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The Ivory Tower

Why Do Records Sound Better? | The Ivory Tower

October 17, 2020 Dave McNair 46

Into The Groove Why do a lot of us audiophiles (and casual listener types) prefer the sound of records over the same music released digitally? Is it something about the inferiority of digital? Are vinyl […]

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THE Show 2019

High End by Oz, United Home Audio, Vitus Audio, AudioSolutions, Ansuz Acoustics | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 6, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 1

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — High End by Oz and United Home Audio were hosting one of the few rooms with the real organic sound of reel-to-reel tape, and DC power. Along for the ride, AudioSolutions loudspeakers […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: Nick Doshi Builds a Time Machine

May 15, 2018 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on AXPONA 2018: Nick Doshi Builds a Time Machine

A few months before AXPONA, Nick Doshi of Doshi Audio showed up at The Audio Company, a superb local hi-fi store in Marietta, Georgia.  The program was to show local audiophiles what tape machines could […]

Awards

The Part-Time Audiophile guide to the best hi-fi gear of 2017

December 25, 2017 John Stancavage 20

Picking the best audio component of the year is kind of like pondering your ultimate list of girls to ask to the high school prom. There are many very attractive choices, but probably a much […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Best In Show

November 11, 2017 John Stancavage 6

This year dawned with plenty of questions facing the high-end audio industry. The most pressing were: Would the U.S. economy hold up, allowing manufacturers and retailers to stay afloat? Would vinyl continue its revival, possibly […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: More audiophiles want to roll tape

October 7, 2017 John Stancavage Comments Off on RMAF 2017: More audiophiles want to roll tape

When I started seeing reel-to-reel tape decks popping up at high-end shows a few years ago, I wrote it off as a novelty. Yes, good old vinyl was booming, but tape? Really? Then I heard […]

Munich 2017

High End 2017: The Munich Experience, and Rafe’s best of the Show

July 8, 2017 Rafe Arnott 5

I could see his lips moving but I couldn’t hear a word the guy next to me was saying. We were in the Silbatone room at the MOC for High End in Munich, and I […]

Munich 2017

High End 2017: Vitus comes to life with reels and records

June 21, 2017 Mohammed Samji Comments Off on High End 2017: Vitus comes to life with reels and records

It was early on day 1, we had planned our route and I was ready to experience the High End show.  We entered the Vitus room on the 3rd floor, home to Vitus electronics, the […]

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Newport Beach 2012

Newport 2012: United Home Audio presents Von Schweikert, Jolida and a lot of analog tape

June 24, 2012 Editorial Staff 6

One of the joys of the Internets is that all the things you have ever said, anywhere, about anything, are all right there to haunt you. Forever. All my once-favorite, now forgotten, punching bags can […]

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