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McIntosh Labs launch new MS500 Music Streamer and MCD600 SACD/CD Player

May 16, 2018 // 3 Comments

Binghamton, New York is a very busy place based on the number of announcements that come across my desk regarding McIntosh Labs product launches. The most recent salvo fired [...]

Munich High End 2018: totaldac shows off d1-twelve DAC and new USB GIGAFILTER

May 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

For those who’ve followed my path meandering through digital audio, and streaming in particular with Tidal Hi-Fi, the name totaldac might be a familiar one. I’ve [...]

Vinyl and CD sales top $1.5 billion, beating downloads in United States

March 24, 2018 // 4 Comments

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has crowned physical copies of music king of the US market for 2017 with a report just released showing that sales of [...]

The Occasional magazine Winter Edition – Download your copy now

February 3, 2018 // 6 Comments

DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF OUR BRAND NEW WINTER EDITION HERE If you’re reading this than I’m still alive, and none of my family or friends has tied me up, and left me [...]

Part-Time Audiophile’s favorite albums of 2017

December 31, 2017 // 2 Comments

You’ll note that we’re not calling this the Best Albums of 2017. There are plenty of those lists out there, and they are pretty much dominated by this year’s critical [...]

Tidal offers 12-Days of streaming for free… what are you waiting for?

December 27, 2017 // 6 Comments

Donna Summer had many hits in her long, multi-decade career. Her work with Goirgio Moroder in the mid seventies on LPs like Love to Love You Baby – to me – were the [...]

RMAF 2017: Audioengine offers high-end performance, budget pricing

November 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

More than a few audio companies have set sail with the simple mission of delivering budget gear, only to get lured into sometimes-rocky shores by the siren call of the [...]

RMAF 2017: Getting audiophile sound on a budget

November 2, 2017 // 3 Comments

In a hobby where dropping a hundred grand for a system is common, what can you get these days for, say, $1,500 USD? An interconnect, maybe? A cartridge? Tax? Well, how about [...]

MQA and Deezer announce partnership

September 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Even though it’s Labour Day around the world, and we’re all supposed to be doing our level best to avoid work like the plague, I felt compelled to bring you news [...]

Roon releases MQA Detection update

July 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

I had a chance to catch up with one of the Roon Labs power brokers this week, namely Rob Darling, on what was happening with the software company’s latest release, and [...]