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 [...]
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Pure Fidelity Eclipse Turntable Review
Pure Fidelity Eclipse Turntable Review: Total Eclipse of the Art, as originally seen in The Occasional Magazine. [...]
Recording the Masters FOX C-60: The New Audio Cassette Standard
by Carlos Guzman Technics RS M63. That was the first cassette deck recorder I bought with my own money. On monthly installments, I paid $21.50 for 24 months with my funeral [...]
Review: PS Audio Sprout 100 DAC/Integrated Amplifier
“Dad, why does he always get to do things before I did?” That was my daughter voicing mild complaint over the prospect of her younger brother receiving a Sprout. A [...]
Audio Cassette Revival: For Real?
by Carlos Guzman With the new tape revival around the world, more and more audiophiles are getting into the exclusive, and sometimes expensive, hobby of open reel playback. [...]
The Occasional Magazine – Spring 2018 Edition
DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF OUR BRAND NEW SPRING EDITION HERE It’s June, it’s back and it’s better than ever… I’m talking about 120 pages in the [...]
AXPONA 2018: Nick Doshi Builds a Time Machine
A few months before AXPONA, Nick Doshi of Doshi Audio showed up at The Audio Company, a superb local hi-fi store in Marietta, Georgia. The program was to show local [...]
Munich High End 2018: Fern & Roby make it feel like the first time
Christopher Hildebrand of bespoke high-fidelity manufacturer Fern & Roby showed off some impressive pieces of kit at AXPONA a few weeks ago, and when I spoke with him [...]
Munich High End 2018 preview: Von Schweikert rolls thunder from the mountain
High End at Munich (May 11-13) is peeking over the horizon this week, so I’m continuing coverage – after a fashion – of what’s happening there this year, [...]
Munich High End 2018: The show that all shows want to be?
MUNICH. Have you seen the 2005 Academy Award® historical thriller by Steven Spielberg? If you haven’t let me just say it’s intense. I bring it up because if you [...]