Welcome to the Best Preamplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]
Welcome to the Best Amplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]
Welcome to the Best Phono Preamplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]
If G-d herself owned a stereo system, I’m imagining she would have components that looked a lot like those from Dan D’Agostino’s Relentless Series. We’ve been tremendously enthusiastic fans of D’Agostino Master Audio Systems components […]
There is no lack of religion, opinions, or passion when it comes to vinyl. Which table, which tonearm, which cartridge, which geometry or even which equalization curve to use? Lots of smoke. Maybe even some fire. […]
Several sharp people told me to visit the dCS room and I finally got around to it by Sunday. The Wilson Audio Sasha DAW speakers usually sound great. D’Agostino amplifiers usually sound great. dCS DACs […]
Dan D’Agostino continue’s to fill in their Progression line with the addition of the new Progress Integrated Amplifier in Munich at the High End 2019. 18k USD buys you that engaging D’Agostino sound, beautiful meters, […]
Let’s face it. You need to read all the Best of Show articles to get a real sense of AXPONA. The reason is that AXPONA has become a HUGE show. Mere mortals cannot cover the […]
About three years ago, I attended a fabulous demo with Peter McGrath in a room with a humble T+A integrated amplifier. The speakers were the $109,000 Wilson Audio Alexx, fairly large towers. Yet the humble […]
Photography by Paul Elliott I have completely bought into the music reproduction industry ever since I heard the difference between lamp cord as speaker wire and Monster brand wire oh so many years ago. Yes, […]
I was really burned out from a long work week at nearby Northwestern University. I was so looking forward to AXPONA as the medicine to my working man blues. The only thing stopping me was […]
This is less of a show report and more of an industry overview, or better a few random thoughts. Fine Sounds Group has gotten so big that it really offers less live sessions and more […]
dCS had another great show, as a matter of fact I cannot recall of a poor show for dCS in recent times, not even a mediocre one for the matter. Similar to last year’s set […]
All it takes is a quick glance at some rooms that you walk into at hi-fi shows and you just know it’s either going to connect with you, or it’s not. Surprises do happen of […]
By Rafe Arnott The Dan D’Agostino Momentum Integrated Amplifier is a work of art to behold. The chassis just exudes class everywhere you look, and I was looking at it everywhere I could. You just […]
There are a lot of things you can say about audio’s high-end. But every now and again, you’re faced with a product that is so awesome-looking that you can’t help but look at the price […]
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Digital Conversion Systems aka dCS brought their latest digital playback system, the Vivaldi DAC complete with CD/SACD transport, upsampler and master clock for a total price somewhere north of $100.000. They […]
I’m not going to CES this year. Sorry. Couldn’t do it. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. I did (God help me), and still do! It’s a lot of fun, there’s a ton of new […]
I think you’d have to fallen asleep in a faerie circle to have missed Dan D’Agostino‘s return to high-end audio. The Momentum Series amplifiers are, arguably, one of the best-looking currently on offer — chromed […]
Techno tour-de-force? Maybe so. The new Sonja 1.3 loudspeakers from YG Acoustics are certainly that. Offered at $106,800, the Sonja is carved from a solid block of aluminum. Okay, maybe not, but you’d be surprised […]
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