music

Lyn Stanley’s MOONLIGHT SESSIONS: VOLUME TWO Release Date 8/15

July 22, 2017

An update from Lyn Stanley on her upcoming album, Moonlight Sessions, Volume Two. Press Release Artist: Lyn Stanley Title: The Moonlight Sessions, Volume Two UPC Code: 738964322790 (SACD), 738964322806 (Special Limited Edition LP) Label: A.T. [...]

AudioQuest shipping Beetle Optical DAC with Asynchronous USB/Bluetooth

July 21, 2017

AudioQuest has the Beetle DAC page live on it’s website, and is taking orders, and shipping them out… which means… WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. For those not in the know the Beetle is capable of delivering uncompressed music via optical [...]

Rega launches all-new Planar 6 with Neo PSU, Ania moving-coil cartridge

July 19, 2017

UK high fidelity manufacturer, and turntable-design legend Rega has just released an update to it’s highly-capable RP6, and following the form of the last couple years with other turntable upgrades in the line, it is transitioning to the [...]

Roon releases MQA Detection update

July 14, 2017

I had a chance to catch up with one of the Roon Labs power brokers this week, namely Rob Darling, on what was happening with the software company’s latest release, and how it addresses MQA files. Roon users across the globe should welcome the [...]

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

July 9, 2017

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 drummer Z? Thoughts similar to that pop into my head as I approach each major [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: Bryston goes active – or what’s in a crossover anyway?

July 7, 2017

Bryston is a name that has kept high fidelity tongues wagging for decades. The Canadian company is well known for their powerful, authoritative amplification, and for their incredible 20-year warranty on their products. But lately Bryston is [...]

McIntosh Announces new MA9000 Integrated Amplifier

July 6, 2017

Touted as their “Biggest Integrated Amplifier” (which is really saying something), McIntosh Labs is today launching another battleship of an amp, this time an integrated going by the moniker MA9000. With 300 watts per channel, two [...]

Music Review: Sara Lov, Some Kind Of Champion

July 2, 2017

by Paul Ashby Sometimes I’m vexed by the strangest things. Like this: my unforgivable inattention to the initial release of remarkable albums. Unaccustomed, as I am, to Being Late To The Musical Party– well…I gotta admit it’s [...]

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs shipping turntables, cartridges, phono stages

June 29, 2017

Lionel Goodfield of Mobile Fidelity Distribution shot me a note today saying the long-awaited Mofi turntables, cartridges, and phono stages were shipping, and also sent a press release with the full price list. Here’s a link to Mofi [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: Focal Stella Utopia with Naim Statement

June 27, 2017

They were really big, really red, and I couldn’t tip them over no matter how hard I tried. They were the Focal Stella Utopia loudspeakers, and they weigh 365lbs a piece, so that explains why they wouldn’t budge. Also, if you had been [...]