Digital
Meitner MA3 DAC | REVIEW
Palm Trees and Perfect Sound DACs have been abounding at my residence in Santa Monica—the Holo Audio May most recently, and now the Meitner MA3 (website), which is the subject of today’s review. I’ve also […]
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Capital Audiofest 2021
Now Listen Here, Joseph Audio, EMM Labs, VPI Industries, Sutherland Engineering, Innuos, Transparent | CAF 2021
Now Listen Here, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania dealer located at the edge of several bedroom communities that serve the I-95 corridor between Washington, DC and Philadelphia proper, showed large at Capital Audio Fest 2021. Three exhibit rooms […]
Digital
Naim Audio Mu-so 2nd Generation Wireless Music System | REVIEW
The Naim Audio Mu-so changed the way I listen to music. That’s not hyperbole, a ready-made pull quote that Naim can use in their print ads. A few years ago, I was lucky enough […]
RMAF 2018
RMAF 2018: Bricasti, TIDAL; the present truth
From the exacting truth found in all Bricasti Design electronics, and delicate balance of dynamics offered from all TIDAL Audio loudspeakers, I don’t know if I’ve ever heard a better exhibit of digital’s sonic prowess. […]
AXPONA 2018
AXPONA 2018: PS Audio unveils new DSD waveform-generation P15 and P12 Power Plants
The Renaissance Schaumburg played host to a number of announcements at AXPONA this year, of particular interest to me was PS Audio‘s room on the ground floor in the Journey/Creation suite right before you entered […]
Components
Review: CH Precision L1 Dual Monaural Line Preamplifier, and M1 Reference Power Amplifier
Complaints. I had many complaints with this system. Not from me, from my neighbours. You see, this was one of those systems that just begged to be played ridiculously loud. It was the sense of […]
Digital
Review: Nagra HD DAC; or, Closing the gap between digital and analog
There is not much to be said about Nagra Audio that has not been said already. The company goes back six decades, when Stefan Kudelski, a young talented engineer born in Poland but due to […]
Munich 2016
High End 2016: The fantastic Pioneer XDP – 100R – K Hi Res DAP
What a clumsy name, the XDP 100R K, but what a fantastic device this Pioneer DAP truly is. Under one slick aluminum machined body with removable bumpers lies a powerhouse of a portable audio player […]
Analog
Review: iFi Audio Micro iPhono and iDSD
During last summer I was given the opportunity to bring the iFi nano DSD on vacation with me. Despite the moderate size this little DAC-headphone amplifier managed not only to put a smile in my […]
Music
Tangerine Dream SHM-SACD Reissues
by Paul Ashby Following founder Edgar Froese’s sudden passing earlier this year, fans new and old are examining, re-examining, and appreciating Tangerine Dream’s catalog. For the newcomer, or those wanting a refresher, there are several […]
New York 2014
New York 2014: Iconic Sony Walkman still turning heads
I was having a serious déjà vu thing with the Sony Walkman all weekend. Every time I turned around, it seemed, I was making a comment about my old safety-yellow Walkman from 30 years ago. […]
CAF 2014
CanMania 2014: iFi and the stack of portable awesome
iFi Audio is a fascinating brand, focusing (almost) exclusively on portable personal audio. Audio-Head‘s Brian Hunter took a look at some of their earliest offerings for Part-Time Audiophile last year and has another stack of their components in for […]
Digital
LampizatOr DSD DAC: First Listen (Updated & Revisited)
Last fall, I received a DSD-only DAC from LampizatOr. I thought it was the berries, but I had some challenges with the unit. Specifically, this demo/prototype unit had some issues with fuses (in the directly connected […]
Newport Beach 2014
Newport 2014: High-Resolution Audio and the Sony HAP-S1
Sony Electronics has thrown their hat into the high res ring in a big way with their HAP-S1 High Resolution Music Player ($1,000). This self-contained box will play back just about every file you can […]
Newport Beach 2014
Newport 2014: Off to the races
Don’t they all look so happy? Our esteemed publisher and editor told a long story about how his travel plans went awry. He made it seem like he had some intention of covering the opening […]
High-End
High End 2014: Elegance is portable and sounds amazing with the new Astell&Kern AK100 II and AK120 II
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis The Astell&Kern stand was under assault from visitors trying to grasp the sound quality of these devices. The new AK100 II was connected to Ultrasone edition 8 headphones while the more […]
High-End
High End 2014: DSD made simple, the Auralic ARIES
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Up till now, a typical system for DSD playback would require a DAC, a computer, a NAS or hard disc and naturally amps and speakers. Auralic is about to change all […]
Headphones
Amazeballs: Astell & Kern’s AK 240
An Audio360.org Review by Warren Chi & Michael Liang Avid personal audio enthusiasts know that hearing a wide variety of gear can breed apathy, making us jaded, blasé and hard-to-please. As such, it is indeed […]
Digital
Geek Pulse Round 2 Closing Soon
What’s this? Another post about the Geek Pulse? Didn’t that end a month ago? Well, yes it did. This, however, is a notice that the second round is about to close down. Did you miss out last […]
Digital
Geek Pulse Hits Final Hours at $1.1M and Counting
Well, here we are in the final hours of LH Labs’ second crowd-funding campaign. Let’s do the numbers: On a $38k goal, they’ve raised over $1.1M. Shazam! To celebrate, there’s a whole host of “perks” added […]