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 [...]
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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 [...]
Review: BorderPatrol USB Digital to Analogue Converter (SE Version)
Good things come in small packages. To be fair, good things come in big packages too. The common denominator is “packages” and I sure like packages. Sometimes, [...]
Review: Harbeth Super HL5 Plus loudspeaker
There’s this story that I know. It’s about the Earth and how it floats in space on the back of a turtle. I’ve heard this story many times, in many places. [...]
Review: LampizatOr Atlantic DAC
Fans of Part-Time Audiophile will recall my (on going) love affair with the Polish DAC wonder called LampizatOr. Just to recall some of my highlights — once upon a [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: Volti creates a new Rival
I heard, almost by chance, that Greg Roberts of Volti Audio had snuck into CAF with a brand new prototype that he’s calling “Rival”. Rival, that is, to the [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: BorderPatrol and Triode Wire Labs, home away from home
If you wanted to know what my “house sound” was — the BorderPatrol Audio room at CAF built around it. Years ago, at the very first Capital Audiofest, I [...]