by Noam Bronstein “Holy crap, another phono stage review!?!? Really?? Do you guys do anything else there??” Speaking for myself, well…lately, it seems like this […]
A Pair Of Peaches: Aric Audio’s Expression Tube Preamp & MM Phono Stage
Review by Noam Bronstein Aric Kimball builds tube audio gear at his home in rural New England. Although Aric Audio is not a household name […]
300B Tube Shootout, circa 2015 – Coming Soon!
Update: this is finally published!! Link It’s been a long time since one of these last appeared. Although Enjoythemusic, TNT, and 6moons have posted 300B […]
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. […]
Audio Space T-88A vacuum tube CD player
Audio Space T-88A vacuum tube CD player http://www.charismaaudio.com/?page_id=1027 http://www.audio-space.com/product/cd-player-dac/t-88a/ $1,840 Review by Tim Smith As an admirer and owner of DACs with vacuum tube output […]
Unity Audio “Inner Soul” loudspeaker
Unity Audio “Inner Soul” loudspeaker. $699 to $950 CAD http://www.unityaudio.ca Review by Tim Smith Unity. ‘The state of being united or joined as a whole.’ […]
Science Fiction Double Feature: “Black Noise” (reissue) and “Transformation” by FM (2014, 2015; Convexe)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Part One: Maple Leaf Escape Craft For me, Part One of the FM story unfolded over FM radio. In 1980 […]
Tyran Grillo completes ECM Reviews site with 1330th disc review
This is too remarkable not to report. Cast your eyes on ecmreviews.com With several years effort, a singular vision, and support from ECM Records, Mr.Grillo […]
Crossover Magic for the Dual-concentric Radian drivers
Mini-review by Noam Bronstein I first met Frank Fazzalari at last year’s TAVES show in Toronto. A few things struck me immediately. Frank was a […]