Audio Note UK CDT-Two/II CD Transport Review
Spinning Silver: Audio Note UK CDT-Two/II CD transports are passé. Boring. Irrelevant. So … yesterday. Now, if only someone would tell that to the 5,000+ shiny silver [...]
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Oppo will stop production
This comes as a surprise, and not a good one at all. Oppo Digital will stop manufacturing new audio and video products. Mic drop… Here’s the official press [...]
The Part-Time Audiophile guide to the best hi-fi gear of 2017
Picking the best audio component of the year is kind of like pondering your ultimate list of girls to ask to the high school prom. There are many very attractive choices, but [...]
Capital Audiofest 2017: Burwell & Sons, Rogers High Fidelity pull the hat trick
The Story Three times this year I’ve been compelled to linger in hotel room exhibits orchestrated by Burwell & Sons and Rogers High Fidelity. The first time being [...]
Oppo announces first step in support for MQA playback
That ubiquitous spinner known, and loved by many digital-audio junkies (as well as AV-gear heads, and audiophiles alike) – the Oppo UDP-205 – has announced a partnership [...]
RMAF 2017: Old and new at Rogers High Fidelity, Burwell & Sons
I roam the halls looking for that next big innovation, that highly complex DSP controlled newfangled way of doing things. Sometimes I find it. Sometimes it’s good. However [...]
RMAF 2017: Wireworld’s Headphone Cable Polygraph
As I was running around CanJam trying to keep up with all the coverage possibilities, I ran into Larry Smith from Wireworld, who I had first met at a successful local audio [...]
Burwell & Sons showcase Plain Jane, unveil new active and passive loudspeakers at California Audio Show
If you’ve hit a recent audio show, chances are you’ve had an opportunity to hear Burwell & Sons loudspeakers. The bespoke, vintage Altec driver designs are [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Starke Sound and the art of Home Theatre
Cinephile. Oh, and also audiophile. I’m a man of ‘philes it seems. And, as much as I consider myself a lover of cinema of all types (major Kurosawa fetish), [...]
AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook You can’t just say “It’s awesome, buy it.” Eliciting a gut reaction of confidence in consumers who speak your name in [...]