(For HiEnd Asia 2023 Part 1 show coverage from Richard Mak, click here.) The Biggest Room at the Show – ESD Acoustics ESD Audio garnered much attention at the 2023 Munich Show with a $3 […]
One of these days, Part-Time Audiophile publisher Scot Hull is going to send me that pair of Falcon Acoustics LS3/5a Gold Badges he’s commandeered for most of 2023. That’s my speaker, I thought. I’m the […]
When I first saw the name “Audio-gd,” I might have been a little confused. It might have been a case of an initial misread–I thought the email said Audio G-D, and perhaps the manufacturers belonged […]
After hearing the prototype of the Børresen X3 loudspeakers at last year’s Capital Audiofest, I’ve been more than mildly curious to give this little rascal a real test drive. Given my repeated exposure to the […]
At the 2023 Pacific Audio Fest, I was asked this question by more than one person: “Haven’t you already heard the Børresen M6 Loudspeakers? In Munich?” No, the $550K/pr M6s were on static display in […]
Welcome to the Power Management and Cables section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2023. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]
After reading all this coverage about High End 2023 in Munich, you might be wondering about my friends at Audio Group Denmark and what they had in store for the high-end audio industry. At AXPONA […]
These were the Sonner Audio monitors I was supposed to get a couple of years ago, the pair that left me dumbstruck when I first heard them at the 2019 Capital Audiofest. I’d never heard […]
Man oh man, I knew it was going to be tough to pick out the Top Rooms at AXPONA 2023. It reminds me of one of those cooking competition shows on the Food Network where […]
I first noticed the brand name Axxess when I visited Audio Group Denmark in Aalborg last summer. This mysterious name was present on so much of the signage and promotional materials along with Aavik, Ansuz […]
Scot Hull and I have discussed my high-end audio past a couple of times, and how I used to be an importer and distributor but now I’m on the other side of the industry as […]
Over the last few weeks Part-Time Audiophile has published a few reviews about ethernet switches, including models from Silent Angel and Ansuz. The Ansuz PowerSwitch D2, reviewed by Marc Phillips, is actually a part of […]
The Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition, along with the Focal Celestee headphones, is an attempt to ask myself an important question for 2023: to headphone or not to headphone? There was a point last year […]
It’s official. With the exception of my complete set of AudioQuest DragonFlies, I’ve now spent more time listening to the Lab12 DAC1 Reference than any other digital-to-analog converter. Does that portend good things for this […]
Now that I’ve reviewed the Aavik U-280 integrated amplifier/DAC, the Aavik S-280 digital streamer and the Børresen Z1 Cryo loudspeakers, there’s still so much more to say about the products from Audio Group Denmark. I’m […]
I’ve just completed four whole reviews of the gear I received from Audio Group Denmark. The last, which covers all of the Ansuz cables and accessories, should appear as soon as we wrap up our […]
Do I need a digital streamer like the Aavik S-280? At first I wasn’t so sure. I’ve been pretty happy with just a DAC and my laptop for streaming Qobuz, just like I was happy […]
Right in the middle of Marc Phillips’ reviews of the Audio Group Denmark system, comprised of Børresen, Aavik and Ansuz, the folks in Aalborg announced the new flagship Ansuz Gold Signature line. Here is the […]
Did I get those speakers in for review? You know, the little monitors that cost $100,000 per pair, the ones that baffled me with their impossibly epic sound and subsequently prompted my adventure in Denmark […]
In the interest of full disclosure, I reviewed the Aavik U-280 integrated amplifier and DAC ($18,000 USD) in a full Audio Group Denmark system that included the Aavik S-280 streamer ($12,000), the Ansuz Mainz8 C3 […]
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