Welcome to the Best Phono 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 […]
The Best Integrated Amplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best integrated amplifiers that we, the PTA team, have heard.] PS Audio Sprout100 ($699 USD) We […]
The Best Phono Preamplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best phono preamplifiers that we, the PTA team, have heard.] Soundsmith MMP3 Mk. II ($799.95 USD) […]
The Best Integrated 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 […]
The Best Phono 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 […]
Whenever the talk of my distaste for digital audio comes up among audiophile friends, there are usually two things mentioned. First, I’m asked “What DAC are you using?” The second thing commonly said is “You […]
Is the absence of any coloration its own signature coloration? During my time with the TIDAL Audio Prisma preamplifier, I found myself asking that very question. People like me who listen to music for a […]
When Mark Sossa of Well Pleased AV called about dropping off a pair of the excellent QLN Prestige Three speakers for me to review a few months back, he casually mentioned he might also bring […]
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 […]
What the heck is in THAT thing? That was my first reaction to the huge road case I signed for from my delivery guy. My second reaction was “Dayum, I don’t remember there being an amplifier […]
There is something about a curry. Sorry, but for some reason when I started making serious notes about the sound of the ZYX Ultimate 100 moving coil phono cartridge, I thought of food. I love Indian […]
Last November at the 2019 Capital Audio Fest, I had a fantastic time hearing numerous amazing systems and meeting some great folks. One of the many rooms I enjoyed was hosted by Well Pleased AV […]
We’re big fans of the PS Audio Stellar line–Marc Phillips just reviewed the PS Audio Stellar phono stage, and Dave McNair owns the Stellar line stage as part of his reference system. That’s why we’re […]
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, […]
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 […]
By means of introduction to the Rega P10 turntable, let me start by saying that I work as a mastering engineer. For some time, I’ve wanted to upgrade my current turntable, a Rega P3, to […]
“Some of the best business connections I’ve made were while I was smoking a cigar,” Mark Conti of MC AudioTech told me. We met out in the little smoking area of the outside patio at […]
Back when I reviewed Rasmus Kjaer‘s stunning LP Turist, I mentioned that three electronica albums showed up on my front porch within a few days of each other. Orqid’s Tenderness was actually the first slab […]
The Russian-born tag team of Alex Chorine (Alexus Audio) and Greg Belman (Bache Audio) were paired up again to put together a no-nonsense system that they seem to do reliably at every show. I have […]
WASHINGTON DC (PTA) — Launching the new Forty-10 loudspeaker, MC Audiotech put on quite a show. Along for the ride: Pass Labs, Wolf Audio Systems, VPI Industries, Luminous Audio Technology, PS Audio, Symposium. The Story […]
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