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Buyers Guide

Best Turntables | Buyers Guide Summer 2023

June 10, 2023 Editorial Staff 3

Welcome to the Turntables section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2023. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product listed […]

Munich 2023

Turntable Interlude | Munich 2023

May 27, 2023 Marc Phillips 1

We’re halfway through the Munich 2023 coverage, more or less, so I figured it’s a good time to feature a turntable interlude. This is one reason why the Munich show is so spectacular, because you […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Turntables | Buyers Guide 2023

December 3, 2022 Editorial Staff 1

Welcome to the Best ‘Tables section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2023. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product listed […]

Announcements

Acoustic Sounds Behind The Scenes | Documentary

July 25, 2022 Eric Franklin Shook 1

What’s better than spending thirty-minutes of your Monday afternoon to watch an outstanding new documentary from Chad Kassem that takes us deep behind the curtain of Acoustic Sounds (website). In this mini-documentary we get a […]

Audio-Life

Acora Acoustics, The Audio Company and Sweet Melissa Records | On The Road

September 17, 2021 Dave McNair 1

[Editor’s Note: While brainstorming how to best tell the story of our road trip to The Audio Company, Dave and I (Eric Franklin Shook) considered drilling down into the specific sound of each room, but instead […]

Buyers Guide

The Best Turntables | Buyers Guide Summer 2021

May 16, 2021 Editorial Staff 1

The Best Turntables [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2021! These are the best turntables that we, the PTA team, have heard.] Fluance Reference FT-85 (from $499 USD) This Canadian […]

Analog

Vertere Acoustics MG-1 Turntable and SG-1 Tonearm | REVIEW

March 5, 2021 Dave McNair 7

Between a worldwide pandemic, the death of reason and civility, and accidentally scratching my favorite Stones’ Sticky Fingers import pressing, I had a serious case of the blues. When I found out Norm Steinke of […]

Analog

LSA T-3 Turntable | REVIEW

February 21, 2021 Marc Phillips 4

  Maybe you’ve started to notice a certain theme in many of my reviews, so it won’t surprise you to hear that the LSA T-3 turntable (website) and I also go way back. We’re talking […]

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 […]

THE Show 2019

Day Two Highlights, CanJam SoCal | CANJAM 2019

June 23, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Day Two Highlights, CanJam SoCal | CANJAM 2019

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — This year’s CanJam SoCal 2019 is bigger, better, and already on track to be the most newsworthy yet. There are over 1,000,000 brands exhibiting here at the Marriott Irvine — okay, […]

CanJam Global

Day One Highlights, CanJam SoCal | CANJAM 2019

June 22, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Day One Highlights, CanJam SoCal | CANJAM 2019

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — This year’s CanJam SoCal 2019 is bigger, better, and already on track to be the most newsworthy yet. There are over 1,000,000 brands exhibiting here at the Marriott Irvine — okay, […]

CAN JAM 2019
CanJam Global

CanJam SoCal PREVIEW | CANJAM 2019

June 17, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 1

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — While the rest of the Part-Time Audiophile team are packing their bags for summer vacations, it will be our own Brian Hunter (of AudioHead), and myself (Eric Franklin Shook™) attending the CanJam SoCal 2019 located […]

AXPONA 2018

Munich High End 2018: Fern & Roby make it feel like the first time

May 10, 2018 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Munich High End 2018: Fern & Roby make it feel like the first time

Christopher Hildebrand of bespoke high-fidelity manufacturer Fern & Roby showed off some impressive pieces of kit at AXPONA a few weeks ago, and when I spoke with him there he related his excitement at attending […]

Audiophile Journal

Part-Time Audiophile’s Hi-Fi Roadshow at Gravity Records

May 4, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 7

“Just to let you know, we have a high-fidelity stereo system in the store today. I invite you to select any record from the shelf, take the center yellow chair, sit back for a listen… […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: Fern & Roby hit the ground running with Linear Tube Audio

April 12, 2018 Rafe Arnott 1

I’ve had the opportunity to cover Christopher Hildebrand’s efforts several times in the past two years as he builds up his, bespoke high-fidelity brand Fern & Roby. Speaking with him via telephone after he arrived […]

Announcements

AXPONA 2018 Advance: New venue, more gear, live music

April 8, 2018 John Stancavage 1

There are a lot of ways to judge the significance and success of a hi-fi show — including the size of the venue, total attendance and number of exhibitors. By any of those metrics, Audio […]

Announcements

Vinyl is dead. Turntable sales drop. Long live vinyl.

February 27, 2018 Rafe Arnott 17

I love headlines like this, they always grab people’s attention. And in all seriousness, I felt this worthy of a punchy title. Internet prognosticators are reporting that turntable sales dropped five per cent in 2017 […]

Occasional Magazine

Peter Qvortrup: High Fidelity, the Decline of the Decades

January 25, 2018 Rafe Arnott 22

This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional last fall in it’s inaugural edition. We’ll be rolling out articles from it over the next week in anticipation […]

Audio-Life

How to build Listening Room Synergy: Curating a system that sings

November 25, 2017 John Stancavage 6

System synergy — components mating so well that the result exceeds the sum of their parts — is one of the most elusive goals in audio. You know it when you hear it. You just […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Bob’s Devices Pairs up with Chesky for Great Analog

November 12, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on RMAF 2017: Bob’s Devices Pairs up with Chesky for Great Analog

I ran into Bob Sattin of Bob’s Devices at RMAF as I was looking at new Chesky LP releases in the marketplace. Sattin was next door and said, “Hey, do you want to listen to […]

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