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The Best Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide Summer 2022

June 3, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on The Best Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide Summer 2022

Welcome to the Best Preamplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide Summer 2022

June 3, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide Summer 2022

Welcome to the Best Amplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

Loudspeakers

Fern and Roby Raven III Loudspeakers | REVIEW

January 30, 2022 Marc Phillips 3

It was some time ago, just before the pandemic, that Christopher Hildebrand of Fern and Roby first told me of his plans for an even larger speaker in his Raven line, possibly even a three-way. […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 28, 2021 Editorial Staff 2

Welcome to the Best Preamplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

November 28, 2021 Editorial Staff Comments Off on The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2022

Welcome to the Best Amplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]

Analog

Pass Labs XP-22 Preamplifier and XP-27 Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

October 3, 2021 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Pass Labs XP-22 Preamplifier and XP-27 Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

They’ve been here for a long time, this Pass Labs XP-22 preamplifier and matching XP-27 phono stage combo. Months, maybe even a year. They’ve watched other amps and preamps and integrated amps and phono stages […]

Analog

Allnic Audio H-5500 Phono Preamplifier and Amber MC Cartridge | REVIEW

September 5, 2021 Marc Phillips 4

The Allnic Audio H-5500 phono preamplifier forced me to ask myself a serious question—am I still a tube guy? Just a few weeks ago I stood in front of my ever-evolving reference/review system and wondered […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide Summer 2021

May 16, 2021 Editorial Staff 2

The Best Amplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best amplifiers that we, the PTA team, have heard.] Decware Zen Triode SE84UFO2 ($1,395 USD) There’s a […]

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 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 […]

Analog

Jeff Rowland Design Group Conductor Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

June 28, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Jeff Rowland Design Group Conductor Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

  Having a Jeff Rowland Design Group product in my reference system reminds me, in a roundabout way, of one of the greatest hi-fi systems I’ve heard. This happened nearly a decade ago, at the […]

Cables & Power

AudioQuest Niagara 1200 and 3000 Power Conditioners | REVIEW

June 21, 2020 Marc Phillips 7

At a recent high-end audio show I sat with a group of colleagues in the hotel lobby and discussed, as we often do, what we had seen that was worthwhile. One person asked an interesting […]

Loudspeakers

Von Schweikert Audio ESE Loudspeakers | REVIEW

June 12, 2020 Marc Phillips 6

“Are you busy right now?” said the text from Von Schweikert Audio’s Leif Swanson. “Come back to the room when you can. We made a change.” This was back at the 2019 Capital Audiofest where […]

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 […]

Analog

Hana ML Phono Cartridge | REVIEW

May 31, 2020 Marc Phillips 3

My first experience with Hana cartridges of Japan came at the 2016 Newport Show when I had organized my Down Under Audio exhibit rooms for Colleen Cardas Imports. My idea was this—after visiting Australia in […]

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

Mactone MH-120 Amplifier, XX-7000 Preamplifier | REVIEW

April 19, 2020 Marc Phillips 4

My Mactone (website) adventure started last year at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, when I went to visit my good friend Bob Clarke of Profundo. He brought a pair of Trenner & Friedl Osiris loudspeakers, […]

Loudspeakers

MartinLogan Motion 35XTi Loudspeakers | REVIEW

April 5, 2020 Marc Phillips 5

Would I like to come visit the room at the 2019 RMAF to see the MartinLogan Motion 35XTi? Sure, I thought when I read the email from Devin Zell, MartinLogan, Paradigm and Anthem Marketing Manager. There […]

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 […]

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