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AXPONA 2018: Studio Electric, Fern & Roby, Zu Audio, Modwright; All-American Performance

June 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

There have been a growing number of monitor/bookshelf designs that I’ve encountered recently which impress me more than towers from other manufacturers. Segregating [...]

Review: Linear Tube Audio ZOTL 10 Mk.II Amplifier

May 20, 2018 // 2 Comments

Concurrent with my receipt of the amplifier up for review here, Linear Tube Audio’s (LTA) ZOTL 10 Mk.II, came another welcome piece of news: the well-regarded German [...]

Sean Casey, Part 1

January 6, 2018 // 7 Comments

Welcome to the first episode of the Occasional Podcast! Our maiden voyage kicks off with CES prep and part one of our two part interview with Sean Casey of Zu Audio. [...]

Capital Audiofest 2017: Zu Audio

November 24, 2017 // 6 Comments

Everyone, or so it seems, digs the Zu Audio room. Why? Well, it may have to do with the fact that it’s the least audiophile-like room at any high-end show. It’s always a [...]

RMAF 2017: Xact Audio, CH Precison, Zu Audio, and Frank Schröder

October 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

This was not exactly your father’s stereo system… no wood veneer here, but that’s what drew me into the room: the look of all that gleaming CH Precision [...]

RMAF 2017: More Must See Rooms

October 8, 2017 // 2 Comments

Saturday, Day Two Photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook I have more brands, dealers, and vendors you might want to put on your short list of MUST SEE ROOMS for Sunday. Also, [...]

RMAF 2017: Mile-high in Denver with PS Audio, Fern & Roby, Nagra, Tidal, Zu, DeVore Fidelity, and Tone Imports

October 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Paul McGowan of PS Audio was grinning ear-to-ear as he started telling me about the company’s brand new P20 PureStream Power Plant Friday morning at RMAF inside the [...]

Review: Pass Labs XA60.8 Mono Amplifiers

October 1, 2017 // 3 Comments

by John Richardson I’ve been on something of a roll lately with amplifiers from Pass Labs. Readers might recall that I reviewed a monster of an amp, the Pass X250.8 a [...]

Review: DeVore Fidelity Gibbon X

August 19, 2017 // 18 Comments

The following is a transcript after a late night session down in the listening room, recently. Me. “That’s not quite right, is it?” Him. “No, [...]

Mini-Review: Zu Audio Dirty Weekend Omen Version II

July 29, 2017 // 15 Comments

by John Richardson Sometimes just reading the news here at PTA gets me into trouble. Like last March, when I happened upon a blurb about Zu Audio’s Dirty Weekend event, [...]