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 is set at $2,500US. Details after the fold.
One of the best things I took away from the Florida show was a little science experiment that came out of a meet-up with Grant Samuelson from Shunyata Research. Several times in audio forums in […]
A must-visit room at any audio event is AudioQuest (website) if only to see their esteemed engineer Garth Powell. It’s absolutely fine for us as audiophiles to be subjective, but Garth’s engineering curiosity to understand why […]
System synergy is everything, why change the recipe if you find something tasty? We’ve seen a magic mix when you bring together Vandersteen + Audio Research + AudioQuest + AMG & HRS. They seem to […]
This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional this March in our Spring 2018 edition. We’ll be rolling out articles from it over the next several weeks […]
“Why don’t you leave me alone? Why don’t you call me on the phone?” Thus begins the track “Limbo” from Yello’s tour de force album Toy. The bass is deep and rich. The clarity of […]
There’s big, and then there’s BIG. While details are still coming, and there’s nothing yet on the PS Audio website, regarding specifications or pricing, Bill Leebens, PS Audio’s Director of Marketing, intimated that the brand […]
You have to hand it to Nordost. While many audiophiles are still hotly debating the degree to which wire and various tweaks can improve a system’s sound, the Massachusetts-based company just keeps doing straightforward A/B […]
Garth Powell, a lifelong audio engineer from AudioQuest keeps attendees on the edge of their seats as he discusses AC Power. We always enjoy his wealth of experience and compelling demonstrations. This time, AudioQuest was announcing the […]
Reviewing high-fidelity audio equipment is fraught with peril, and snake pits. Gauging relative sound quality (and writing about it) when inserting a component into an existing system can be a difficult thing to accomplish objectively. There […]
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