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AXPONA 2022

The Moon Audio Booth | AXPONA 2022

April 29, 2022 Marc Phillips Comments Off on The Moon Audio Booth | AXPONA 2022

I don’t always go down to that big headphone room on the main floor of most high-end audio shows, mostly because we have some real headphone freaks at PTA and they always beat me to […]

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 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 Reel-to-Reel and Cassette | Buyers Guide 2021

December 5, 2020 Editorial Staff 7

The Best Reel-to-Reel and Cassette [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 […]

Analog

Recording the Masters FOX C-60: The New Audio Cassette Standard

July 1, 2018 Editorial Staff 5

by Carlos Guzman Technics RS M63. That was the first cassette deck recorder I bought with my own money. On monthly installments, I paid $21.50 for 24 months with my funeral home’s attendant part-time job. […]

Analog

Audio Cassette Revival: For Real?

June 16, 2018 Editorial Staff 6

by Carlos Guzman With the new tape revival around the world, more and more audiophiles are getting into the exclusive, and sometimes expensive, hobby of open reel playback. Many companies have resurrected the old “pre-recorded” […]

CAF 2017

Capital Audiofest 2017: The Sunday Giveaways

November 22, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Capital Audiofest 2017: The Sunday Giveaways

Sponsors for the Capital Audiofest Sunday Giveaways: VPI Industries MarkAudio-SOTA PS Audio Luminous Audio Tenacious Sound Martin Logan Linear Tube Audio Teac US SoundLabs Rutherford Audio  

AXPONA 2016

AXPONA 2016: Teac has not lost their marbles

May 18, 2016 Lee Scoggins 2

It seems some of the fun rooms at audio shows take on a bit of a buffet line quality, where a wide variety of gear is stretched out along the perimeter of the room so […]

Analog

The Traveling Tapes Project

July 15, 2015 Panagiotis Karavitis 5

Are you having fun being an audiophile? The question should have a straightforward “yes” answer. But it doesn’t, always, does it? Why would you not have a great time with this hobby? I’ll submit that — […]

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CAF 2014

CAF 2014: Command Performance has new store, with Audia Flight served Neat

August 2, 2014 Scot Hull Comments Off on CAF 2014: Command Performance has new store, with Audia Flight served Neat

Jeff Fox of McLean VA’s Command Performance is opening the DC area’s newest brick-and-mortar audio shop next month, and I am psyched to see him do it. Jeff is going to be carrying all manner […]

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AXPONA 2011

A day at Axpona 2011: Esoteric & Audio Physic

April 19, 2011 Scot Hull Comments Off on A day at Axpona 2011: Esoteric & Audio Physic

The Audio Physic speakers were fronted by some spectacular electronics from Esoteric. Prominently displayed? The new $13,000 K-03 SACD/DAC. I have to admit it — it’s hot. Sadly, it wasn’t playing every time I stopped […]

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