Rowen Absolute MONO | Mini-Review
Who is Rowen? Every dyed-in-the-wool, card-carrying, worldly audiophile knows of all the significant audio companies coming out of that highly regarded Alpine nation, right? [...]
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Amphion Argon 3S loudspeakers | Review
Better living through chemistry As a practicing chemist (or rather, “purveyor of chemical knowledge”), I’m quite keen on all things chemistry. My interest was [...]
Naim Uniti Atom All-In-One Audio System | Review
Introducing the Naim Uniti Atom “All in one, and one for all!” Wait, what? Ha! You’ve just been introduced to my new tagline for Naim Audio’s nifty combined audio [...]
Sonus Faber Sonetto II Speakers | Review
Nothing but the truth Should audio components always be 100% truthful to the source? Ahhh, that’s one of those questions that has resulted in untold audiophile angst, much [...]
Synergistic Research HFT and Factory Tour
A Thousand Miles to Land It was a sunny day off the coast of Hawaii. Ted Denney was on his J/42 and having the time of his life. At some point, he checked in with his [...]
Thales Simplicity II Tonearm Review
On March 27th, 1983, the New York Times published an article titled “Sound; Tonearms: Is Linear Better?”. The article read like a technical paper, more sophisticated than [...]
Newvelle Records | The Deep End
If you’re a music lover who is older than 35 or 40, you’ve probably joined the Columbia House Record Club at some point in your life. I joined for the first time back in [...]
Acoustic Research AR-H1 Review | The Millennial Audiophile
Nothing holds you hostage with the music like a big set of cans. You are isolated, alone, just you and the music. The music gets inside your head in more ways than one. A [...]
Peachtree Audio Nova300 Review | The Millennial Audiophile
Another amplifier is aiming right at the balls of the established order of high-end consumer electronics. Out of the gate that last statement might seem a little crass, but [...]
Auris Audio Fortissimo Integrated Amplifier Review
Auris Audio (website) is a somewhat new addition to the rich high-end audio tradition of the central European country of Serbia. If that strikes you as odd, let me assure [...]