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Announcements

McIntosh Announces MPC500 Power Controller

April 3, 2019 Editorial Staff 1

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.

Florida 2019

Florida 2019: The Shunyata Research Noise Reduction Experiment

March 17, 2019 Lee Scoggins 8

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 […]

CES

AudioQuest Mythical Creatures | CES 2019

February 17, 2019 Mohammed Samji 5

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 […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: Vandersteen and AudioQuest clean-up nicely

June 5, 2018 Mohammed Samji 2

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 […]

Cables & Power

Review: Entreq Olympus Tellus Grounding Box

April 8, 2018 Rafe Arnott 6

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 […]

Cables & Power

Review: The Shunyata Denali’s Towering Achievement

March 24, 2018 Lee Scoggins 4

“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 […]

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PS Audio launches massive P20 Power Regenerator

September 29, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

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 […]

LAAS 2017

LA Audio Show 2017: Nordost’s new QKore devices help you stay grounded

July 20, 2017 John Stancavage Comments Off on LA Audio Show 2017: Nordost’s new QKore devices help you stay grounded

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 […]

Munich 2017

High End 2017: AudioQuest Niagara goes Euro and the Record Brush you always wanted

June 4, 2017 Mohammed Samji 1

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 […]

Cables & Power

AudioQuest and the holistic cabling approach to reference reviews

March 7, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on AudioQuest and the holistic cabling approach to reference reviews

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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