amg Archives | Part-Time Audiophile

Soundings, AMG, Clearaudio, Boulder, Vienna, Nordost, HRS, Musical Surroundings | RMAF 2019

September 25, 2019 // 1 Comment

DENVER (PTA) — Analog Manufaktur Germany in conjunction with Denver, Colorado dealer Soundings Fine Audio Video introduced for the first time in the US, a new [...]

Audio Alternative, Vandersteen, VTL, AudioQuest | RMAF 2019

September 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Audio Alternative, the highly-regarded dealer from Fort Collins CO, featured an impressive room that included the debut of the new Vandersteen Kento Carbon loudspeakers [...]

D’Agostino Momentum Phono | Review

July 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

There is no lack of religion, opinions, or passion when it comes to vinyl. Which table, which tonearm, which cartridge, which geometry or even which equalization curve to [...]

AMG launches new Viella Forte Turntable | High End 2019

May 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

Analog Manufaktur Germany (AMG) launched the AMG Viella V12 in 2012 and never looked back. I was fortunate to purchase one in 2013, and although many tables have come and [...]

Clearaudio Innovation Basic Turntable | Review

March 31, 2019 // 1 Comment

For us analogoholics, you can never have enough LPs or turntables to play them on! For the last few years, I have been blessed with the company of an AMG Viella V12 [...]

RMAF 2018: The Audio Alternative, Audioquest, Vandersteen, AMG, Lyra and VTL

November 16, 2018 // 1 Comment

I was enthusiastic about checking out the Audioquest room at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Just a few months ago I met Audioquest’s Bill Low when he strolled into one [...]

RMAF 2018: Audio Research, Sonus Faber, and UHQR

October 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

Fast on the heels of a successful AXPONA show which saw Audio Research introduce the Ref 160 monoblock amplifiers with Wilson Alexia 2 speakers, the team showed up again with [...]

AXPONA 2018: Quintessence and Musical Surroundings, a devotion to sound

June 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

A world within the show, a Quintessence Audio LTD exhibit only requires a few steps physically (none socially) to transport you to a wonderland of high-end audio toys. For [...]

AXPONA 2018: Vandersteen and AudioQuest clean-up nicely

June 5, 2018 // 2 Comments

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 + [...]

AXPONA 2018: Quintessence Audio Rocks the House

May 29, 2018 // 11 Comments

I’ve been a fan of Audio Research for a while. It started back around 1990 with a trip to Lyric Hifi in New York City where I was lucky enough to find the legendary [...]