Usher Audio SD-500 The story of the Usher Audio SD-500 (website) has three beginnings. The first being in the pages of several print magazines, online blogs, and forums where I first encountered the Usher Audio […]
Some hi-fi components take a while to reveal their strengths. Some gear makes me fall in love immediately. For me, the VAC Master Preamplifier (website) fell in the latter category. Over time as preamplifiers of […]
Why is PTA reviewing the McIntosh MX100 A/V Surround Sound Processor? It’s no secret that we love music over here at Part-Time Audiophile, and our preferred listening is a properly set up two-channel system. In […]
Ever since PTA’s Grover Neville hipped me to Ampsandsound founder Justin Weber’s world of small wattage vacuum tube amplifiers, I’ve been extremely curious. When Justin offered, I jumped at the opportunity to have some seat […]
Last year I reviewed the Van den Hul The Grail phono stage, and I gave it a firm recommendation. If you’ve read that review, you’ll know that I hoped to spend some seat time with […]
I’ll admit it—I’ve always wanted one of those cool-looking CD players that’s little more than a small box and a compact disc hub poking out of the top, maybe a couple of buttons and a […]
Enleum AMP-23R – Introduction The Enleum AMP-23R (website) is a product you likely aren’t familiar with unless you’re deeply invested in headphones. You might recognize the name Bakoon (website), however, which was the previous name […]
Editor’s Note: The genesis of this review began with our audio show coverage of the Ictra Design brand through the exhibits of Doug White and The Voice That Is! We petitioned Doug to help us […]
The Beatles were playing tambourine in my living room. I could have got out of my chair, walked over between the left speaker and center image and grabbed it – it was right frigging there! […]
Editor’s Note Right now the FOCAL Chora 806 speakers and 806 Stands are on are on promotion at 20% off. FOCAL Chora 806s–$399.20 each or $798.40 pair FOCAL 806 Stands–$231.20 pair We’ve been on a […]
I’ve made it known that I truly miss using that Technics SL-1200G turntable that Scot Hull lent me for more than three years. I’m also aware that I’ve written a lot of words about my […]
I enjoyed my listening time with the Credo EV Reference One speakers (website) very much. It’s yet another example of the attention to detail and precision-engineered ethos that I’ve experienced in reviewing other “made-in-Switzerland” audio […]
When I first installed the SPL Performer s1200 power amplifier into my main system a few months ago, I was a little worried. The Lab12 Integre4 integrated amplifier had just left the building, and I […]
Palm Trees and Perfect Sound DACs have been abounding at my residence in Santa Monica—the Holo Audio May most recently, and now the Meitner MA3 (website), which is the subject of today’s review. I’ve also […]
I can’t tell you what it was, exactly, that made me want to review the High Moon Hifi Speaker Company’s first product, the High Desert two-way bookshelf speakers. Reviewing something from a brand-new company is […]
It took a trip to North Carolina for me to understand the Von Schweikert Audio Endeavor E-3 Mk. II speakers. That might be an odd way to evaluate a speaker that had been in my […]
The GoldenEar BRX loudspeakers, much to my chagrin, are chameleonic. That made me wonder whether or not transducers should be chameleonic. And then I wondered if chameleonic was a real word, so I looked it […]
If you haven’t noticed, I write two types of equipment reviews. The first type involves some piece of gear from a manufacturer I know well. I have history. I can spin a yarn about this […]
Ampsandsound Bryce, Introduction(s) Ampsandsound Bryce is the name, 13″ wide, 7″ tall, KT88 equipped. Licensed to thrill. (website) Some of you may recall my previous review of the Ampsandsound Zion Monoblocks, which remain the best […]
There’s an important foreword to my love story with the Lab12 Integre4 integrated amplifier. A few years ago, shortly after I joined the PTA team and started work on my first issue of The Occasional […]
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