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Show Report

Genesis Super Subwoofer and Turntable Dance with Merrill Audio Element 118 Monos

May 10, 2020 Mohammed Samji 1

Gary Koh of Genesis Advanced Technologies and Merrill Wettasinghe of Merrill Audio hosted the Pacific Northwest Audio Society (PNWAS) in early March.  They were expecting 10 people but had the doors blown down when 57 […]

CEDIA 2018

CEDIA 2018: McIntosh debuts new line of custom install products

September 8, 2018 Mohammed Samji 2

McIntosh, home of those beautiful VU meters that we can’t get enough of, brought gifts for custom integrators at CEDIA 2018 with a new line of multi-channel amplifiers and in-wall speakers. “We are excited to […]

Show Report

Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Devialet energizes with Bowers & Wilkins

April 28, 2018 Rafe Arnott 1

Some think they’re beautiful, others feel they emulate what artificial intelligence will look like in the far future. I’m in the former camp, and have always admired what Bowers & Wilkins do design-wise because the […]

Occasional Magazine

The Path of Shindo – A Journey through Japanese high fidelity

April 14, 2018 Rafe Arnott 9

This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional this February in our Winter 2018 edition. We’ll be rolling out articles from it over the next several weeks […]

Announcements

AXPONA 2018 Advance: New venue, more gear, live music

April 8, 2018 John Stancavage 1

There are a lot of ways to judge the significance and success of a hi-fi show — including the size of the venue, total attendance and number of exhibitors. By any of those metrics, Audio […]

Components

Review: Pass Labs X600.8 mono block Power Amplifier

April 7, 2018 John Stancavage 10

Do you want the hernia or the double hernia? The voice on the phone asking that question was Bryan Stanton, a communications specialist who works with Pass Labs. A few weeks prior, we had begun […]

Canada

The List: Five of the Best Power Amps in The World

March 11, 2018 Rafe Arnott 13

Welcome to something new we’re going to try here on PTA thanks to our friend Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. I’m going to be curating a new list every month featuring different categories […]

Announcements

An interview with hifi legend Nelson Pass

February 21, 2018 John Stancavage 1

Part-Time Audiophile talks to Nelson Pass Nelson Pass formed his first audio company with a friend while studying physics at the University of California-Davis in the early 1970s. He went on to co-found Threshold Electronics […]

Announcements

What’s your pick for top product of 2017? Tell us by Dec. 16 and qualify to win an AudioQuest DragonFly Red

December 12, 2017 John Stancavage 41

The crew members here at Part-Time Audiophile are busy making their lists and checking them twice. Rather than picking out toys, sweaters and bad ties, however, we’ve been selecting the audio components that jingled our […]

Audio-Life

How to build Listening Room Synergy: Curating a system that sings

November 25, 2017 John Stancavage 6

System synergy — components mating so well that the result exceeds the sum of their parts — is one of the most elusive goals in audio. You know it when you hear it. You just […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Nokturne Audio shows how torque matters with Lejonklou, JBL, and Linn

October 31, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on RMAF 2017: Nokturne Audio shows how torque matters with Lejonklou, JBL, and Linn

Lejonklou is not a high-fidelity manufacturer many audiophiles have probably heard of, and that’s too bad because Fredrik Lejonklou – the man behind the Swedish company – is on to something special with his incredibly transparent […]

Announcements

Burwell & Sons showcase Plain Jane, unveil new active and passive loudspeakers at California Audio Show

July 27, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

If you’ve hit a recent audio show, chances are you’ve had an opportunity to hear Burwell & Sons loudspeakers. The bespoke, vintage Altec driver designs are beautiful to look at, and convey true tone, timbre, […]

Munich 2017

High End 2017: Blumenhofer, MasterSound, Cammino and the final horn room

June 28, 2017 Rafe Arnott 6

This is it. This is my last horn-loaded loudspeaker room writeup from High End 2017 at the MOC in Munich. Some of you will lament this, other rejoice, but to both camps I say this: […]

Munich 2017

High End 2017: TuneAudio, Trafomatic, Rockna, and Skogrand Cables stock the candy store

June 13, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on High End 2017: TuneAudio, Trafomatic, Rockna, and Skogrand Cables stock the candy store

I felt like I was in candy store. Everything looked colourful, mouthwatering, and sugary… the sound was also drawing me into the sweet spot for an extended listening session. Another room of horn delights was […]

Munich 2017

High End 2017: Cessaro horns throaty rumble of conviction

June 6, 2017 Rafe Arnott 2

There were so many horn loudspeaker manufacturers at High End in Munich this year that a lesser horn addict than myself might have succumbed to horn fatigue. But not I. I would feel strangely energized as the day […]

Announcements

HiFi Centre steps in to fill void as Vancouver Audio Show pulled from Chester Group website

May 26, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

With the Vancouver Audio Show that was scheduled to run June 23rd to June 25th no longer appearing on show organizer The Chester Group’s website, Igor Kivritsky of Hifi Centre in downtown Vancouver is stepping in […]

Components

Review: Audio Note Meishu Silver Signature integrated amplifier

January 4, 2017 Rafe Arnott 12

When an amplifier takes two men to move it, you could start to question your choice in amplifiers… but not me. I knew I was on to something truly special. The fact that Audio Note […]

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