Just a quick “preview” post, to let readers know about a highly-anticipated amplifier that’s coming soon to our shores, via VK Music: the Elekit TU-8340 […]
HD Vinyl, anyone?
An interesting story appeared two days ago, that got my juices flowing. Digital Music News received an ‘exclusive’ about a new patent application for “High […]
A Store is Born. Ash Forest Hi-Fi of Kingston, Ontario rises up
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 […]
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 Most Pristine Folk Recording You’ve Ever Heard (free download from Chesky)
Some of us received this Chesky Records email blast a few days ago, promoting a new record called From The Mountaintop, by folk ensemble The New […]
Vinyl: Quality, Quantity, and Trouble in Paradise
Blame it on those Portland hipsters. With every available vinyl press in the world running full out, the pressing plants are just not keeping up […]
Sneak peek: Charisma Audio’s upcoming Musiko phono stage
Bernard Li visited us here in Ancaster yesterday, mainly to deliver and set up a slightly different version of Pre-audio’s BT-1301 linear tracking turntable (review coming […]
A special giveaway opportunity, thanks to Audiyo!
Anyone out there need a great phono cable from 1877Phono? We’re giving away a Spirit cable (value $121) courtesy of Simon Au and the great […]
Ornette Coleman, avant garde jazz pioneer, dead at 85
Sad news this morning. Less than a year after his longtime bassist Charlie Haden passed away, jazz giant Ornette Coleman has died. He was 85. […]