest of the Roon team! From the press release: New York, NY, 4th June [...]
Pioneering speaker designer David Wilson dies
David Wilson may not have invented the high-end speaker, but his designs did much to define the category. Wilson’s Watt/Puppy, which began as a one-off project to help [...]
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 [...]
McIntosh Labs launch new MS500 Music Streamer and MCD600 SACD/CD Player
Binghamton, New York is a very busy place based on the number of announcements that come across my desk regarding McIntosh Labs product launches. The most recent salvo fired [...]
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 [...]
Munich High End 2018: Brinkmann
BRINKMANN BLOOMS AT MUNICH 2018 Audio Legend Unveils FIVE New Products at Munich High End Munich, Germany—May 10, 2018: Munich High End 2018 will be the most important [...]
Munich High End 2018: Marten
From Marten.se In 2018 we celebrate Twenty years in the High-End audio business. While we take a moment to reflect, we are still working hard behind the scenes. Marten has an [...]
First Listen: Wilson Audio Debuts the TuneTot Monitor
Back in late November when I toured the Wilson Audio factory in Provo, Utah, Daryl Wilson told me he had a special prototype he wanted me to see. But there was one condition, [...]