Analog
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GEM Dandy PolyTable Signature Turntable with Sorane TA-1L Tonearm | REVIEW
January 29, 2021 // 3 Comments
I do have a couple of my patented old audio guy stories about George Merrill, the legendary turntable designer who now makes the GEM Dandy PolyTable Signature turntable. (Website here.) The first isn’t really a story—I first heard of Merrill many years ago, when he was known for his modifications on AR turntables. I had an AR ES-1 ‘table back then, during my apprenticeship as a card-carrying audiophile, and I always had a plan for getting it in for a facelift. (Upgrade fever was a [...] -
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO Turntable | REVIEW
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Thorens TD-1601 Turntable | REVIEW
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Glanz MH-124S Premium Tonearm | REVIEW
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Goldring Ethos Phono Cartridge | REVIEW
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Fluance RT85 Reference Turntable | REVIEW
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LampizatOr Vinyl Phono MC1 | REVIEW
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ZYX Ultimate 100 Phono Cartridge | REVIEW
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Hana ML Phono Cartridge | REVIEW
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PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW
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Lab12 Melto2 Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW
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D’Agostino Momentum Phono | Review
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Thales Simplicity II Tonearm | REVIEW
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Pure Fidelity Eclipse Turntable Review
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Review: ZYX 4D Ultimate MC Cartridge
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Review: Dynamic Sounds Associates Phono II
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Going analog without breaking the bank
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Review: iFi Audio Micro iPhono and iDSD
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Air Tight PC-1 Supreme: A Review Follow Up
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Cables & Power
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Core Power Technologies A/V Diamond Valiant, Defiant and Linx Cables | REVIEW
January 17, 2021 // 1 Comment
Who is Core Power Technologies (website), anyway? For that matter, who is Living Sounds Audio (LSA) and the LSA Group? A couple of years ago, I’d never heard of any of them. Now, I’m slowly noticing the surreptitious movements of this enigmatic collective as it moves to take over the industry, and mostly because of Part-Time Audiophile reviews I’ve already read.. In the last year or so, we’ve reviewed a handful of products from them: John Richardson reviewed the LSA 20 Statement [...] -
Innuos Statement Music Server | REVIEW
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Raven Audio Soniquil Series | REVIEW
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Final Touch Audio Cables | REVIEW
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Review: Entreq Olympus Tellus Grounding Box
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Review: Triode Wire Labs is All American
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Mini Review: Triode Wire Labs “Seven Plus”
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Components
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Mola Mola Makua Preamplifier | REVIEW
February 28, 2021 // 0 Comments
The Mola Mola Makua (website), much like the Tambaqui (review) before it, was a device utterly unknown to me before this review. Naming gear after exotic fish isn’t a new concept–I own a pair of Manley Snappers after all–but the gear from Mola Mola is decidedly different than Manley, which prides itself on its “Tubes Rule” motto. By contrast, Mola Mola has Bruno Putzeys and his heritage, an eye towards futuristic functionality and ultra high-end sonic pedigree. I have [...] -
LFD NCSE Mk. 3 Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW
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Rotel A14 Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW
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BorderPatrol P21 EXD 300B Amplifier | REVIEW
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McGary Audio SA2 Power Amplifier | REVIEW
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TIDAL Audio Prisma Preamplifier | REVIEW
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Sparkler Audio Spiral, Ether | Review
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Vitus Audio RS101 and RL102 | Review
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Rowen Absolute MONO | Mini-Review
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Peachtree Audio Nova300 | REVIEW
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Emotiva TA-100 Integrated | REVIEW
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McGary Audio SA-1 Stereo Amplifier Review
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Psvane EL34PH Review | Tube Me!
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Luxman L-550AXII Integrated Amplifier Review
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First Watt SIT-3 Amplifier Review
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Review: Merrill Audio Cara preamplifier
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Review: Pass Labs XA60.8 Mono Amplifiers
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Review: Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL2.0
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Mini-Review: GamuT Lobster Chair
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Review: Backert Labs Rhythm 1.1
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Review: Devialet Expert 200 and 400
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Review: Bricasti Design M28 monoblock amplifiers
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Digital
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Denafrips Pontus II DAC | REVIEW
February 12, 2021 // 8 Comments
I’ve been on a hot streak lately with getting components to review that have sounded excellent despite the current difficulties in hearing something beforehand. For a reviewer, it’s one of the many great things about hi-fi shows. So when our fearless PTA leader Scot Hull put out the word amongst the troops for who wanted to take a shot and review an affordably-priced DAC from the Chinese electronics firm Denafrips (website), I thought sure! Why not? And then something strange happened [...] -
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Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC | REVIEW
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BorderPatrol SE-i DAC | REVIEW
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Innuos Statement Music Server | REVIEW
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dCS Bartók DAC, Part 2 | REVIEW
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McIntosh MCD600 SACD/CD Player | REVIEW
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Aurender A30 Music Server | REVIEW
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dCS Bartok DAC, Part One | REVIEW
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Sparkler Audio Spiral, Ether | Review
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TotalDAC USB Gigafilter | Review
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Bricasti M1 Limited Edition DAC | Review
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Bricasti M1 Review: Balancing Head and Heart
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Audio Note UK DAC 2.1x Signature Review
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Review: Mytek puts the + on the Brooklyn DAC
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Review: Clones Audio HOST Music Server
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Border Patrol SE DAC Review | Zero Frippery
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Review: Roon, Tidal and TotalDac – Part One
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Review: LampizatOr Atlantic DAC
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Review: SOtM S-MS1000SQ Music Server
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Review: Devialet Expert 200 and 400
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Review: The Spectacularly Quirky Chord Hugo
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Review: Raspberry Pi 2 as Music Streamer
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PS Audio DirectStream DAC | Review
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Review: Calyx M Digital Audio Player
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Review: Aurender X100L Music Server
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Review: Cary DAC-100t Tube D/A Converter
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Killer Computer Audio: Auraliti PK90
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Headphones
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VZR Model One Headphone Preview
February 8, 2021 // 2 Comments
VZR Model One Hands-On Preview The story of the VZR Model One is a rather curious one… it’s not often I get to write about a product like this. The story is extraordinary, and the product itself is special and unusual in ways that are novel, at least to my ears. We begin with, of all people, Mark Levinson. After the eponymous company, he began building tube electronics under the name Red Rose Music, in partnership with Vic Tiscareno, the head engineer and technical force behind VZR. Red [...] -
LSA HP-2 Ultra Headphone | REVIEW
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Audeze LCD-1 Headphones | REVIEW
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Rosson Audio Design RAD-0 Headphone | REVIEW
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Acoustic Research AR-H1 | REVIEW
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Review: Fostex TE100 IEM headphones
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Review: SPL Phonitor X headphone amplifier
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Review: Pass Labs HPA-1 headphone amplifier
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Review: Cayin HA-1A MK2 tube headphone amp
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Review: Cardas A8 Inner Ear Monitors
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Mini-Review: RHA T20 in-ear headphones
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Review: HiFiMAN HE1000 flagship headphones
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Review: Beyerdynamic T-1 Headphone
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Review: iFi Audio Micro iPhono and iDSD
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Review: Woo Audio WA22 headphone amplifier
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Review: MrSpeakers Alpha Dog Prime
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Review: Auralic Gemini 2000 headphone dock
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E.A.R. HP4 Headphone Amplifier | Review
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Loudspeakers
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Volti Audio Razz Loudspeakers, Part Two | REVIEW
February 26, 2021 // 0 Comments
When PTA Editor-in-Chief Marc Phillips asked me to co-review the Volti Audio Razz loudspeakers, of course I said I was interested. This would be my first official review for Part-Time Audiophile, and I’d be fulfilling an aspect of the hobby I’ve fantasized about since reading Audio and other review magazines while I was in college. Excited, I looked up the Volti Audio website and read up on the Razz. My excitement turned into consternation as I read the description. You see, [...] -
Marten Oscar Trio Loudspeaker | REVIEW
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Marten Oscar Duo Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Living Voice IBX-R3 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Audiovector R 6 Arreté Loudspeaker | REVIEW
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Focal Kanta No. 2 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Vimberg Amea Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Acora Acoustics SRC-2 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Sonus faber Lumina III Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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EgglestonWorks Hotel Speakers | REVIEW
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Dynaudio Confidence 50 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Stenheim Alumine 2 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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LSA 20 Statement Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Qln Prestige Three Loudspeaker | REVIEW
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Volti Audio Rival, Revisited | REVIEW
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Raven Audio CeLest’ Speakers | REVIEW
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Daedalus Audio Apollo Speakers | REVIEW
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Fern & Roby Raven Loudspeakers | REVIEW
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Olympica Nova from Sonus Faber | REVIEW
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Sonus Faber Serafino Tradition | Review
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Amphion Argon 3S loudspeakers | Review
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Sonus Faber Sonetto II Speakers | Review
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Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 loudspeaker: Review
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Review: DeVore Fidelity Gibbon X
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Harbeth Super HL5 Plus loudspeaker: Review
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Review: Zu Audio Druid Mk V Speakers
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Review: KEF R300 Stand-Mount Loudspeakers
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Review: JansZen Valentina Active
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Sonus Faber SF16: Lifestyle Redefined
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Review: DeVore Fidelity O/96 loudspeakers
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Music
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen, The Undivided Five | REVIEW
December 13, 2019 // 0 Comments
by Paul Ashby In 2011, Stars of the Lid founder Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie collaborated with Dustin O’Halloran for a project called A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Its debut album was released on the Kranky and Erased Tapes labels. The Undivided Five is A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s second studio album since its 2011 self-titled debut, if you don’t count Atomos, its remarkable 2014 score for the Wayne McGregor dance concept. Which I do. Because of stuff like this. It seems [...] -
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Doctor’s Orders: Take a musical journey
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Music from Janet Feder, T H I S C L O S E
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Tangerine Dream SHM-SACD Reissues
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