It Must Be Sunday, For I’m Hearing Mass
By Gautam Raja For a while, I was one of those (arguably) necessary but infuriating elements of high-end audio: the “informed” consumer. You know, the guys who read forum [...]
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The Hand-Crafted Luxury of William Henry
William Henry (website) is an American luxury brand, designing and creating jewelry and accessories specifically for men. The William Henry collection includes jewelry, [...]
The Occasional Magazine – Spring 2018 Edition
DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF OUR BRAND NEW SPRING EDITION HERE It’s June, it’s back and it’s better than ever… I’m talking about 120 pages in the [...]
McIntosh Labs launch new MS500 Music Streamer and MCD600 SACD/CD Player
Binghamton, New York is a very busy place based on the number of announcements that come across my desk regarding McIntosh Labs product launches. The most recent salvo fired [...]
Munich High End 2018: The show that all shows want to be?
MUNICH. Have you seen the 2005 Academy Award® historical thriller by Steven Spielberg? If you haven’t let me just say it’s intense. I bring it up because if you [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Devialet energizes with Bowers & Wilkins
Some think they’re beautiful, others feel they emulate what artificial intelligence will look like in the far future. I’m in the former camp, and have always [...]
AXPONA 2018: Stereo Haven lives up to it’s Name
Stereo Haven is probably one of the most aptly named bricks & mortar outfits out there. I came across it late in the afternoon Friday during the AXPONA weekend at a time [...]
AXPONA 2018: Sunday morning coming down
It was dark, and it was cold, and the faint morning light seeping through a crack in the curtains of my hotel room was grey, and did nothing to prompt me to throw them back, [...]
The Path of Shindo – A Journey through Japanese high fidelity
This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional this February in our Winter 2018 edition. We’ll be rolling out [...]
AXPONA 2018: Fern & Roby hit the ground running with Linear Tube Audio
I’ve had the opportunity to cover Christopher Hildebrand’s efforts several times in the past two years as he builds up his, bespoke high-fidelity brand Fern & [...]