Review: PS Audio Sprout 100 DAC/Integrated Amplifier
“Dad, why does he always get to do things before I did?” That was my daughter voicing mild complaint over the prospect of her younger brother receiving a Sprout. A [...]
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Limited Time Offer: Deluxe Edition of Dust & Grooves
Want to see something cool? Something you can fondle and share? Well, you’re in luck because Dust & Grooves has a limited time exclusive offer for you PTA [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Wrapping up with Igor Kivritsky
The 2018 Vancouver Audio Festival (VAF) had a charm about it that most shows lack, and that’s not because AXPONA, or RMAF don’t have style or class, or great [...]
The Record Store Day Hi-Fi Roadshow at Gravity Records
“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 [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Klipsch Heritage pairs with McIntosh for vintage vibe
I can remember seeing my first pair of Klipschorns many years ago, and being entranced by their majesty, their size, their build quality, and most importantly their sound. A [...]
AXPONA 2018: VPI Industries debuts production models of the JMW Fatboy tonearms
Mat Weisfeld and Co. over in New Jersey at VPI Industries have been very busy indeed these last several months (Congrats to Mat, his wife Jane, and their whole family on the [...]
DVL Album of the Month for March: The Bee Gees
This is a monthly series of album reviews I will be doing for DVL Audio here in Canada. I’ll be heading out to a local record store in Vancouver, digging through [...]
Vinyl and CD sales top $1.5 billion, beating downloads in United States
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 [...]
Why We Should Drop The Audiophile Label and Start Wearing Watches
“The only thing worse than audiophile snobbery, is the anti-audiophile snobbery.” Firstly, and mostly to get this out of the way, the term Audiophile sounds [...]
Taking Our Carolina Soul Worldwide
Prelude I became a music lover around the age of four when I discovered my parents record collection and convinced them to let me touch the knobs on the family All-In-One [...]