Volti Audio Rival, Revisited | Review
A date with Volti Several years ago, I received delivery of a pair of deliciously fun loudspeakers, the Volti Audio Rival. Since that happy day, the Rivals have been in heavy [...]
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Volti Audio, BorderPatrol and Triode Wire Labs | FLAX 2020
I’ve visited the Volti Audio, BorderPatrol and Triode Wire Labs room at high-end trade shows many times over the last 18 months. I always enjoy the wide, immersive and [...]
Audio Fur and the Border Patrol DAC
The Dissenting Opinion Stereophile’s Herb Reichert posted a letter on the web version of an “As We See It” column written by his colleague Jon Iverson. [...]
Sonus Faber Sonetto II Speakers | Review
Nothing but the truth Should audio components always be 100% truthful to the source? Ahhh, that’s one of those questions that has resulted in untold audiophile angst, much [...]
Audio Note UK DAC 2.1x Signature Review
Unexpected Pleasures I wanted to share a few notes about the Audio Note UK (website) DAC 2.1x Signature that Mr. Q sent along with the CDT-Two/II transport that I so greatly [...]
The Part-Time Audiophile guide to the best hi-fi gear of 2017
Picking the best audio component of the year is kind of like pondering your ultimate list of girls to ask to the high school prom. There are many very attractive choices, but [...]
Introducing The Occasional Magazine
Welcome to the evolution. The Occasional Part-Time Audiophile is a new thing. Another experiment. And while it may be new to us, it’s not exactly new. The history of our [...]
Review: Pass Labs XA60.8 Mono Amplifiers
by John Richardson I’ve been on something of a roll lately with amplifiers from Pass Labs. Readers might recall that I reviewed a monster of an amp, the Pass X250.8 a [...]
Review: DeVore Fidelity Gibbon X
The following is a transcript after a late night session down in the listening room, recently. Me. “That’s not quite right, is it?” Him. “No, [...]
AXPONA 2017: BorderPatrol, Triode Wire Labs, and Volti Audio
Given that I’d just completed reviews on two of the main products/lines in this room here at AXPONA (BorderPatrol SE DAC and some selections from the Triode Wire Labs [...]
