Geek Out 1000, First Take by Michael Mercer Light Harmonic hit the hi-fi scene like a bat outta hell a few years ago, earning a reputation for sonic integrity and forward-thinking design aesthetics. Upon the introduction […]
Pono is still kicking the crap out of Kickstarter. Fundraising goal? Bah, who cares. Crushed! Neil Young’s baby is currently cruising past $2.5M and with 30+ days left, so I feel comfortable guessing that he’s […]
Pono hit Kickstarter today with a bang. The retail pricing on the new high-resolution portable audio player was set at $400, but the first 100 early birds snapped it up at 50% off. And yes, […]
Once upon a time, Beats Electronics annoyed a great many headphone enthusiasts. There was a blizzard of iPod-like marketing and the accompanying flurry of high-profile celebrity endorsements, and suddenly every tool and their moronic brother […]
Why headphones are not going to save Hi-Fi by Scot Hull You’ve probably heard the news by now. Hi-Fi is dead. Rumor is, it was murdered. Poison! And it has 36 hours to learn who […]
This is going to be a bit redundant with the giant CanJam expose from my Audio360 brethren, so I’ll do two things here. One, post my awesome pics. Two, try and cover the “other things” […]
Audeze was nestled deep into CanJam show floor, showing off their two new headphones, the LCD-XC closed-back headphones ($1,799) and their open-back brethren, the LCD-X ($1,699). I’m on record as being a fan of Audeze and have […]
I’ve been hearing about this combo all weekend, and I’ll say it now, the hype totally undershot the awesomeness of the Woo Audio 234 monos driving the big Abyss headphones. Effortless, airy, thunderous and altogether […]
Got dragged over to the Auralic demo in CanJam, for a chance to listen to the new Gemini 2000 “headphone dock”. Auralic essentially replaced the base on a Klutz Dedign stand with a dedicated head-amp/DAC. […]
Perfect Sound Taiwanese maker Perfect Sound was demonstrating their stylish in-ear headphones as well as their full-size d901 “Dido” cans. I listened briefly enough to the d901 think that the sound and build quality seemed […]
I have heard Burson Audio‘s offerings at many shows and head-fi meets, but I’ve never had one in the lab. So you probably can imagine my interest when the opportunity arose to have a good-old-fashioned […]
New Voices This Heed Audio Canalot review marks the introduction of a new voice here on Part-Time Audiophile — everyone, say hello to Brian at Audio-Head. (Hello. Brian!) Brian’s been building up his site, devoted […]
Frank Chou of Audio Impossible was having a fine time, demoing his Metronome headphone amp. He was cheerful, entertaining, and actually got me to sit still for 15 minutes, something that happened maybe 8 times […]
Headphones, anyone? To hear certain pundits talk, headphonia is going to be the salvation to the declining audiophile market. In fact, it’s the new gateway drug. Personally, I’m not convinced. I think there’ll always be […]
I was cruising the web today and found this on the new HPSoundings: Unfortunately, this show was not the most awe-inspiring in terms of overall sound. What show is? Mostly, I was left wanting something, […]
I think it’s pretty much taken as read that there are lots of different kinds of people that get sucked into audio’s high-end. One of the more curious, but still fairly random, distinctions you can […]
There’s really only one thing to do when you name a company “Schiit”. Embrace it. Have fun with it. Because, like they say, “you’re not going to believe this Schiit”. I first heard about Schiit […]
I’ve been a fan, and a customer, of the Cable Company for years. Online retailing at it’s very best, with great products and great service. One of the services they provide as a matter of […]
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