I don’t listen to headphones like the Focal Stellia (website). Okay, let me back up—I listen to headphones all the time, just not for pleasure, but rather to check my [...]
The Best Headphones [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers [...]
The story of the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 Carbon Edition (website) is one of many welcomed surprises. Not often in life are we gifted with genuine surprises, and the ones [...]
A few weeks ago, I found myself editing an equipment review and I got to that section. You know the section, the one where the reviewer gathers up copious notes on the music [...]
One of the great things about high performance headphone audio is that there is such a diverse selection of great sounding gear now. Back in the day (oh, 30 years or so) [...]
This is the story of the Audeze LCD-1 and my emotional rejuvenation. As the pandemic pushed me into a bit of a social lull, I turned to the arts. Days began to fly off the [...]
To some, describing a headphone as “fun” is akin to the kiss of death. The calling for linearity occasionally spurs dynamic swings in opinions, and even greater judgments [...]
TAMPA, FL (PTA) — Finding an oasis at an audio show is a rare thing. Usually it requires less people, isolation from neighboring rooms, and a shared goal for peaceful [...]
There is a bit something for everyone in this, the Season 3 Episode 7 of The Occasional Podcast! In this episode of TOP, Von Schweikert Audio takes us on a tour, throwing [...]
I’m as interested in a good “desk” audio system as the next guy, and I have dabbled in assembling various small systems in my office over the last few [...]