Gold Note Mediterraneo Turntable | Review
Wow! What is it about Italian audio gear? I have been recently blessed with a veritable feast for both the eyes and the ears …. Right at the tail-end of my time with [...]
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Vinnie Rossi LIO | Review
by Steve Folberg The Vinnie Rossi LIO I couldn’t be more pleased about once again reviewing an integrated amplifier for Part-Time Audiophile, especially since I’m [...]
Avid expands product line | High End 2019
Most of our readers should be familiar with British turntable company Avid and some of the more alert ones must have taken note on how Avid evolved into a complete high end [...]
Rupert Neve Designs, Focal | AXPONA 2019
CHICAGO (PTA) — If it is true that we were all created in God’s image, some of us inherited more godlike ability than others. In terms of the ability to work miracles [...]
Dan D’Agostino announces the New Momentum HD Preamplifier
This week, D’Agostino announced updates to the Momentum Pre-Amplifier. Some of these changes build on improvements first employed in the Momentum M400 Amplifier. The [...]
Thales Simplicity II Tonearm Review
On March 27th, 1983, the New York Times published an article titled “Sound; Tonearms: Is Linear Better?”. The article read like a technical paper, more sophisticated than [...]
CAF 2018: The Conion C-100F Boombox Rocks the Washington D.C. Hilton Lobby
The Conion C-100F is a Japanese made Stereo 4-band FM/AM Tuner, Double Cassette Recorder Boombox. At nearly 30” wide, 16” tall, 8” deep and weighing 22lbs, this is a [...]
RMAF 2018: Jeff Rowland Design Group and the Ultimate Phono Pre for Multiple Tonearms
Lucien Pichette of the Jeff Rowland Design Group is an old friend of ours. He grew up in Montrose, Colorado, where Colleen and I lived for a few years, and I used to drive [...]
ZYX UNIverse Optimum 1Ω MC Cartridge | Review
Astonishment, personified US $16,995.00. There, I’ve said it, in bold. That’s nearly seventeen thousand dollars for a phono cartridge. I still remember the first [...]
Pure Fidelity Eclipse Turntable Review
Pure Fidelity Eclipse Turntable Review: Total Eclipse of the Art, as originally seen in The Occasional Magazine. [...]
