Components
Naim Uniti Atom | The Desktop
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. […]
headphone
Canjam Chicago 2023
ZMF Headphones | CanJam Chicago 2023
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 […]
Florida 2023
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 […]
Headphones
VZR Model One Headphones | REVIEW
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 […]
Digital
dCS Bartók DAC, Part 2 | REVIEW
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Athens Headphone Festival 2014
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 […]
Cables & Power
Wiring up Flagship Headphones with Double Helix Cables
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 […]