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Cables & Power

Nordost QKORE Ground Units and QKORE Wire | REVIEW

December 27, 2020 Marc Phillips 1

I enter the world of grounding, as it pertains to high-end audio, with some trepidation. When the Nordost QKORE products (website) first arrived at my doorstep—the QKORE1, QKORE 3 and QKORE6 Ground Units and quite […]

Analog

Fluance RT85 Reference Turntable | REVIEW

June 19, 2020 Marc Phillips 6

The Fluance RT85 Reference turntable retails for $500. That’s very important to me from a historical standpoint, so allow me to elaborate. I came up with the $500 Rule for turntables back in 1998, during […]

Headphones

Acoustic Research AR-H1 | REVIEW

December 9, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 3

Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook Nothing holds you hostage with the music like a big set of cans. You are isolated, alone, just you and the music. The music gets inside your head […]

Components

Peachtree Audio Nova300 | REVIEW

November 24, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 2

Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook Another amplifier is aiming right at the balls of the established order of high-end consumer electronics. Out of the gate that last statement might seem a little crass, […]

Analog

VPI Player Turntable | REVIEW

October 20, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on VPI Player Turntable | REVIEW

VPI re-imagines the turntable, and creates a new product category with the Player When I speak about record collecting with the under thirty-five crowd, initially many of them see vinyl as a low-fi medium, much […]

Components

Emotiva TA-100 Integrated | REVIEW

September 2, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 3

Emotiva’s TA-100 aims to dominate the entry-level integrated category by offering a little more of everything […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: The Expo Hall (Part One)

May 23, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on AXPONA 2018: The Expo Hall (Part One)

Bigger and better than ever, this years Expo Hall at AXPONA was alone worth the cost of admission. Vendors were pulling all the stops with their displays and demo exhibits. Traffic was consistent throughout the […]

Audiophile Journal

“I Hear an Epiphany”, said the Millennial Audiophile

May 21, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 8

A tale of record collecting and awakening — along the way we visit a hi-fi shop One afternoon while collecting Krispy Kreme donuts with my friend Vivian, she began a discussion concerning her vinyl collection. […]

Audiophile Journal

Part-Time Audiophile’s Hi-Fi Roadshow at Gravity Records

May 4, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 7

“Just to let you know, we have a high-fidelity stereo system in the store today. I invite you to select any record from the shelf, take the center yellow chair, sit back for a listen… […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Can Jam Gets in my Head

November 6, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on RMAF 2017: Can Jam Gets in my Head

  I’ve still got a lot to learn about what is chic in the headphone community. So, as I roamed the sea of tangled cords and music-bar like atmosphere of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest […]

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