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Grimm Audio MU1 Music Server | REVIEW

June 25, 2021 Grover Neville 1

The Grimm Audio MU1 (website) is an idiosyncratic product. This is not a term I typically associate with music servers or digital sources—the truth of the matter is that most of them are simple devices. […]

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A Beginner’s Guide To Digital Audio

August 30, 2020 Brian Hunter 1

The simplest path to destination isn’t always the best, in digital audio and in life. Summer road trips amidst a pandemic drive the idea home. Sure, you can wake up from a mid flight nap […]

Cables & Power

Innuos Statement Music Server | REVIEW

April 26, 2020 Scot Hull 6

Filed Under: Things that shouldn’t matter Staring at the Innuos Statement (website), a $13,750 dedicated computer audio server, I’m reminded of a long-ago period in the evolution of digital audio. If you’ll cast your thoughts […]

Announcements

McIntosh Labs launch new MS500 Music Streamer and MCD600 SACD/CD Player

May 16, 2018 Rafe Arnott 3

Binghamton, New York is a very busy place based on the number of announcements that come across my desk regarding McIntosh Labs product launches. The most recent salvo fired across the digital frontier from the […]

Canada

Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Bryston meets with Sonus Faber

May 1, 2018 Rafe Arnott 1

Sonus Faber is an Italian loudspeaker brand with a storied history, and designs which have been lauded as timeless classics. Bryston is an award-winning Canadian high-fidelity manufacturer with decades of experience in amps, pre-amps, speakers, […]

Canada

Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: McIntosh Labs and YG Acoustics

April 29, 2018 Rafe Arnott 2

Walking into this room at the Vancouver Audio Festival was a bit like turning the fairy tale Beauty & The Beast into a visual audiophile metaphor. Scoping out the massive McIntosh Labs MC 1.25KW mono […]

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Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Devialet energizes with Bowers & Wilkins

April 28, 2018 Rafe Arnott 1

Some think they’re beautiful, others feel they emulate what artificial intelligence will look like in the far future. I’m in the former camp, and have always admired what Bowers & Wilkins do design-wise because the […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: Sunday morning coming down

April 18, 2018 Rafe Arnott 1

It was dark, and it was cold, and the faint morning light seeping through a crack in the curtains of my hotel room was grey, and did nothing to prompt me to throw them back, […]

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Aqua Hifi to premiere Discrete R2R DAC module for La Voce S3 at AXPONA

April 9, 2018 Rafe Arnott 2

I love Italy, and I love the sound of older DAC chips, and also R2R ladder DACs, but I’m part Italian so I guess I come by the first part naturally, the second has grown […]

Announcements

Magnepan 30.7 Demo Event at Hifi Centre

March 17, 2018 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Magnepan 30.7 Demo Event at Hifi Centre

Somnambulists. A lot of them. Walking in circles, and randomly bumping into each other. That’s what the Magnepan 30.7 demo event at Hifi Centre in Vancouver would have looked like if you peeked through the […]

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Periodic Audio introduces Nickel Headphone Amplifier

February 17, 2018 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on Periodic Audio introduces Nickel Headphone Amplifier

Periodic Audio makes a terrific set of inner ear monitors at very reasonable price points. Roger Skoff and I awarded their Be IEMs an Alfie Award at the LA Audio Show. And let’s be honest, […]

Announcements

MQA: A fresh take – why the big labels are converting their catalogs

January 9, 2018 Lee Scoggins 14

There has been much interest in MQA of late and on some audio forums it seems quite a topic of controversy as well.  So I thought I would do some digging on it in advance […]

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Tidal offers 12-Days of streaming for free… what are you waiting for?

December 27, 2017 Rafe Arnott 6

Donna Summer had many hits in her long, multi-decade career. Her work with Goirgio Moroder in the mid seventies on LPs like Love to Love You Baby – to me – were the progenitors of electronic […]

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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 John Stancavage 41

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 selecting the audio components that jingled our […]

Announcements

Oppo announces first step in support for MQA playback

November 29, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

That ubiquitous spinner known, and loved by many digital-audio junkies (as well as AV-gear heads, and audiophiles alike) – the Oppo UDP-205 – has announced a partnership with music mastering, and hi-fi industry juggernaut MQA […]

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Element Acoustics hosts Digital Audio seminar in Vancouver on Saturday, Nov. 24

November 24, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Element Acoustics hosts Digital Audio seminar in Vancouver on Saturday, Nov. 24

Vancouver-area dealer Edward Ku of Element Acoustics is hosting a special one-day seminar this Saturday (tomorrow, Nov. 24th) for those audiophiles interested in digital, or computer audio and how to best approach purchasing, and setting […]

Announcements

Sonic Studio Announces MQA Support with Amarra Luxe 4.1

November 18, 2017 Lee Scoggins 2

I’ve been a long-term fan of Amarra and the recent massive upgrade to Version 4 has been terrific in both sound and user interface.  Sonic Studio has now included MQA support in the Luxe version. […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Headamp Introduces the Gilmore Lite 2

November 16, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on RMAF 2017: Headamp Introduces the Gilmore Lite 2

Headamp always has their great Blue Hawaii and GS-X amplifiers sounding excellent at RMAF but this year was an introduction of the much more affordable Gilmore Lite 2 at $499 USD.  Shipping in a few […]

CAF 2017

Capital Audiofest 2017: The Audio Company, VAC, Von Schweikert, Esoteric bring their A-Game

November 7, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook 5

The Story This was probably the only room at Capital Audiofest that could have charged a “special exhibit” admission price during the show. The Audio Company brought to CAF what was arguably a room configured […]

Digital

Review: dCS Network Bridge – The Swiss Army Knife of Streamers

November 5, 2017 Mohammed Samji 3

There is nothing like grabbing a prized LP, dropping the needle in the groove, and having the events of the day get whisked away. Nothing else matters at that exact moment, only that you are […]

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