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Rupert Neve Designs Introduces Fidelice™ Line of High-Fidelity Products

July 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

LONDON (PTA) — After cultivating an unexpected audiophile following with their RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier, Rupert Neve Designs further strides to blur the line [...]

AXPONA 2018: Nick Doshi Builds a Time Machine

May 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

A few months before AXPONA, Nick Doshi of Doshi Audio showed up at The Audio Company, a superb local hi-fi store in Marietta, Georgia. The program was to show local [...]

Review: Mytek puts the + on the Brooklyn DAC

March 25, 2018 // 9 Comments

There is this one kind of reviews I don’t want to take, the ones I am not sure I will enjoy. I prefer analog to digital sources and if I must spent some time listening [...]

Now In Progress: Noble Audio Pre-Black Friday Event

November 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

From the press release: SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA (November 15, 2017) – Noble Audio, leading universal and bespoke in-ear monitor (IEM) brand recognized for exceptional [...]

RMAF 2017: iFi Audio Tackles USB 3.0 and Its Noise Gremlins

November 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

In the past, I have loved the iFi Audio gear for my computer audio playback system. Everything I have tried has worked well and, maybe best of all, the individual pieces [...]

RMAF 2017: McIntosh teases new MA252 hybrid integrated amp

October 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

For a company that has kept the style of its gear virtually unchanged for decades, McIntosh maintains a steady of flow of innovative products. They resemble past units, of [...]

RMAF 2017: Focal Debuts Kanta 2 and Clear

October 18, 2017 // 1 Comment

I have a confession: I almost missed this one as I stumbled upon it after seeing Steven Stone in the hallway waiting to get in and someone said, “free [...]

RMAF 2017: RHA Audio, something special

October 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

My publisher stumbles upon me in the halls at Rocky Mountain Festival 2017 and tells me that he’s caught wind of something special inside the Can Jam. What exactly has Scot found? A small company out of Glasgow Scotland called RHA Audio. [...]

AXPONA 2017: Sonoma M1 Headphone System

June 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

I’ve written about the Sonoma M1s before but what made their AXPONA room different this time was that these were no longer in prototype form. In fact, the [...]

Review: SPL Phonitor X headphone amplifier

March 17, 2017 // 7 Comments

I’ve got a somewhat complicated relationship status with headphone listening. It’s something we’re working through, and perhaps I’m being too needy. [...]