Fern and Roby Equipment Rack Sale! | Announcements
I’ve just finished my review on the massive and beautiful Fern and Roby equipment rack for the upcoming Winter Issue of The Occasional, and just hours after I submitted [...]
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Christmas Short Takes | The Vinyl Anachronist
I came up with the idea of Christmas Short Takes, or “short takes” in general, when I realized I had a lot of shorter recordings (EPs, 7″ singles, wtc.) [...]
Linear Tube Audio Z10 Integrated Amplifier | Review
I originally intended for this review of the Linear Tube Audio Z10 integrated amplifier to be sort of a mini-review in conjunction with the Fern & Roby Raven loudspeakers [...]
Fern & Roby Listening Room Open House
I’ve been looking forward to the Fern & Roby Listening Room Open House event for most of the year, pretty much since Eric Franklin Shook and I visited the factory [...]
Overture Audio Home Theater, Magico, Technics, Esoteric, Sonus Faber, McIntosh | CAF 2019
Overture Audio Home Theater brought a surprisingly sophisticated system to the 2019 Capital Audiofest–surprising since all this amazing gear was featured in one of the [...]
Fern and Roby Raven II, LTA, Black Cat Cable, Auralic | CAF 2019
As I mentioned, the Fern and Roby Raven loudspeakers were featured in two separate rooms at the 2019 Capital Audiofest–in that very special room with ModWright [...]
Daedalus Audio, LTA, LampizatOr, WyWires, VPI, Soundsmith | CAF 2019
Part-Time Audiophile has been covering Daedalus Audio high-efficiency loudspeakers for years, but I’ve only listened to them once before–at last year’s [...]
Marc’s Capital Audiofest Preview | CAF 2019
I thought a 2019 Capital Audiofest preview from me was necessary, since so many products featured at the show are being reviewed (or have been reviewed) by both Part-Time [...]
Fern & Roby Raven Loudspeakers | Review
My adventures with the Fern & Roby Raven loudspeakers started last year, right before I left my house in Western New York to drive down to the Capital Audiofest in the [...]
Lab12 Melto2 Phono Preamplifier | Review
The Lab12 Melto2 phono preamplifier reminded me of how I sometimes get really excited about trying new outboard phono stages—and this is from a guy whose first article [...]
