The most involving and enjoyable car stereo I’ve ever heard was in one a boxy white Volvo S70 my mother owned for the better part of my late childhood. Though branding was subtle, peering through […]
I don’t listen to headphones like the Focal Stellia (website). Okay, let me back up—I listen to headphones all the time, just not for pleasure, but rather to check my work in the studio and […]
LONDON, UK (PTA) — Congratulations are in order for Bob Stuart, the pioneering audio engineer behind MQA. Stuart is the first audio engineer to receive the award in its 20-year history. Several recording industry giants […]
dCS products age like a fine wine, getting better over the years as the dCS team adds a flurry of new capabilities to keep their products fresh and current. Most of these updates are accomplished […]
This is the second part of a three-part series on living with a computer-based audio system from an analog diehard’s perspective, and how it has changed the way my family, and I listen to music […]
A juicy tasting of MQA was experienced at T.H.E Show @ Newport on a Meridian Ultra DAC, and ever since we have anxiously awaited the arrival of more MQA content. The day has finally arrived…. At CES 2017, TIDAL announced […]
There’s something to be said for 240 lbs of digital-active loudspeakers (analog gain & filtering featuring proprietary Meridian Class-A discrete amplification – 600 watts/speaker) with built-in DSP, and DACs, that can pretty much be put […]
A day prior to the start of THE Show Newport, Meridian announced their new Reference Meridian Ultra DAC that caught my attention. Looking at the spec sheet- a dedicated clock card & dual mono DACs, this […]
Scot is flying towards Munich; I will be doing the same at dawn. I hate flying that early and would do it for one reason only. It’s that time of the year. The biggest kermesse […]
by Rafe Arnott Some hi-fi gear just looks the business. You know what I mean? The Focal Grande Utopia loudspeaker, the Da Vinci Gold AAS-Gabriel turntable, the Kondo Ongaku integrated amplifier and to me, the […]
Because he’s vastly more organized than I am, Panagiotis scheduled and then dragged us to a series of briefings on Day One, both of us stumbling around on a distinct lack of sleep. One of […]
In eyes of teen-me, the Jaguar XJS was pretty much the greatest car ever made. The whole 12-cylinder engine thing was awesome and all, but it was the visual — all those swoops and curves […]
The first Greek headphone fest has closed its doors only a few hours ago and the dust has not yet settled. Some 500+ visitors had the chance to see, touch and listen more than 40 […]
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