DxOMark Audio: Smartphone Testing and Results
Looks like someone is troubling the waters, and Apple is not going to be thrilled about the splash. Nevertheless, DXOMark, the company that has made a name testing the [...]
Announcements
Amazon launches Amazon Music HD lossless streaming service
Have audiophile music streaming platforms given Amazon Music a road-map to improve their #3 position as one of the top three music streaming giants? RALEIGH, NC (PTA) — [...]
Parasound Now Exclusive US Distributor for NorStone Racks and Speaker Stands
SAN FRANCISCO (PTA) — It was AXPONA 2019 where I first encountered NorStone A/V racks and speaker stands. Then it was a budding relationship between NorStone and [...]
Rupert Neve Designs Introduces Fidelice™ Line of High-Fidelity Products
LONDON (PTA) — After cultivating an unexpected audiophile following with their RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier, Rupert Neve Designs further strides to blur the line [...]
Merrill Audio introduces 114, new Gallium Nitride amp
Merrill Audio (website) is bringing the costs down. Way down. I love it when that happens. In this case, we have an (r-)evolutionary advance on Class-D amplifiers, the tech [...]
McIntosh Announces MPC500 Power Controller
McIntosh Labs is unveiling a new power protection unit, the MPC500. Get that expensive A/V gear covered with surge protection and EMI filtering. Availability = soon, pricing [...]
SVS Announces Prime Pinnacle Tower Speaker
New loudspeakers from SVS — top of the Prime line, the new Pinnacle is available now from $799. Details in the press release, [...]
Lee Scoggins Promoted to International Editor
ATLANTA (PTA) — Lee Scoggins, the Atlanta-based high-end audio journalist, has been promoted to International Editor for Part-Time Audiophile as part of its aggressive [...]
The Voice That Is presents Vertere Acoustics
For our US readers in Pensylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey — mark your calendars. Doug White, of The Voice That Is, in cooperation with the Philadelphia Area [...]
Rogers High Fidelity KWM-88 “CORONA” | AXPONA 2019
Something new from Rogers High Fidelity — a bit of old-world/new world. On the one hand, you have a completely hand-wired amp with a massive toroidal power supply [...]
