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AXPONA 2018: Wynn Audio – and interviews with Metronome, Kiso, Zensati, Thales

May 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio out of Toronto, Ontario is always pushing the boundaries of high-fidelity preconceptions in some way or another. He likes to mix things up at audio [...]

Black Cat Cable: A history with founder Chris Sommovigo

March 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

The audiophile world is filled with manufacturers who cater to specific avenues of the hobby. These companies work hard to deliver the goods on their particular vision of [...]

What’s your pick for top product of 2017? Tell us by Dec. 16 and qualify to win an AudioQuest DragonFly Red

December 12, 2017 // 41 Comments

The crew members here at Part-Time Audiophile are busy making their lists and checking them twice. Rather than picking out toys, sweaters and bad ties, however, we’ve been [...]

RMAF 2017: Campfire Audio’s Wonderful New Polaris, ALO shines with tubes

November 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

Ken Ball of ALO Audio and off-shoot Campfire Audio is a fixture on the CanJam scene. I thought he had one of the best displays at the show because there was his fascinating [...]

RMAF 2017: Nordost shows the power of better cords

November 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

OK, you’ve decided to upgrade your cables. What should you start with? Speaker cables, right? They usually are the longest wires in a system and the last to handle your [...]

RMAF 2017: Scott Walker Audio and Synergistic Research Bring the Goods

October 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

The last couple of years I’ve been attending many of the domestic shows and finally made my way to the excellent LA Audio Show which was great fun. But the last few [...]

RMAF 2017: The Audio Alternative goes deep with Vandersteen, VTL, HRS, Brinkmann, and AudioQuest

October 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

“Bass. How low can you go?” Familiar lyrics for me as I was a rabid Public Enemy fan in the late ’80s, and most of the early ’90s. The base [...]

RMAF 2017: Wireworld’s Headphone Cable Polygraph

October 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

As I was running around CanJam trying to keep up with all the coverage possibilities, I ran into Larry Smith from Wireworld, who I had first met at a successful local audio [...]

Audio Note UK factory tours and Life in the fast lane with Peter Qvortrup

August 12, 2017 // 7 Comments

Coffee. Champagne. Coffee. Russian liqueur. Coffee. Tequila. Coffee. Whiskey. Coffee. Red wine. Coffee… I lost track of the actual number of drinks, and coffees I had [...]

AXPONA 2017: Chicago prepares for hi-fi onslaught

April 21, 2017 // 3 Comments

It was quiet. Too quiet. As I wandered the wide, empty halls of the Westin O’Hare Hotel just outside Chicago Thursday afternoon I couldn’t help that notice that [...]