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Luminous Audio Axiom III Preamplifier | REVIEW

April 1, 2022 Dave McNair 1

I am all too guilty of jumping right into the audio science portion of the meal to explain in very detailed ways what I’ve heard, mainly because it’s so ingrained in me from years at […]

Announcements

The Best of Buyers Guide 2022

December 4, 2021 Editorial Staff 1

The Best of Buyers Guide [Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide. This year we’ve added more entries to the Buyers Guide, which means we had to review more products than last year. […]

Capital Audiofest 2021

MC Audiotech, VPI, Linear Tube Audio, Luminous Audio, Weiss, Wolf Audio, Audience | CAF 2021

November 8, 2021 Eric Franklin Shook 1

MC Audiotech continues to gain some new fans (myself included), LTA does some heavy lifting, Luminous Audio reunites with old friends, along for the ride: Weiss, Wolf Audio, VPI, and Audience. The Story I’ve been […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Cables, Power, Grounding and Racks | Buyers Guide Summer 2021

May 16, 2021 Editorial Staff Comments Off on The Best Cables, Power, Grounding and Racks | Buyers Guide Summer 2021

The Best Cables, Power, Grounding and Equipment Racks [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! These are the best cables, power products, grounding products and racks that we, the PTA team, […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide Summer 2021

May 15, 2021 Editorial Staff 3

The Best Preamplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best preamplifiers that we, the PTA team, have heard.] Luminous Audio Axiom II w/ Walker Mod ($499 […]

Buyers Guide

The Best of The Buyers Guide 2021

December 7, 2020 Editorial Staff 1

The Best of The Buyers Guide 2021 [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, […]

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 […]

Cables & Power

Luminous Audio Technology Prestige III Loudspeaker Cables | REVIEW

September 11, 2020 Marc Phillips 1

So I’m reviewing these Luminous Audio Technology Prestige III loudspeaker cables, ready to write down my impressions, and suddenly I remember that in my Raven Audio Soniquil cable review I spent all this time admonishing […]

AXPONA 2019 Pass Luminous
AXPONA 2019

PureAudioProject, Pass Labs, Luminous Audio, Esprit Audio | AXPONA 2019

May 1, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on PureAudioProject, Pass Labs, Luminous Audio, Esprit Audio | AXPONA 2019

CHICAGO (PTA) — What would a show be, without Pass Labs, and me waxing on-and-on about open-baffle speakers? Overall, three very familiar brands, offer up something entirely new when working together. The new PureAudioProject loudspeaker, […]

AXPONA 2019

Must See Rooms, Day Two | AXPONA 2019

April 13, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 3

CHICAGO (PTA) — This year’s AXPONA audio show is already on course to be their biggest, and most newsworthy yet. Lots of product debuts are happening at this show, and we’re committed to bringing you […]

Florida 2019

FLORIDA 2019: Dynamic Sound Associates (DSA), Analogue Productions, VPI Industries, Luminous Audio Technology, Vienna Acoustics, Tweek Geek

March 18, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 1

Dynamic Sound Associates (DSA) and Analogue Productions hosted a two room exhibition of high-quality vinyl pressings, along with award winning systems. DSA always impresses, no matter the show or venue, and this time at the […]

Florida 2019

FLORIDA 2019: Backert Labs, RJS Acoustics, Pass Labs, Luminous Audio, Render life in the music

March 10, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 1

RJS Acoustics brought the MD6 Bass Augmentation Speaker System, Backert Labs showed their new Rhumba Extreme 1.3 tube preamplifier, Pass Labs brings the power, and Luminous Audio Technology ties it all together. The Story Starting […]

CAF 2018

CAF 2018: Luminous Audio Technology, PureAudioProject, and VPI Industries; The sound of freedom

November 10, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 2

VPI Industries lends a hand and two tonearms, Luminous Audio Technology and PureAudioProject share a philosophy, and Soundsmith moves us — along with some iron. The Story VPI Industries was lending a hand to Luminous […]

CAF 2018

CAF 2018: Must See Rooms, Saturday

November 4, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 1

There are over 1,000,000 brands exhibiting here at Capital Audiofest … okay, okay, — I don’t know how many brands exactly, but it does seem like a lot this year. Which makes 2018’s event feel […]

CAF 2017

Capital Audiofest 2017: VPI, Luminous Audio, Pure Audio Project; and The Future of Audiophilia

February 14, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 2

The Stories I’m not too worried about how late this show report is because Capital Audiofest feels just like yesterday’s breakfast. Along with the feeling that collective demonstrations from VPI Industries, Luminous Audio, and Pure Audio […]

CAF 2017

Capital Audiofest 2017: The Sunday Giveaways

November 22, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Capital Audiofest 2017: The Sunday Giveaways

Sponsors for the Capital Audiofest Sunday Giveaways: VPI Industries MarkAudio-SOTA PS Audio Luminous Audio Tenacious Sound Martin Logan Linear Tube Audio Teac US SoundLabs Rutherford Audio  

RMAF 2016

RMAF 2016: Dynamic Sound Associates, Spendor and VPI

November 11, 2016 Editorial Staff Comments Off on RMAF 2016: Dynamic Sound Associates, Spendor and VPI

By Darryl Lindberg In the Dynamic Sound Associates (DSA) room, the ebullient David Sckolnick presided over a fine sounding system that featured DSA’s solid state electronics: the well-regarded Phono II ($13.5K) and Pre 1 ($16.5K), […]

CAF 2016

Capital Audiofest 2016: Roundup and Best in Show

August 23, 2016 Scot Hull 3

I’ve been to a lot of audio shows, it’s true. Doesn’t make me an expert, however — there are a few decades of these things that I simply don’t have access to, having only “been […]

Analog

Review: Luminous Audio Arion and ModWright PH150 Phono Preamplifiers

December 12, 2015 Scot Hull 2

By cheerfully weird happenstance, I received two world-class phono preamplifiers, pretty much right on top of each other. The first to arrive was the Arion phonostage ($6,395) from Tim Stinson of Luminous Audio. Tim Stinson was beside […]

Announcements

What’s Next/Coming Soon

November 18, 2015 Scot Hull 2

Here we are, mid-November. It’s a glorious time to be alive. I say that with full acknowledgement of the “challenges”, which is a nice euphemism for “a can of worms I’m happy to open, but […]

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