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Analog

Koetsu Urushi Black with Koetsu Stepup Transformer | REVIEW

February 6, 2022 Marc Phillips 3

The Koetsu Urushi Black phono cartridge reminds me that in my more pretentious moments as a journeyman audiophile, I referred to myself as a “Koetsu Guy.” This was after decades of less expensive and mostly […]

Announcements

The Best of Buyers Guide 2022

December 4, 2021 Editorial Staff 1

The Best of Buyers Guide [Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide. This year we’ve added more entries to the Buyers Guide, which means we had to review more products than last year. […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Turntables | Buyers Guide 2022

November 26, 2021 Editorial Staff 2

Welcome to the Best Turntables 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 […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Turntables | Buyers Guide Summer 2021

May 16, 2021 Editorial Staff 1

The Best Turntables [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best turntables that we, the PTA team, have heard.] Fluance Reference FT-85 (from $499 USD) This Canadian […]

Analog

Parasound Halo JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

March 19, 2021 Marc Phillips 2

Is the Parasound Halo JC 3+ phono preamplifier (website) a modern incarnation of the Vendetta Research? Before you answer that, have you ever heard John Curl’s original Vendetta Research phono preamplifier? I have, maybe about […]

Buyers Guide

The Best of The Buyers Guide 2021

December 7, 2020 Editorial Staff 1

The Best of The Buyers Guide 2021 [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, […]

Analog

The Best Turntables | Buyers Guide 2021

December 4, 2020 Editorial Staff 6

The Best Turntables [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 it […]

Analog

Thorens TD-1601 Turntable | REVIEW

October 23, 2020 Marc Phillips 2

    Which Thorens turntable is your favorite? The idler-driven TD-124, a sixty-year-old design that can compete with today’s finest? The TD-125 for its superb mechanical design and its extraordinary reliability? The TD-160 for bringing […]

Analog

Glanz MH-124S Premium Tonearm | REVIEW

September 27, 2020 Richard Mak Comments Off on Glanz MH-124S Premium Tonearm | REVIEW

The Glanz MH-124S Premium tonearm review is the most difficult review I have ever done for two reasons. The first reason is the sheer beauty of the tonearm and its absolutely flawless sonic performance, making […]

Florida 2020

A La Carte Productions, Spendor, Chord, SME, VPI, Vienna Acoustics, Aesthetix | FLAX 2020

February 24, 2020 Marc Phillips 1

Spendor is BACK! Yeah, I know I already used that line with the Bob Carver room, but in this case it’s a little more personal. I started my high-end audio journey with Spendor, first with […]

RMAF 2019

Emm Labs, Focal, HeadAmp, Kimber Kable, Wattgate, WBT | RMAF 2019

September 15, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 1

DENTER (PTA) — Kimber Kable, Emm Labs, Focal, and HeadAmp put together a two room suite that catered to both the stereo and headphone crowd. Wattgate and WBT both had static displays, as well as […]

THE Show 2019

Must See Rooms, Day Three | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

June 9, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Must See Rooms, Day Three | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — This year’s T.H.E. SHOW 2019 is bigger, better, and already on track to be the most newsworthy yet. There are over 1,000,000 brands exhibiting here in Long Beach — okay, okay […]

Munich 2019

The all out assault from YG and Nagra | High End 2019

June 6, 2019 Panagiotis Karavitis 1

This is the kind of rooms that make people visit the Munich show. This is also the kind of room that make some of our readers scream at us, at the industry as a general. […]

Munich 2019

Garrard, SME and the Resurrection of a Dream | High End 2019

May 24, 2019 Marc Phillips 2

Panagiotis Karavitas and I both opted to cover the Garrard and SME exhibit at High End 2019, and we were both granted the opportunity to report on what was arguably the biggest news at the […]

Munich 2019

The Garrard 301 is back! (sort of) | High End 2019

May 17, 2019 Panagiotis Karavitis 1

Garrard, the legendary turntable company founded more than 50 years ago is back. Well, not exactly back as it was not entirely extinct. Garrards were still made by Loricraft but it was no more than […]

Munich 2019

Friday Highlights | High End 2019

May 11, 2019 Marc Phillips 2

Friday was my first full day at High End Munich 2019. Thursday, the first day of the show, was sabotaged by a combination of a long-ass sleepless night on the plane followed by a late […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: Raidho Shines with Chord, SME and Nordost

May 16, 2018 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on AXPONA 2018: Raidho Shines with Chord, SME and Nordost

Each and every show, Rune Skov seems to get great sound out of his Raidho-based systems. AXPONA 2018 had Raidho paired up with those crazy cats Jay and Richard at Bluebird Music and their sublime […]

Announcements

SME acquires legendary Garrard turntable rights, and Loricraft Audio

May 1, 2018 Rafe Arnott 1

It sounds like legendary Garrard 301 and 401 turntables could be put back into production after UK tonearm giant SME announced that they had acquired the rights to the Garrard audio brand along with Garrard […]

Components

McIntosh MA252 tube/solid-state: Review

March 30, 2018 John Stancavage 7

Say hello to the McIntosh MA252: “Hello, stranger.” In the world of high-end audio, there are solid-state tribes and there are tube tribes. Usually, the two pretty much stick to their own camps, except for scattered […]

Analog

Review: Whisky and Listening – Vertere SG-1 turntable, SME-V tonearm, and Koetsu Onyx Platinum

March 18, 2018 Rafe Arnott 2

Welcome to what I like to think of as a pinnacle of editorial writing in my small world, as it combines two of my favourite things to do: Have a glass of whisky, and kick back to […]

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