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Naim Uniti Atom | The Desktop

July 21, 2023 Scot Hull 1

What follows is not a typical audio review of the Naim Uniti Atom, or, of anything really. Just want to be clear. All of this is me trying to solve a problem. A peculiar problem. […]

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ZMF Headphones | CanJam Chicago 2023

June 25, 2023 Scot Hull 1

ZMF Headphones The treat at CanJam, for me, was this little room right here: ZMF Headphones. On the way in, I met Zach on the way out — brandishing a tiny handy-cam and apparently doing […]

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Focal OD Stone 8 and Naim | FLAX 2023

March 1, 2023 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Focal OD Stone 8 and Naim | FLAX 2023

What is the Focal OD Stone 8? Well, I’ve been hitting the Focal and Naim rooms at the last few high-end audio shows pretty hard for a few reasons. First, I’ve been getting a steady […]

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VZR Model One Headphones | REVIEW

February 8, 2021 Grover Neville 2

VZR Model One Hands-On Preview The story of the VZR Model One is a rather curious one… it’s not often I get to write about a product like this. The story is extraordinary, and the […]

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dCS Bartók DAC, Part 2 | REVIEW

April 12, 2020 Brian Hunter 1

Last I checked, there were over 450 documents labeled “review” on my computer. Of those docs, many qualify as either digital components or straight up DACs by today’s standards. Of those DACs, many qualify as […]

Announcements

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

July 28, 2019 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Rupert Neve Designs Introduces Fidelice™ Line of High-Fidelity Products

LONDON (PTA) — After cultivating an unexpected audiophile following with their RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier, Rupert Neve Designs further strides to blur the line between pro-audio and audiophile communities by introducing a whole new line […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: Nick Doshi Builds a Time Machine

May 15, 2018 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on AXPONA 2018: Nick Doshi Builds a Time Machine

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 audiophiles what tape machines could […]

Digital

Review: Mytek puts the + on the Brooklyn DAC

March 25, 2018 Panagiotis Karavitis 9

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 […]

Announcements

Now In Progress: Noble Audio Pre-Black Friday Event

November 18, 2017 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Now In Progress: Noble Audio Pre-Black Friday Event

From the press release: SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA (November 15, 2017) – Noble Audio, leading universal and bespoke in-ear monitor (IEM) brand recognized for exceptional design and superior sound debuts The Noble Velvet and EDC series […]

RMAF 2017

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

November 2, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on RMAF 2017: iFi Audio Tackles USB 3.0 and Its Noise Gremlins

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 are usually just a […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: McIntosh teases new MA252 hybrid integrated amp

October 22, 2017 John Stancavage 2

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 course, but all seek to offer […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Focal Debuts Kanta 2 and Clear

October 18, 2017 Lee Scoggins 1

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 breakfast!”.  Music to a journalist’s ears. […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: RHA Audio, something special

October 13, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on RMAF 2017: RHA Audio, something special

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

AXPONA 2017: Sonoma M1 Headphone System

June 2, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on AXPONA 2017: Sonoma M1 Headphone System

  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 Sonoma team had formed a partnership […]

Headphones

Review: SPL Phonitor X headphone amplifier

March 17, 2017 Rafe Arnott 7

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. The thing is I feel that I’m getting shortchanged on the big listening experience I’m […]

Headphones

RMAF 2016 VIDEO: Noble Audio’s Brannan Mason discusses the technology behind the brand’s IEMs

October 19, 2016 Rafe Arnott 2

Brannan Mason is the co-owner of Noble Audio, and in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival he was able to spend some time talking with Part-Time Audiophile about Nobel’s current lineup, company philosophy, manufacturing […]

Headphones

Review: Focal Spirit Professional and NAD Viso HP50 headphones

July 11, 2015 Editorial Staff 2

by Brian Hunter Headphones are continuing to see a surge at nearly every pricepoint, but none is so competitive as the mainstream “High End” of $300 clearly set up by Beats, followed in turn by […]

Headphones

Review: Beyerdynamic T-1 Headphone

July 4, 2015 Editorial Staff 5

by John Grandberg Beyerdynamic’s flagship T1 – a landmark headphone if ever there was one. But I don’t necessarily mean that in the way you think I mean it… allow me to explain. To get […]

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Headphone virus pandemic hitting Greece: The First Greek Headphone Festival

October 2, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on Headphone virus pandemic hitting Greece: The First Greek Headphone Festival

Speaking with other sick people hi-fi enthusiasts about the global headphone pandemic we both arrived at the same conclusion. This has been the fastest spreading trend in the hi-fi world since….ever. Only a few years […]

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Cables & Power

Wiring up Flagship Headphones with Double Helix Cables

July 23, 2014 Scot Hull 5

At some point in the recent past, I got a wild hair up my netherwheres about headphone cables and spent a few weeks wringing my hands about the relative impact that stock cables make on […]

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