Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC | REVIEW
Before I jump into the Mola Mola Tambaqui, I have to share a delightful tidbit of deadpan humor from my roommate. While amusing on its own, it ended up more prescient to the [...]
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The Maserati MC20 and its Sonus Faber Sound System
VICENZA, ITALY (PTA) — Get your checkbooks ready. Big news from Maserati and Sonus Faber to come. After the press release, some close-ups of the 12-speaker system, which [...]
TIDAL Audio Prisma Preamplifier | REVIEW
Is the absence of any coloration its own signature coloration? During my time with the TIDAL Audio Prisma preamplifier, I found myself asking that very question. People like [...]
Fern and Roby Raven II Loudspeakers | REVIEW
Reviewing the Fern and Roby Raven II loudspeakers reminds me of April last year, when Eric Franklin Shook and I visited the Fern and Roby factory for an article and photo [...]
Marc’s Capital Audiofest Wrap-Up | CAF 2019
Much of my Capital Audiofest wrap-up has already been telegraphed. I talked about my favorite rooms in The Occasional Podcast, and I’ve hinted as much in these show [...]
Studio Electric, SOTA, ModWright Instruments, Skogrand Cables | CAF 2019
I was eager to hit this room at the 2019 Capital Audiofest for two reasons–first, I wanted to hear some of the Studio Electric loudspeakers after Eric Franklin [...]
Doug White and The Voice That Is! | CAF 2019
If you listened to The Occasional Podcast‘s wrap-up of the 2019 Capital Audiofest, you probably know that most of the Part-Time Audiophile team–Scot Hull, Eric [...]
The Vinyl Revivers, Sonner, Rogers, Dr. Feickert, Straightwire | CAF 2019
The Vinyl Revivers, along with The Audio Hunters, exhibited in five different rooms at the 2019 Capital Audiofest. While most of these rooms featured excellent sound, one [...]
Fern & Roby Raven Loudspeakers | REVIEW
My adventures with the Fern & Roby Raven loudspeakers started last year, right before I left my house in Western New York to drive down to the Capital Audiofest in the [...]
Gary Gill’s Magic Horn Loudspeakers | CAF 2017
Back in 2016, Gary Gill of Capital Audiofest fame demonstrated his latest DIY creation: A Voxativ-based horn speaker, constructed of gelcoat fiberglass and birch 10-ply. At [...]
