When Kingston, Ontario (pop. 130,000) lost its only downtown brick-and-mortar hifi shop, Just HiFi, a few years ago, I wondered if someone would be brave […]
Finalé Audio’s Vivace Minis: Hearing is Believing
Review by Jon Eben Field When I walked into the Finalé Audio room at TAVES this year, I immediately knew that something special was happening. […]
Triode Roundup: Seven “Common Man” 300B Tubes Compared
Comparison Review by Noam Bronstein I seem to chronically underestimate a lot of things. Notably to WoS readers, when I say something will be posted […]
TAVES 2015 Show Report
by Noam Bronstein Another TAVES already? The year since the last Toronto show sure flew by. This year, the show moved uptown – way up to […]
A Dozen Great Gift Ideas for Your Favourite Audiophile
It’s that time of year again: yup, time to leave your computer screen conspicuously on, displaying that desired “goodie” you’ve been thinking about….and […]
The Sonic Scale of Bob’s Devices Cinemag Sky 30
Review by Jon Eben Field In his treatise, The Beautiful in Music, Eduard Hanslick, a Bohemian music critic and major proponent of Brahms, famously wrote, […]
From the UK: Tisbury Audio’s £129 Mini II Passive Preamp
Review by Noam Bronstein A “passive preamp” is basically a volume control and switchbox – it has no active circuitry. You don’t plug it into […]
Imperial Ambition: Tsakiridis Devices’ Alexander Preamp and Artemis Power Amp
Review by Jon Eben Field Preamp: Tsakiridis Devices Alexander Amplifier: Tsakiridis Devices Artemis Source: Squeezebox Classic (version 3) DAC: Grant Fidelity TubeDac 11 Speakers: Tyler […]
Divine Revelation: The Sound Stage III Speakers from Devine Audio
World Premiere Review by Noam Bronstein The first time I saw and heard Devine Audio’s Sound Stage III floorstander was at last year’s TAVES show. […]
Unity Audio: Cables For The Rest Of Us
Review by Noam Bronstein Good cables are important to audiophiles – that much we can all agree on. But from there, things unravel fast. Because what […]