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Buyers Guide

The Best Integrated Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2021

December 5, 2020 Editorial Staff 12

The Best Integrated Amplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers Guide into sections, which makes […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2021

December 5, 2020 Editorial Staff 7

The Best Amplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers Guide into sections, which makes it […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide 2021

December 5, 2020 Editorial Staff 4

The Best Preamplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers Guide into sections, which makes it […]

Components

BorderPatrol P21 EXD 300B Amplifier | REVIEW

November 6, 2020 John Richardson 2

This one is a bit of a convoluted story, let me tell ya. One sunny day in the early pre-COVID winter, Gary Dews, the head guy at BorderPatrol Audio (website), paid me a visit bearing gifts. […]

Analog

Fern and Roby Maverick Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

August 14, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Fern and Roby Maverick Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

I originally intended to include this review of the Fern and Roby Maverick phono preamplifier as part of my testing of their Montrose turntable and tonearm. Things changed during the review process, however—what was once […]

Analog

Fern & Roby Montrose Turntable and Tonearm | REVIEW

July 10, 2020 Marc Phillips 2

A few months ago, Dave and Carol Clark of Positive Feedback made a social media post where they told friends in the industry they were looking for a new turntable and asked everyone an audiophile’s […]

Loudspeakers

Trenner and Friedl Osiris Loudspeakers | REVIEW

June 5, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Trenner and Friedl Osiris Loudspeakers | REVIEW

This is the final entry borne from that magical In Living Stereo room at last year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. I started with the precious, jewel-like Mactone MH-120 power amplifier and XX-7000 preamplifier, continued with […]

Loudspeakers

Fern and Roby Raven II Loudspeakers | REVIEW

May 22, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Fern and Roby Raven II Loudspeakers | REVIEW

Reviewing the Fern and Roby Raven II loudspeakers reminds me of April last year, when Eric Franklin Shook and I visited the Fern and Roby factory for an article and photo essay we put together […]

Components

Linear Tube Audio ZOTL40, microZOTL Pre | REVIEW

May 3, 2020 Marc Phillips 1

“These ‘uns are a little bit different,” Scot Hull told me in that almost impenetrable Northern Maryland drawl of his. It was almost a warning—he knew I loved the Linear Tube Audio Z10 integrated so […]

Analog

PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

March 29, 2020 Marc Phillips 5

After arranging to review the PS Audio Stellar phono preamplifier, I realized that the first time and only time I’ve reviewed a PS Audio product was way back in 2008, when the GCPH phono stage […]

Loudspeakers

Raven Audio CeLest’ Speakers | REVIEW

March 1, 2020 John Richardson 4

In recent years, it seems that a number of audio manufacturers have made the decision to expand their product lines well beyond whatever it was that put them on the map in the first place. […]

Florida 2020

LTA, Spatial, LampizatOr, ANTICABLES and the Best Deal in Audio | FLAX 2020

February 19, 2020 Marc Phillips 2

I’ve covered the Linear Tube Audio, Spatial Audio, LampizatOr and ANTICABLES several times over the last couple of years, and it’s always one of my favorite rooms at high-end audio shows. The sound from the […]

Florida 2020

Vaughn Loudspeakers, Linear Tube Audio (LTA), MJ Acoustics, Anticables, Wavelength, Aurender | FLAX 2020

February 16, 2020 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Vaughn Loudspeakers, Linear Tube Audio (LTA), MJ Acoustics, Anticables, Wavelength, Aurender | FLAX 2020

TAMPA, FL (PTA) — As far as I remember this was only the second line array at the show. The other being the one from Bob Carver. Each one sounding much different from the other, […]

Florida 2020

MC Audiotech, Linear Tube Audio, PS Audio, Wolf, Audience, ANTICABLES | FLAX 2020

February 16, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on MC Audiotech, Linear Tube Audio, PS Audio, Wolf, Audience, ANTICABLES | FLAX 2020

“Some of the best business connections I’ve made were while I was smoking a cigar,” Mark Conti of MC AudioTech told me. We met out in the little smoking area of the outside patio at […]

Florida 2020

Saturday Highlights | FLAX 2020

February 9, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Saturday Highlights | FLAX 2020

My Saturday highlights for FLAX 2020 start off with the fact that I haven’t seen much of Tampa during my visit–except what I can view from my 14th floor hotel room. I can barely see […]

Components

Linear Tube Audio Z10 Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW

December 8, 2019 Marc Phillips 2

I originally intended for this review of the Linear Tube Audio Z10 integrated amplifier to be sort of a mini-review in conjunction with the Fern & Roby Raven loudspeakers since I was scheduled to only […]

Audio-Life

Fern & Roby Listening Room Open House

November 25, 2019 Marc Phillips 1

I’ve been looking forward to the Fern & Roby Listening Room Open House event for most of the year, pretty much since Eric Franklin Shook and I visited the factory back in the spring and […]

CAF 2019

Marc’s Capital Audiofest Wrap-Up | CAF 2019

November 24, 2019 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Marc’s Capital Audiofest Wrap-Up | CAF 2019

Much of my Capital Audiofest wrap-up has already been telegraphed. I talked about my favorite rooms in The Occasional Podcast, and I’ve hinted as much in these show reports. You’ve probably already guessed that this […]

CAF 2019

Fern and Roby Raven II, LTA, Black Cat Cable, Auralic | CAF 2019

November 19, 2019 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Fern and Roby Raven II, LTA, Black Cat Cable, Auralic | CAF 2019

As I mentioned, the Fern and Roby Raven loudspeakers were featured in two separate rooms at the 2019 Capital Audiofest–in that very special room with ModWright Instruments amplification, and this room with a more familiar […]

CAF 2019

JansZen Electrostatic, Linear Tube Audio (LTA), exaSound | CAF 2019

November 16, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on JansZen Electrostatic, Linear Tube Audio (LTA), exaSound | CAF 2019

David Janszen of JansZen Audio, Linear Tube Audio, and exaSound put together a crafty little system at Capital Audiofest 2019 that left me wowed. Showing the new Valentina P8 and A8, which are the passive and […]

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