
Best Sound at Munich | Munich 2023
Compared with last year’s High End in Munich, where I was in a perpetual state of solving huge problems in order to continue with my coverage and ultimately get back home in one piece, this […]
Compared with last year’s High End in Munich, where I was in a perpetual state of solving huge problems in order to continue with my coverage and ultimately get back home in one piece, this […]
I’m probably going to visit Gunny from Sonner Audio any time he’s exhibiting at a high-end audio show. I always know I’m going to hear some unique and worthwhile music on a pair of stunning […]
These were the Sonner Audio monitors I was supposed to get a couple of years ago, the pair that left me dumbstruck when I first heard them at the 2019 Capital Audiofest. I’d never heard […]
It was only fitting to visit Gunny Surya at AXPONA 2023–hours before I left for Chicago I finally finished my review of Sonner Audio’s Allegro Unum monitors. I wanted to sit with Gunny, listen to […]
In the interest of full disclosure, I reviewed the Aavik U-280 integrated amplifier and DAC ($18,000 USD) in a full Audio Group Denmark system that included the Aavik S-280 streamer ($12,000), the Ansuz Mainz8 C3 […]
If you have some time to spare, go visit Sonner Audio’s Gunawan Surya at a high-end audio show armed with a modicum of music knowledge. It’ll be a highlight of your show. Every time I […]
Just yesterday I mentioned the Fink Team Kim at the 2022 Pacific Audio Fest, and how that pair was being sent to my house directly from the show. There’s another gorgeous and satisfying speaker […]
Another audio show, another photo of an amazing Von Schweikert Audio/VAC system, brought to us by The Audio Company. For me, this is the only way to kick off coverage of the Pacific Audio Fest. […]
If I can cover High End 2022 in Munich by myself, I can cover anything! We’ll see about that, of course, when I drive up to the Pacific Audio Fest 2022 in Seattle later […]
Welcome to the Best Bookshelf Speakers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every […]
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. […]
Welcome to the Best Bookshelf Speakers 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 […]
Five world premiers? Zowie! Bill Hutchens of LKV Research guides us through the new products he’s created. Basis Audio gets a standing ovation, bravo! Finley Audio is back for more. Joseph Audio does that thing […]
The Best Bookshelf Speakers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best bookshelf speakers that we, the PTA team, have personally heard.] EgglestonWorks Hotel Speakers (price per […]
Merry Christmas NORTH POLE (PTA) — It’s been roller-coaster year of mixed feelings and emotions for us here at Part-Time Audiophile, and this holiday season like any other has arrived all too quickly. Since December […]
The story begins with my coverage of the Sonner Audio (website) Legato Unum at hi-fi shows, and what I found accompanying the brand. Touring the hi-fi show circus circuit I often found myself face-to-face with […]
Sonner Audio of Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA has been having a very successful year. Sonner has grown their dealer network here in the USA, along with winning several industry awards from the American hi-fi press. […]
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, […]
NORTH POLE (PTA) — It’s been another amazing year for us here at Part-Time Audiophile, and this holiday season has arrived all too quickly once again. Since December 25th is all about giving, and sharing […]
WASHINGTON DC (PTA) — Capital Audiofest 2019 had quite a few challenges to meet this year. Seemingly overnight the show doubled in size. Exhibitor count was nearly ninety rooms by the start of the show. […]
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