Acora Acoustics SRB Loudspeakers and SRS Stands | REVIEW
What’s wrong with hitting the ground running? I bring this up because I’ve been spending the last couple of months with the Acora Acoustics SRB monitors (website), the [...]
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Stille Grender from 2L Recordings | The Vinyl Anachronist
Thought I’d get a jump on holiday music for 2021 with Stille Grender, the latest from 2L Recordings in Norway. If I had received it just a couple of weeks ago, it would [...]
Focal Kanta No. 2 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
The Focal Kanta No. 2 (website) speakers first caught my eye at an RMAF a year or two ago, speckled up in a brilliant citron yellow and sounding, well, swell. The sound was [...]
Chario Constellation Cygnus Loudspeakers | REVIEW
Hi-Fi reviewers like reviewing products that sound good to them. I’m no exception. If I can’t hear a component before actually getting it, I’m always a bit leery. So it [...]
FOCAL Stellia Headphone, Arche Amplifier | REVIEW
I don’t listen to headphones like the Focal Stellia (website). Okay, let me back up—I listen to headphones all the time, just not for pleasure, but rather to check my [...]
The Music List: Is It Really Necessary? | The Vinyl Anachronist
A few weeks ago, I found myself editing an equipment review and I got to that section. You know the section, the one where the reviewer gathers up copious notes on the music [...]
Vimberg Amea Loudspeakers | REVIEW
The Vimberg Amea (website) loudspeaker is a two-way, stand-mounted loudspeaker. I’m bringing this up first for a very good reason. When I first arrived at the front door of [...]
Acora Acoustics SRC-2 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
After living with Acora Acoustics SRC-2 loudspeakers in my listening room, I consider these speakers to be the newest member of a very small group of speaker systems that are [...]
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO Turntable | REVIEW
Debutantes Wear White Pro-Ject’s Debut Carbon EVO landed on my doorstep in what seemed like mere minutes after I’d been asking Managing Editor Eric Franklin Shook, [...]
McIntosh Announces MA12000 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier
BINGHAMTON, NY (PTA) — Our own Marc Phillips shot me an email yesterday morning with a heads up on the new ‘behemoth sized‘ integrated amplifier launching from [...]
