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Audio Hungary Qualiton APX 200 Vacuum Tube Stereo Power Amplifier | Review

July 17, 2020 // 3 Comments

When Mark Sossa of Well Pleased AV called about dropping off a pair of the excellent QLN Prestige Three speakers for me to review a few months back, he casually mentioned he [...]

Palmer 2.5i Turntable and Audio Origami PU7 Tonearm | Review

May 17, 2020 // 4 Comments

This review of the Palmer 2.5i turntable and the Audio Origami PU7 tonearm has been decades in the making. If you’ve been following the Vinyl Anachronist columns on Perfect [...]

Rega P10 Turntable | Review

March 22, 2020 // 15 Comments

By means of introduction to the Rega P10 turntable, let me start by saying that I work as a mastering engineer. For some time, I’ve wanted to upgrade my current turntable, [...]

Alaia Audio’s World Debut, and LKV Research | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

June 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Alaia (“ah-lye-a”) is the Hawaiian word given the wooden surfboards originally used by the Hawaiians in the 19th century. Alaia Audio in [...]

The List: Five of the Best Turntables in the World

November 26, 2017 // 13 Comments

Welcome to something new we’re going to try here on PTA thanks to our friend Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. I’m going to be curating a new list [...]

Element Acoustics hosts Digital Audio seminar in Vancouver on Saturday, Nov. 24

November 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Vancouver-area dealer Edward Ku of Element Acoustics is hosting a special one-day seminar this Saturday (tomorrow, Nov. 24th) for those audiophiles interested in digital, or [...]

RMAF 2017: Nokturne Audio shows how torque matters with Lejonklou, JBL, and Linn

October 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

Lejonklou is not a high-fidelity manufacturer many audiophiles have probably heard of, and that’s too bad because Fredrik Lejonklou – the man behind the Swedish [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: D’Agostino muscle, Audio Research glow, YG finesse – an intoxicating mix

July 9, 2017 // 2 Comments

Have you ever been to a rock festival and started imagining your dream lineup in a hoped-for ending jam? What would it sound like to hear singer X with guitarist Y and [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Elite Audio Systems create space with Viola Audio Labs, Kharma and Linn

June 22, 2017 // 1 Comment

Elite Audio Systems out of San Francisco, California created a very unique, and Zen-like listening space at the Los Angeles Audio Show. They had put up a large [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Austin Hifi spreads the joy with Crimson, Tocaro, Resolution Audio

June 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Some rooms at audio shows are like old friends that you haven’t seen for a while. The Austin Hifi room at the Los Angeles Audio Show was like that. They have a habit of [...]