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BREAKING: Qobuz says “No” to MP3 in Move to All Music, One Price Plan, Studio Premier | NYAS 2019

November 8, 2019 // 1 Comment

NEW YORK (PTA) — It’s the biggest news coming out of Qobuz USA since their launch in February 2019. Qobuz USA Managing Director Dan Mackta, Qobuz USA Chief Hi-Res [...]

Florida 2019: Legacy Audio

February 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

It seems like Qobuz is everywhere these days. A virtual, er, tidal wave of promotion led by my pal David Solomon. I walked into the Legacy Audio room and off to the side, [...]

McIntosh Announces RS200 Wireless Loudspeaker System

February 14, 2019 // 2 Comments

McIntosh Labs has a new “desktop” option for those of us looking for a sexy audio-system alternative: the RS200. What’s interesting about this (well, one of [...]

Roon 1.6 arrives with Qobuz support and tasty updates

January 22, 2019 // 2 Comments

The train never stops over at Roon and today’s release of Roon 1.6 brings a host of welcome updates and a fresh look. Most notability official support for Qobuz. At [...]

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 [...]