Periodic Audio introduces Nickel Headphone Amplifier
Periodic Audio makes a terrific set of inner ear monitors at very reasonable price points. Roger Skoff and I awarded their Be IEMs an Alfie Award at the LA Audio Show. And [...]
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Chord, once Qute2, is now the Qutest with latest DAC launched at CES 2018
Chord Electronics makes some of the most musical home, and portable DAC, and headphone amps I’ve heard, and when I got wind that the Qute2 was being replaced by a new [...]
RMAF 2017: SPL Offers New Features and Price Points
Outside of the big CanJam ballroom at RMAF, several manufacturers like iFi Audio, Centrance, and SPL were setup and the extra space there (and proximity to Pint Brothers [...]
RMAF 2017: Headamp Introduces the Gilmore Lite 2
Headamp always has their great Blue Hawaii and GS-X amplifiers sounding excellent at RMAF but this year was an introduction of the much more affordable Gilmore Lite 2 at $499 [...]
Shinola launches new Canfield Headphone Collection
The good people in Detroit at Shinola are keeping very busy indeed. The hand built leather goods, watchmaker, lifestyle products, and high fidelity stereo company has just [...]
RMAF 2017: HiFi Man Surprises on the High and the Low
I ran into Andy Regan at the Pint Brothers bar at RMAF on Friday when a good number of us audio nerds were having beers and a very late lunch. He said he had moved on to [...]
RMAF 2017: Campfire Audio’s Wonderful New Polaris, ALO shines with tubes
Ken Ball of ALO Audio and off-shoot Campfire Audio is a fixture on the CanJam scene. I thought he had one of the best displays at the show because there was his fascinating [...]
RMAF 2017: iFi Audio Tackles USB 3.0 and Its Noise Gremlins
In the past, I have loved the iFi Audio gear for my computer audio playback system. Everything I have tried has worked well and, maybe best of all, the individual pieces [...]
RMAF 2017: Audeze Proves a Real Pro
Getting a seat at the Audeze table proved difficult. It seemed every time I peeked into the CanJam ballroom, the place was flooded all around the L-shaped seating area. [...]
McIntosh MHA50 Portable Decoding Amplifier: Mc attack on the portable market
“Well I’m always on the run… alwaaaaaays on the ruuuuuuunn.” – Lenny Kravitz I can’t keep up with everything anymore. I’ve accepted it, [...]
