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 posts and therefore know more than […]
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook William Henry (website) is an American luxury brand, designing and creating jewelry and accessories specifically for men. The William Henry collection includes jewelry, knives, pens, key-chains, writing instruments, money […]
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 Spring Edition of The Occasional magazine. It is chocked full […]
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 across the digital frontier from the […]
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 have been to the High End […]
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 admired what Bowers & Wilkins do design-wise because the […]
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 when I needed […]
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, […]
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 articles from it over the next several weeks […]
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 & Roby. Speaking with him via telephone after he arrived […]
There are a lot of ways to judge the significance and success of a hi-fi show — including the size of the venue, total attendance and number of exhibitors. By any of those metrics, Audio […]
This is a monthly series of album reviews I will be doing for DVL Audio here in Canada. I’ll be heading out to a local record store in Vancouver, digging through the bins, and coming up […]
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has crowned physical copies of music king of the US market for 2017 with a report just released showing that sales of LPs, and CDs hit $1.5 billion, versus […]
I opened the McIntosh Labs email with trepidation this week as I’ve begun to fear whiplash from the speed of product development pouring forth from the hallowed halls of the Binghamton, New York-based high fidelity […]
Something Wicked This Way Comes. Remember the book by science-fiction legend Ray Bradbury? The story arcs through the tale of a small town gripped in blood-chilling fear following the arrival of a spectral travelling carnival […]
I love headlines like this, they always grab people’s attention. And in all seriousness, I felt this worthy of a punchy title. Internet prognosticators are reporting that turntable sales dropped five per cent in 2017 […]
Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, pipe and slippers. If you’ve ever been into high fidelity gear from the United Kingdom then you’ve heard that phrase bandied about as a descriptor for British Isle-built sound. I love the […]
February 27, UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled for Saturday March 3, at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m. February 23, UPDATE: Due to blizzard-like conditions today in Vancouver, and more snow expected tomorrow, […]
Periodic Audio makes a terrific set of inner ear monitors at very reasonable price points. Roger Skoff and I awarded their Be IEMs an Alfie Award at the LA Audio Show. And let’s be honest, […]
The hits keep coming from McIntosh Labs. Apparently the iconic American high-fidelity company can’t stop itself from launching new products, something you won’t hear any complaints from me about. The latest announcement from the Binghampton, […]
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