Bricasti M12 Source Controller Platinum Edition | Review
It’s good to be king, or so they say. For me, that’s precisely the vibe that exudes from the Bricasti M12 Platinum Edition Source Controller. With a name like that, this [...]
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Daedalus Audio Apollo Speakers | Review
Sometimes the timing of an audio review seems inadvertently auspicious. Such is the case of my latest project: the Daedalus Audio Apollo full-range speakers. I’ve had these [...]
Vitus Audio RS101 and RL102 | Review
Looking at the Vitus Audio RS101 amplifier, or the matching Vitus Audio RL102 linestage (updates to the line that included the RS100 and RD100, which we reviewed a few years [...]
Amphion Argon 3S loudspeakers | Review
Better living through chemistry As a practicing chemist (or rather, “purveyor of chemical knowledge”), I’m quite keen on all things chemistry. My interest was [...]
Sonus Faber Sonetto II Speakers | Review
Nothing but the truth Should audio components always be 100% truthful to the source? Ahhh, that’s one of those questions that has resulted in untold audiophile angst, much [...]
RMAF 2018: Zu Audio, Pass Labs, MoFi; Another Late Night of Late Night Tales
Listening to a slew of high-efficiency Zu Audio speakers is nothing new to me, and doing so with Pass Labs amplification is also old-hat. Spending late nights at audio shows [...]
First Watt SIT-3 Amplifier Review
Skunkworks Legend To those who follow aviation history, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson is something of a legend. In case you are unfamiliar with the name, Johnson was a chief [...]
Review: Linear Tube Audio ZOTL 10 Mk.II Amplifier
Concurrent with my receipt of the amplifier up for review here, Linear Tube Audio’s (LTA) ZOTL 10 Mk.II, came another welcome piece of news: the well-regarded German [...]
Capital Audiofest 2017: Zu Audio
Everyone, or so it seems, digs the Zu Audio room. Why? Well, it may have to do with the fact that it’s the least audiophile-like room at any high-end show. It’s always a [...]
Review: Pass Labs XA60.8 Mono Amplifiers
by John Richardson I’ve been on something of a roll lately with amplifiers from Pass Labs. Readers might recall that I reviewed a monster of an amp, the Pass X250.8 a [...]
