Is the room the most important component?
One of my favorite hi-fi arguments involves stack-ranking your spend. That is, how should we spend our hard-earned money when assembling a high-end stereo system? What [...]
Audiophile Journal
For all those things that are audio-related but are not reviews of audiophile gear. Travel logs, adventures, commentary & editorials all fall here.
What is the “absolute sound”?
The question of how we measure success in hi-fi is a tricky one. Many years ago, The Absolute Sound magus Harry Pearson made a lot of hay about the idea of reality being [...]
Breaking News: Local Man Wants His Music Mastered Loud
I had an article sent to me recently about how streaming has ended the volume wars. It was so factually incorrect that I’m inspired (agitated?) to offer my perspective to [...]
Bose Sunglasses, BurgerFi Wagyu Beef, and Airport Besties
RALEIGH, NC (PTA) — This is a tale that takes place in the daily life of Part-Time Audiophile. A tale which differs little from the usual show reporting in the sense [...]
Fern & Roby Listening Room Open House
I’ve been looking forward to the Fern & Roby Listening Room Open House event for most of the year, pretty much since Eric Franklin Shook and I visited the factory [...]
PureAudioProject 5th Anniversary, and Classic15 Launch Party at The VPI House
CLIFFWOOD, N.J. (PTA) — It all started with a facebook chat between Ze’ev Schlik (the founder of PureAudioProject) where he was personally inviting me to attend the [...]
The Voice That Is! Presents John Marks, Zesto Audio and Bricasti Design
I went almost thirty years without traveling back to the Philadelphia area where I once lived, but now thanks to Doug White and The Voice That Is! I’ve been there twice [...]
The Voice That Is! Presents Vertere Acoustics
Dealer events and audiophile society meetings can be tricky when they’re held in hotel conference rooms–I know because I did my share of them over the last few [...]
Audio Advice Music Matters 2018, 40th Anniversary
Audio Advice celebrates forty years in business by pulling out all the stops during their annual Music Matters event. Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook Music Matters, [...]
It Must Be Sunday, For I’m Hearing Mass
By Gautam Raja For a while, I was one of those (arguably) necessary but infuriating elements of high-end audio: the “informed” consumer. You know, the guys who read forum [...]
